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For all style
homes, the buyer is responsibility for:
- Excavation, water and
sewer/septic.
- Installing the foundation
so that it meets the specifications of the supplied prints.
- Installing a single
2x6 pressure-treated sill on the foundation.
- Preparing space on the
site to allow storage of the house modules on the lot.
- Preparing space on the
site for the crane on the day of the set.
- Disposing of the plastic
and scrap wood removed from the house modules by the set crew.
- Drywall touch-up after
the house has been set (the house will be all drywalled and primed
white in the factory).
- Installing drywall in
all archways and passthroughs between modules.
- Seaming the carpets
in all the archways and doorways in the mating walls.
- Re-shimming the exterior
doors (this is not always necessary).
- Re-shimming the interior
doors (this is seldom necessary).
- Installing and trimming
out all interior doors associated with the mating wall (Materials
provided by Manufacturer).
- Installing porches and
decks.
- Installing the heating
system including the baseboard loop as well as all other basement
plumbing (all Plumbing is stubbed through the floor by the manufacurer).
- Installing the bathroom
roof vent unless the house configuration allows it to be installed
by the manufacturer).
- Applying insulation
to the floor-joists between the basement and the 1st-floor. (Required
in most States).
- Installing the basement
stairs.
In addition,
for cape homes, the buyer is responsible for:
- Assembling and installing
the 2nd-floor close-off package (the manufacturer supplies 2x4
framing, sheetrock, and a ship loose door).
- Insulating the close-off
space. (Insulation is not included in the close-off package)
- Securing the stairway
to the 2nd-floor (the stairway is installed by the manufacturer
including a shipping beam which must be cut out and stairs shifted
back into place and fastened.)
- Installing the 2nd-floor
stairway carpet.
In addition,
for colonial homes (2 Story), the buyer is responsible for:
- Installing the 2nd-floor
stairway when the house plan does not allow the stairway to be
installed by the manufacturer.
- Finishing the 2nd-floor
stairway when the house plan does not allow the stairway to be
finished by the manufacturer. This includes installing drywall
around stairs. installing banisters and/or handrails (not supplied)
or installing ½-height drywall wall for which materials
may be ordered.
- Making plumbing connections
through the access hole in the 1st-floor ceiling and finishing
the ceiling drywall.
- Installing the 2nd-floor
stairway carpet.
NOTE: We
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