Pinecrest Modular Homes

Modular Construction-Task List

Land and Lot selection
    a. Evaluate site for modular accessibility
    b. Do a perk test if necessary
    c. Verify that the survey has been updated within the last two years

Design - Choose or create a modular a custom modular design. After a design concept has been agreed upon the design will be engineered and converted into building plans for permitting purposes. The plans will include floor plans, elevations, specifications, options, electrical, plumbing and sections. It will also included all the necessary code calculations and Res Check.

File for Building Permit
    a. Building Permit
    b. Electrical Permit
    c. Plumbing Permit
    d. Health Department - when required
    e. Road and Highway - when required
    f. Environmental - DEC - when requires
    g. Application for gas or electric service
    h. Stake out underground utilities
    i. Stake out foundation and set first floor elevations

Site Work
    a. Excavate for foundation, septic and/or sewer.
    b. Pour footing and foundation
    c. Install termite shield, sill plates, strapping, beams, anchor bolts and columns.
    d. Install footing drains and basement stone if necessary or specified
    e. Install  tar waterproofing
    f. Verify dimensions, square and level
    g. Install fire stop 2 x 8 under center carry beam at marriage wall
    h. Install lally columns

Site Preparation

• Temporary electrical service if necessary.
• Create access road if necessary.
• Schedule pay loader if required.
• Schedule delivery, set crew and contingency date

Exterior Finishing

1. Install basement windows
2. Backfill foundation
3. Complete siding, fascia, soffit, shutters
4. Install chimney
5. Install gutters and leaders
6. Optional exterior finishes porches, decks, walk ways
7. Install garage doors
8. Rough (back blade) grading
9. Exterior clean up

Interior Finishing

1. Install on site insulation not included by factory
2. Install basement stairs
3. Flush up and bolt all ceiling beams as required
4. Remove temporary supports at mating walls
5. Clamp and adjust marriage walls, install metal plates at doorways
6. Cut and install filler strips for walls and floors
7. Install interior stairs and rails
8. Install and finish drywall
9. Install interior doors and adjust
10. Install attic stair trim and adjust stairs if necessary
11. Complete baseboard and casement trim work
12. Install finished flooring
13. Install ship loose items left out to allow for electrical, plumbing, or flue access
14. Blend Painting
15. Install appliances

Electrical Completion

Plumbing Completion

HVAC Completion

Fireplace and Metalbestos Flues Completion

Closing

1. Create and finish punch list
2. Final clean up - removal of dumpster and toilet
3. Final walk through with homeowner
4. Issuance of Certificate of Occupancy
5. Home owner occupancy

Energy Star Program - Certifying the Plant

In our energy conscience world it is nice to know that you have the option of building an Energy Star certified modular home. Pinecrest Modular Homes has partnered with Modular Manufacturers that have been certified to build Energy Star certified homes. The following information described the process of certifying a modular manufacturer to build an Energy Star certified home.

Certifying the Plant

Requirement 1: Hire a Certifier for the Plant

Requirement 2: Design Homes to Meet ENERGY STAR Requirements

Requirement 3: Incorporate ENERGY STAR Design Features into Quality
     Control and Inspection Procedures

Requirement 4: Ensure Duct Tightness

Requirement 5: Develop Site Installation Checklist

Requirement 6: Install, Inspect, and Test a Minimum of Three Qualification
   Homes in the Field

Requirement 7: Incorporate ENERGY STAR Practices into Routine Operations

Requirement 8: Submit the ENERGY STAR Partnership Agreement

 

2. Designing ENERGY STAR Qualified Manufactured Homes
 

To qualify as ENERGY STAR, a manufactured home is required to be substantially more energy efficient than a comparable standard code home. This includes not only the thermal envelope, but also the estimate of total energy use for space heating, space cooling, and water heating.

A home designed to qualify for the ENERGY STAR label may achieve this level of performance in one of two ways:

Incorporating Pre-Approved ENERGY STAR Design Packages

Use Computer Analysis to Create Other ENERGY STAR Designs

The Certifier shall review the manufacturer's documentation to verify that each design meets or exceeds ENERGY STAR guidelines. The goal is to ensure that every home that leaves the plant with an ENERGY STAR label has been designed to meet or exceed EPA's guidelines.

Each design is a unique combination of building elements, including building thermal envelope, specific duct arrangement (overhead or under floor) and maximum leakage level, space heating and cooling equipment efficiency, and hot water heater efficiency. These elements taken together will produce predictable energy use characteristics for which the manufacturer develops an ENERGY STAR home.

3. Producing and Installing ENERGY STAR Qualified Manufactured Homes

Energy Star Program - Producing Energy Star Qualified Homes

Once a plant has been certified, it can proceed to produce and install ENERGY STAR qualified homes based on the designs approved during the certification process. This is a simple, four-step process that builds directly on the knowledge and expertise developed during the plant certification process. 

Requirement 1: Manufacture and Inspect Homes in the Plant

The Plant Production Staff ensure that the plant manufactures ENERGY STAR qualified homes in accordance with the designs created during the plant certification process. The homes are inspected by the plant’s third-party inspection agency. Plant quality control (QC) personnel use the new information in the plant’s quality control manual to check all ENERGY STAR QC issues, particularly duct systems. 

