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There are no maximum length or width limitations when designing a modular home floor plan. However there are limitations to pertaining to the width of the modules.

It is best to design a custom floor plan with standard module widths of 12, 14 and 16 feet wide. Modules that are narrower than twelve feet can be built and delivered, however these boxes cost more per square foot due to transportation and set costs. When designing your home's floor plan, it is best to work within the factories standard widths to keep the price of the home as low as possible.

As for the length of the home, there are no limitations. Prefab houses can be as long as you desire by adding modules to the plan. Most manufacturers can provide boxes that are in excess of sixty feet long. Some factories can build boxes as longer than seventy feet. Factories that produce the supe long modules most likely also build manufactured homes on the same production line.

How To Make Wider and Deeper Modular Homes

A floor plan that calls for a home to be 48x48 would use four 12x48 foot modules. By configuring the modules, you are not limited to having a rectangular home. The best way to understand how to make the home deeper and wider is to review our standard module configurations.

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Factories build homes in sections that can be cost affectively delivered to the site. Wider homes can be built and delivered, however super wide loads increase transportation costs the the price of the home.

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