{"id":4674,"date":"2014-07-22T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/blog\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2014-07-22T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T14:00:13","slug":"clearing-building-lot-modular-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/?p=4674","title":{"rendered":"Clearing the Building Lot for Modular Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the construction of modular homes, buying a vacant lot is an important and complex decision to make. There are plenty of reasons to buy a parcel of land. If you buy an existing modular home, it’s probably so you can live in it; but with land, you could plan\u00a0the design or style of your\u00a0own modular\u00a0home<\/a>. However a building lot also introduces a host of issues you don’t normally face when\u00a0buying a house<\/a>. One of them is buying a lot that requires shredding of trees and other plants before the construction commences.<\/p>\n

\"Clearing<\/a>Some building lots for modular homes are densely populated\u00a0with trees and shrubs\u00a0while others are completely clear and plain. Cutting down the trees, removing the shrubs and logs, and digging up and burying or disposing them are\u00a0important prior to the start of the construction process. Though lumber companies pay for the cutting and clearing of trees and other unnecessary products in the land, \u00a0most potential modular\u00a0home owners or lot buyers\u00a0do not have enough resources in paying for their removal.<\/p>\n

The importance of clearing the lot in preparation for the building of the modular homes<\/strong><\/a> leads to the easy and continuous work of the construction team. Before the general contractor and his team start with the assembly of the modules, they make sure that the lot is plain and clear. No trees and other objects are present that can obstruct the setting up of the modular home. Since then, the modular homes construction team has been practicing different of methods in clearing lot.<\/p>\n

Different Methods of Clearing the Lot for Modular Homes<\/h3>\n

Clearing of the building lot involves the removal of trees and shrubs\u00a0on a piece of land. Depending on the size, location, and purpose of the land, the excavation and grading may require professional land clearing equipment. Clearing of the building lot for modular homes involves different methods that first time home owners can use;<\/p>\n

Push Over Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pushover method in land clearing often involves the use of major construction equipment. The trees are pushed over and hauled off the land with the roots intact. Once the trees are moved to a central location, they are often processed for sale or ground for use as a mulching material. This method is usually expensive yet beneficial for the environment.<\/p>\n

Cut and Grind Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

The building lot for modular homes sometimes use\u00a0cut and grind method clearing. The method begins with cutting down the trees on the piece of land. Then, these trees are often moved to a processing location, but the stumps are left in the ground. These stumps can be ground into mulching material or pulled out of the grown using a large piece of construction machinery.<\/p>\n

Controlled Burn Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though controlled, this method of clearing the building lot for modular homes is most dangerous. Burning involves starting a controlled fire and maintaining that fire until all trees and brush are burned to the ground. After the fires are extinguished, the land can be cleared using a bull dozer or other piece of construction equipment.<\/p>\n

In case you still have question about modular homes, you may contact\u00a0Legendary Homes Inc<\/a>\u00a0in Jackson, Michigan. A representative will be happy to assist you. Meanwhile you can check our\u00a0modular home price sheets<\/a>\u00a0by signing up to our\u00a0blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Topic: Modular Homes<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the construction of modular homes, buying a vacant lot is an important and complex decision to make. There are plenty of reasons to buy a parcel of land. If you buy an existing modular home, it’s probably so you can live in it; but with land, you could plan\u00a0the design or style of your\u00a0own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[88,389,466],"class_list":["post-4674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modular-homes","tag-building-lot","tag-modular-home","tag-modular-homes-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendaryhomesinc.com\/updatedsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}