Problems of Wasteful Home Building

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Many homeowners are choosing to include green features and technology into their new homes in an effort to reduce their environmental footprint. One frequently overlooked aspect of creating an environmentally friendly home is the construction process itself. From construction site waste to the pollution created by shipping raw materials, home building can take a significant toll on the environment. This makes prefab modern homes a greener alternative to traditional home construction.

Problems with Traditional Home Building:

During the traditional home building process, the majority of the manufacturing takes place on the site. This means that raw materials have to be shipped from a warehouse to the construction site. This results in additional fuel costs and air pollution. There are also the additional man hours required to retrieve the raw supplies from warehouses or stores, which can drive up labor costs very quickly.

Traditional construction processes are also subject to mistakes. Measurements can be miscalculated, and raw materials can be damaged during the construction. Each piece of unused, damaged, or stolen raw material is an additional expense to your wallet and the environment.

The Advantages of Prefab Modern Homes:

Modular homes are manufactured using a core set of standardized components. Since the same components are made over and over, the process has been refined to minimize mistakes and ensure maximum efficiency. Since raw materials are produced and stored in secured facilities, there is less material loss due to weather damage or theft. Centralized storage also reduces the man hours, shipping costs, and fuel spent in getting the raw materials to your construction site.

Modular homes are built according to your local building codes. This reduces the chance of errors resulting in costly rework and construction delays. Prefab homes also typically have lower financing costs than traditional homes since the construction method requires fewer inspections.

The homes are typically about 90 percent complete when they are delivered to the job site. This reduces overall construction time, and minimizes the impact of environmental factors such as bad weather that could damage the materials and necessitate shipping replacement pieces. In the Midwest, this is particularly important—some areas see about six months of snow some years. Building in a climate-controlled factory solves the problem of wasted time due to bad weather entirely.

If you are interested in learning more about prefab modular homes, give us a call for more information. We are also happy to arrange for you to tour our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

About the Company:

Milam Anderson is the founder of Rochester Homes, Inc., a company based in Rochester specializes only in modular homes. In April of 1972, Milam Anderson turned the first shovel of dirt to create Rochester Homes. Since that time Rochester Homes, Inc. has been building quality homes with innovative designs.