Preparing the Site for Modular Home Delivery
Bob reviews the site preparation process with the on-site contractor, Michael Sheils.
Bob reviews the site preparation process with the on-site contractor, Michael Sheils.
Installation of the second floor sections begins as Bob points out the complexity of the pre-fabricated pieces.
As workers join together the different sections of the modular home, Bob walks through the basement and first floor, discussing the marriage wall and how the pieces get tied to one another.
Bob meets with Pat Fricchione and Dave Boniello from Simplex Industries. The trio discuss assembly as the modular home pieces arrive at the site.
Bob looks on as workers instal a solid-surface countertop called Zodiaq (from Dupont), which is made of natural silica, quartz, and polymer.
Pella windows are being set into the modular home, one section of which is being sided with a board-and-batten product from Georgia-Pacific.
Bob continues his tour of the Simplex Industries factory and observes the installation of prefinished Bellawood floors in the project home.
Bob meets with Dave Boniello from Simplex Industries to discuss the custom modular kitchen being built and installed at the factory.
Bob meets with Thomas “Doc” Dougherty, the stair builder at Simplex Industries, to confer about the custom staircase Doc is building for the modular home.
Bob witnesses high-speed drywall finishing taking place in the Simplex modular home building plant.