Without a doubt one of the most decisive choices when building our house are the materials used. The modular homes They are no exception to this unwritten rule. So things in Modular Home We offer you different ranges of finishes and materials. So that your prefabricated house is the home you want and need. Not only is the quality of the materials important, we must think about their behavior over time. Our home is something that we are going to have for many years. In good logic it will be inherited by our descendants. We have already talked at length about concepts such as sustainability.
The main material, reinforced concrete
En Modular Home we build prefabricated concrete homes. We have spoken on occasion about why reinforced concrete is winning the game over other construction materials. The qualities of reinforced concrete are behind and in front of its great success. Before, seeing concrete homes was synonymous with exclusive and expensive houses, available to few. Thanks to the systems used in the precast process, concrete is within the reach of a large majority of people.
Aesthetic reasons, sustainability reasons, economic reasons, the truth is that all of them indicate that concrete is the material with the most future.
Modular houses: construction quality
Built from prefabricated modules that are assembled at the place of assembly of the home, having a modular house has more and more followers every day. The popularity of these houses began in Europe and North America and in recent years it has reached Spain with force. The reasons for its popularity lie in its functionality, the ease of installation and its speed, as well as its price, which is much more economical than the construction of a traditional brick home.
But it is wrong to believe that these advantages contradict the quality of the home, since the finishes and materials used in the construction of a modular house have nothing to envy of other homes. In fact, every day more people decide to live in a modular home.
We will now focus on one of the main advantages of the modular house, the customization and quality of its finishes. When talking about the finishes of modular homes, they have nothing to envy of those of a brick home. In fact, thanks to its installation method and the fact that its modules are manufactured indoors, there is the possibility of innovating and making modifications on the fly. The idea is to build homes in an efficient way and avoiding failures, just as cars are manufactured. Within this degree of customization, let's now look at the best materials for each of the rooms in the modular home.
The materials of modular houses
Regarding kitchens and bathrooms, it is important that the finish includes fireproof coating on both the walls and the ceiling, this way if a fire were to break out in these most sensitive areas of the home it would be isolated from the rest of the home. As for painting the walls, it is recommended that it be washable plastic paint. It is also important that the kitchen furniture has a large capacity and the countertop is spacious.
It is recommended that the windows of the home have double glazing and aluminum blinds. In this way, the thermal insulation and energy efficiency of the modular home is perfectly guaranteed.
Regarding the flooring of the rooms, the ideal is the use of floating flooring. An economical finish that is completely in tune with the type of home, but keep in mind that these are recommendations since modular homes are completely customizable.
Where to locate modular homes
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. 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.
Preparing the ground
Before placing it, it will be advisable to carry out a minimum preparation of the land. This, 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. These will do the same role as a concrete slab.
If we opt for the foundation of the house, first of all, we will prepare a geotechnical study of the land. To then 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. So they can be recovered if the house has to be dismantled. To build the foundation, the type of terrain and the construction chosen will have to be taken into account. Thus we can carry out the foundation with a foundation slab, continuous or isolated footings, sanitary slab, slab plus basement or slab plus ground floor, prefabricated surface footings, etc.
The most used foundation is the isolated sanitary slab. With this system it is achieved that the house is completely isolated from the land. For a two-story home that needs to support a greater weight, a reinforced concrete foundation structure can be built. Which will be formed by pillars, joined by a bracing beam and finished with steel anchor plates.
