Build a Factory-Made or Prefabricated Home
You can save money when you build by constructing a factory-made modular or prefabricated home.
Prefabricated House - A type of construction so designed as to involve a minimum of assembly at the site, usually comprising a series of large units manufactured in a plant.
Prefabricated A house whose substantial parts are made entirely or in sections away from the building site.Q
Quoin A stone or block reinforcing or accenting the corners of a building.R
Rafter A sloping beam which supports a roof.
Prefabricated log houses are now becoming a popular trend with people wanting to build a rustic but comfortable place in the country. This log structure is typical of the style and design used.
Obos: Prefabricated wooden palisade. (Russian)
Octogon: An eight sided fortification.
Truss A prefabricated triangular framework of timbers used in most modern roof constructions.
Bonding - The use of high strength adhesive usually thermosetting resins, elstomers or thermoplastics to make permanent structural joints, composite metal members, prefabricated building panels etc.
A switch from Stalinist architecture to standard prefabricated concrete is usually associated with Khruschev's reign and in particular the November 1955 decree On liquidation of excesses ... (November, 1955).
Trussed Rafters Modern method of roof construction utilising prefabricated triangular framework of timbers
Underpinning Method of strengthening weak foundations whereby a new, stronger foundation is placed beneath the original.
It can be sculpted to the wishes of the architect rather than assembled in prefabricated shapes.
These were prefabricated plaster panels which would have been attached to the zone of transition in the roof of the cellar and are some of the earliest evidence for the use of muqarnas. [hide description] ...
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated ...
For the latter, it can either be applied straight onto a building or used in prefabricated panels. The ornamentation can then be either carved into the wet plaster, or impressed into it using moulds or stamps.
It demonstrated a hitherto undreamed-of kind of spatial beauty, and in its carefully planned building process, which included prefabricated standard parts, it foreshadowed industrialized building and the widespread use of cast iron and steel.
 See also: House, Floor, Ground, Gutter, Eaves
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