How Your Home Sections are Connected: Home Setup

You’ve purchased a beautiful home setup, prepared your site, and now you’re ready for the next step: placing your home on the land. For homes with multiple sections, let us explain how we assemble the sections to create your Clayton Built® home.

When you choose a new multi-section Clayton Built® home, you’ll enjoy a spacious, open floor plan and stunning features. Once your land is fully prepared for placement, your home will be delivered, and final on-site construction will begin. This process includes joining the sections of your home together!

The on-site construction crew will begin by setting one section of your home. They will ensure the first section is securely placed on the foundation before starting the construction for the next section. 1. The Marriage Line Gasket: The installation team connects the sections of your home at the marriage line, where a gasket extends across this joint. This gasket creates an air barrier between the home sections, sealing the space to prevent air leakage, preserve air quality, and enhance energy efficiency in your new home. 2. Completing Connecting Systems: After the installation team installs and inspects the marriage line gasket. They will complete the systems that connect the home sections, including electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems.

3. Lining Up the Next Section:

Next, the installation team will position the next section as closely as possible to the already set section. They will align it to ensure that door frames and connecting systems match perfectly. Depending on the home setup and your site location, they may use a crane to place and position the additional section. 4. Tying Down the Home: Once the installation team aligns the additional section, they will anchor the home to the foundational system. The type of anchoring system they use may vary based on your foundation. For instance, if you have a pier and beam foundation, the next step is to secure your home with anchors driven into the ground. Straps will also connect to your home’s frame to provide protection against wind forces. 5. Leveling the Home: The new section will then be checked for alignment. If necessary, adjustments will be made to ensure that the floors are flush and level across all sections.

6. Connecting the Floors:

Once the team levels the home, they will connect the floors using the appropriate fasteners. Several methods exist for fastening the floors of the home sections together. If you want to know the specific approach used for your home, feel free to ask your installation team for details. They might use toed fasteners, which offset across the marriage line, horizontal fasteners through the frame’s rim joists, or bolts that pass through the frame brackets. 7. Connecting the Roofs: Just like the flooring, different methods exist for connecting the roofing sections. The installation team may fasten the roof sections together using toed fasteners that go through the roof sheathing. Alternatively, they might secure fasteners through the roof beams inside the home. 8. Connecting the Walls: The installation team will start with the end walls, connecting them using bolts and lag screws. Once that’s complete, they will connect the interior marriage walls, finalizing the process. And that’s how the team connects a multi-section home! The on-site installation team and home builders will continue making final touches to your home. This includes completing the roof, connecting all crossover systems (such as electrical wiring and water lines), and finishing the exterior siding on the ends of your home. Before long, your Clayton Built® home will be ready for move-in day!