WHAT IS A PANELIZED HOME

Panelized means that the complete walls of a house are factory-made in large sections, or panels, usually 8 feet high and up to 16 feet long. The doors and windows are factory installed in the wall panels, which is called prehung. The panels are designed to go up quickly, immediately after delivery, with the roof, closed and locked up within a few days.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES

A Panelized house offers these advantages:

1. You can choose from a great variety of floor plans.
2. Most can be modified to suit a buyer's needs.
3. Savings to buyers, including professional builders and developers, who want factory houses made from their own plans and specifications. Many manufactures will turn out one or many panelized houses for any buyer.
4. Do-it-yourself buyers can save time and money by doing their own building from a sophisticated house kit instead of going through the agony of building a whole house from scratch.
5. Savings are possible on a vacation house that fits any of the first four categories above.
   

QUALITY OF A PANELIZED HOME

Panelized houses conform with state and regional building codes. As a result, they are usually better-made than required by most local building codes. Number One lumber and high grade materials are used. Workmanship is usually excellent since it's a consequence of factory fabrication. Parts are put together in forms and jigs, which lock them into place like the mold for baking a cake. Also, there's little room for sloppiness because of the quality control over the assembly-line production of panelized houses.

The greater the number of house parts made in a factory, the less labor is required at the site. Thus, less likelyhood of sloppy work and mistakes creeping in when the house is being finshed.

PACKAGE 1:

1. EXTERIOR WALL PANELS

Exterior walls are framed and sheathed in lengths up to 16 feet long. Specially designed "Erection Hooks" are supplied for setting wall panels in place by crane or boom truck.

Framing consists of 2 x 6" Kiln-Dried studs 16" o.c., double 2 x 6" top plates and single 2 x 6" bottom plate. Exterior door frames, vinyl insulated windows and glass sliding doors are installed. Window grids, if shown, are at front elevations only.

Basic siding is L.P. Primed Panel, factory installed. When lap siding is shown on front elevations, it is L.P. Primed Lap, shipped loose and included at front elevations only. Exterior sheathing is 7/16" Waferboard with Tyvek house wrap installed under panel siding and loose at lap siding areas.

2. ROOF AND CEILING FRAMING

Roof and ceiling loads are carried by preassembled roof trusses spaced 24" o.c. and engineered for 42# total loading. Roof rafters are supplied for models with vaulted ceilings.

Roof sheathing is 7/16" Waferboard with 1/2" CCX PUS plywood for overhangs. Gable sheathing and siding shipped loose.

3. FLOOR FRAMING

Included for all floors. Framing consists of Wood I-Joist, 3/4" T&G plywood sub floor, blocking, and joist hangers. Exterior decks and railings included where shown. Interior stairs include particle board treads, particle board risers and uncut stair jacks.

EXTERIOR TRIM

Tite Knot, R.S. Cedar barge boards, facia, bandboard and unassembled corner boards are shipped loose for cutting, fitting and site installation by others. Window and door trim installed on exterior wall panels.

5. ASSEMBLED INTERIOR PARTITIONS

Kiln-Dried studs 16" o.c., double top plates and single bottom plate. Door and closet headers are installed.

6. EXTERIOR DOORS

Exterior doors are primed, insulated metal in a design fitting the architectural style of the house. All exterior doors are supplied with locksets and deadbolts. Overhead garage doors are not included.

7. HARDWARE

Affordable Quality Custom Homes are supplied with hardware for final assembly, except seismic tie-downs, straps and nails.

8. DRAWINGS

Plans drawn by Affordable Quality Custom Homes are designed to meet Uniform Building Code requirements. Purchaser shall be responsible for furnishing Affordable Quality Custom Homes Packaged Homes with all local building code requirements, which differ from the foregoing at time of signing the Purchase Order. In the event any such local building code requirements necessitate a change in the basic package, the costs of such change will be added to the basic package price.

No provisions are made for stamped drawings by Licensed Architects or Structural Engineers as may be required by local code. It is the sole responsibility of the Purchaser to provide and bear the cost of such services.

Package 2 Includes Prices for:

• Sheetrock (tape and mudding)
• Rough plumbing
• Rough electrical