Requirement 2: Install and Inspect Homes in the Field

The Plant Representative (e.g., the factory field representative or retailer) uses the site installation checklist (sample) (70KB) developed during the plant certification process to monitor set-up. Non-compliance items are fixed on site. Following installation, the representative reviews and verifies the items on the site installation checklist, signs it, and returns a copy to the plant. The plant must maintain copies of all signed installation checklists.

Requirement 3: Affix the ENERGY STAR Label and the Quality Assured Label 

Requirement 4: Conduct Periodic Field Evaluations to Verify Performance

The Manufactured Housing Certifier ensures that the homes are performing as designed., A plant must at all times retain an accredited Certifier responsible for conducting field evaluations on no less than 2 percent (2%) of its ENERGY STAR qualified homes sold and installed on a homeowner’s site or a minimum of one home each calendar year, whichever is greater. The plant’s Certifier is responsible for coordinating the quality control testing.

Energy Star Program - On Site Responsibilities

ENERGY STAR CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR SITE INSTALLATION 

           Pinecrest Modular Homes Inc. – On Site Responsibilities 

By completing the following tasks Pinecrest Modular Homes is able to comply with Energy Star certification requirements.

A. Marriage Line Seal. The marriage line areas must be filled with a continuous non-porous insulating gasket creating a permanent air barrier at joints in the ceiling, walls and floor. Acceptable gaskets can be one or two-part systems, including proprietary gaskets, foams, insulation wrapped in poly, and insulation covered by butyl or other long-life tape on one side. In addition, there must be no visible signs of gaps or tears. 

B. Tears in Bottom Board Material Repaired All tears in the bottom board material must be covered and sealed with a durable, permanent patch to prevent air leakage. (Foam sealant can be used on lag bolt and other small holes.) 

C. Exterior (Including Crossover) Duct Installation For multi-section homes, the exterior ducts must be sealed with a permanent connection per the Manufacturer's Installation Manual. Identify that the following items are completed: All exterior ducts have been installed and wrapped with insulation. Crossover collar is secured to the trunk with at least three screws and cannot rotate or move. All exterior duct insulation is a minimum of R-_______. Nylon or metal straps and saddles are used to support the exterior duct; duct does not touch the ground. Three or more screws are placed below the straps through the flexible duct and into the crossover collar. Exterior duct insulation is pushed into the floor cavity and sealed with tape or foam sealant at all bottom board penetrations. 

D. Field Installed Heat Pump Heating equipment efficiency meets or exceeds the following specification: HSPF-_______. E. For Homes Installed Over Basements (One of the following must be checked) This home has an UNHEATED BASEMENT. All interior stairwells from the heated space into the basement are constructed in the same manner as an exterior wall with full insulation and a weather-stripped, insulated exterior door. This home has a HEATED BASEMENT. The basement wall insulation level is a minimum of: R-_______.

 

Energy Star Program - Buying an Energy Star Modular Home

Are you ready to buy an Energy Star Certified Modular Home?

Pinecrest Modular Homes is very excited to be able to offer our customers the ability to Design and Build an Energy Star certified Home.  The following is a list of steps in buying, ordering, and building a qualified Energy Star Modular Home.

Step 1: Locate a source for ENERGY STAR qualified homes - Pinecrest Modular Homes Inc &                                     Signature Building Systems Inc.

Step 2: Specify and order ENERGY STAR qualified homes - Call your Pinecrest Modular Homes Salesperson               at 516 472-7033 or sales@pinecrestmodularhomes.com

Step 3: Complete the Site Installation Checklist - see (site Installation category)

Step 4: Affix the ENERGY STAR Label and the Quality Assurance Label

 

As a added incentive the government offers Tax Credits for ENERGY STAR Qualified Manufactured Homes

Beginning in 2006, producers of manufactured homes will be eligible for federal tax credits for homes that are energy efficient. This includes manufactured homes that qualify for the ENERGY STAR label. These tax credits are part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Qualifying rules have been released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

If you are interest in adding additions Green Products to your home please visit the Green Section of our website.

 

Modular Building Definitions - Glossary of Modular Building Terms

Glossary of Modular Terms:

Bump Out - A modular section that is built in the factory when the modular design is wider or longer than normal modular shipping dimensions.

"A" Dormers - a pre-assembled

Backfill -

Carrier

Crane Pad

Eave Flip

King Post

King Wall

Knee Wall

Lally Columns

Marriage Wall

Marriage Line

Module

OSHA

Pick Points

Ridge Flip

Spreader Bars

Set Crew

Set Day

Shimming

Shipped Loose Material

Sill Sealer

Spreader Bars

Tag Lines

Toter

Weathertight

Shed Dormer

Component Roof

Finish Work

Field Contractor

Flitch plate beam

Local building official

Not in Contract

Ship Loose Material

Sill Plate

As Built Drawings

Roof System

Luan Umderlayment

Micro Lam

Wind Zones
Gable Overhang
Colonial Eave Return
Roof Pitch
Walk out Bay
Direct Vent Gas Fireplace
Hearth
Baseboard Heating
Furnace
Boiler
Supply and Return Lines
Vent Fan
Vanity
Electrical panel box
Jack
Hard wired
Trim
Water Heater
Tankless Water heater