Prefabricated Wood Components

Question 1

What are prefabricated wood components?

Answer 1

wood components made in a factory setting and transported to the jobsite for installation

Question 2

Why are prefabricated wood components used?

Answer 2

factory production eliminates weather-related delays and produces components that are efficient, precise, and consistent in quality

Question 3

What are trusses?

Answer 3

light wood members joined with toothed/gusset plates

Question 4

What are two advantages of trusses?

Answer 4

• long-span capability

- rapidly erected on site using light-duty cranes

Question 5

Where are trusses typically used?

Answer 5

roofs and floors

Question 6

How are trusses stored on site?

Answer 6

kept level, dry, and elevated

Question 7

What are prefabricated panels? (2)

Answer 7

• sections of walls framed in a factory and shipped to the site
• includes framed panels, SSPs, and SIPs

Question 8

What are two types of factory-built housing?

Answer 8

• manufactured home: built on towable chassis to U.S. HUD standards
• modular housing: built to code requirements of respective municipality

Question 9

How wide is factory-built housing?

Answer 9

both types constructed in units no wider than 14-16 feet to permit transport on public roads/streets

Question 10

What are manufactured homes? (3)

Answer 10

• built on towable chassis
• tires removed after transport
• skirting can be provided

Question 11

What is modular housing? (2)

Answer 11

• modular construction can be placed side-by-side or stacked vertically to make a complete structure
• typically shipped to jobsite on a flatbed tractor-trailer