The housing Modular They do not require construction work for their placement, as long as the ground on which they are placed is firm and compact, that is, it is flat and level, to prevent it from moving. These houses can be built by customizing them to the tastes and needs of those who are going to live in them, but their design will have to be adapted to the climate of each place, which is why it will be necessary to study in detail the features that we want to include in their design.
Before placing it, it will be advisable to carry out a minimum preparation of the land which, without constituting a work in itself, will serve to clean the area of dirt and plant debris. To do this, we will add a layer of about 15 to 20 centimeters of gravel or compact material. The gravel is leveled, moistened and compacted with an excavator. Once compacted it will be very hard, preventing mud from forming even if it gets wet. On this surface, the modular house is placed using metal support feet, which will play the same role as a concrete slab.
Not all houses prefabricated modular houses They need us to make a foundation for their placement. Some can be placed directly on the ground using adjustable support feet, as long as the ground is flat, consistent and also has a maximum unevenness of two percent.
If we opt for the foundation of the house, first of all, we will prepare a geotechnical study of the land and then we will launch the project. We have several options, we can make a shallow, deep, or recoverable foundation. The latter consists of foundation beams and prefabricated struts joined with screws, which can be recovered if the house has to be dismantled. To carry out the foundation we will have to take into account the type of terrain and the construction chosen, so we can carry out the foundation with a foundation slab, continuous or isolated footings, sanitary slab, slab plus basement or slab plus ground floor, footings superficial prefabricated, etc. The most used foundation is the isolated sanitary slab, with this system the house is completely isolated from the ground. For a two-story home that needs to support a greater weight, a reinforced concrete foundation structure can be built, which will be made up of pillars, joined by a bracing beam and finished with steel anchor plates.
