The Alaska Modular Home - As Tough As They Come

[Dominick Penny]

Does the idea of living in an Alaska modular home strike you as just
this side of insane? Are you picturing gale force winds, nights which
last for months, and sheets of ice weighing down your modular roof to
its breaking point?
If so, you can relax. You may not have known that in the oil company
British Petroleum, which built the Alaska pipeline during the 1970s,
uses modular housing to house its construction employees on Alaska's
North Slope. The terrain and weather conditions on Alaska's North
Slope are among the harshest on Earth, with permafrost which never
thaws. The average temperature on the North Slope is 9.7 degrees, and
where the wind never stops blowing and fifty-mile an hour gusts,
producing wind chills of fifty below, are monthly occurrences.
If an Alaska modular home can handle the North Coast, they can handle
almost any other part of Alaska as long as it does not thaw in the
spring and float out to sea. An Alaska modular home, in fact, may be
the only option for parts of the state to remote to be accessible for
construction crew and the delivery of traditional home building
materials.
It's Not A Mobile Home
Many people have lumped modular homes into the same category as mobile
homes, and they could not be more different. Your Alaska modular home
will be constructed on a permanent foundation and cannot be moved.
When completed their appearance is identical to that of traditionally
constructed homes, but the number of people for their construction is
much smaller, and they can be completed in much less time than
traditional homes. Its simplified construction means that an Alaska
modular home will cost considerably less than an equivalent
traditional home.
Energy Efficiency
One of your major concerns, if you are considering an Alaska modular
home, will be its energy efficiency. Because modular homes are built
in blocks which are designed to fit together precisely, they are
almost completely draft proof. But an Alaska modular home can be
ordered with additional insulation, and even manufactured to meet
Energy Star standards. In addition, your Alaska modular homes will be
constructed to meet the building codes in the municipalities where it
is built.
One factor you'll have to work into your Alaska modular home plans is
the delivery cost you'll have to pay. Depending on which part of
Alaska you want to call home, your Alaska modular home may have to
come a long way, and the shipping charges can add a significant
percentage to its cost.
Alaska has the scenery, the clear clean air, and the peace and quiet
that can make you wonder why you ever wanted to live anywhere else.
And your Alaska modular home, against a setting like that, can
guarantee that you won't!

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