Portable structures offer several advantages over their stick built counterparts. The art of efficient mass production of portable structure has not yet been perfected. Portable structures are still in their developmental stages so don't expect to see rock bottom prices or perfect portable structures until all the kinks out worked. Still, portable structures offer many advantages.

One advantage of portable structures is high-quality construction. Top-grade lumber is used in nearly all the factories that product portable structures. The precision techniques are used in the factory production of portable structures and the use of second-rate lumber could possibly slow down production. In addition, most portable structures are built to conform to the strictest building codes.

Since portable structures are built in factories and delivered to the site, they must be built with the rigidity and toughness to handle the bouncing around encountered during over-the-road shipment. Not many stick built structures could withstand being picked up by a crane and dropped but portable structures generally can. You may think such strength is overkill since the Jolly Green Giant isn't likely to pick up the house and bounce it like a ball but you'd be wrong.

Mother nature is every bit as powerful as any giant and she dish out much more severe punishment on any structure in the form of tornados, hurricanes, landslides, earthquakes, and any other type of natural disaster. Unlike stick built structures which are not likely to withstand such adverse circumstances, portable structures can take punch like Tex Cobb.

If you need a real-life example here it is. Recently, a factory build home was delivered to the site too late in the day for the portable structure to be anchored down. A tornado happened to rip across the land that evening. It picked up the portable structure and spun it around three times before slamming it back to the ground. The neighbors were peering through the storm cellar door and witnessed the whole event. The portable structure was inspected the next day and was found to be structurally sound except for a few dents and broken windows. The portable structure was lifted into place, anchored down, and the minor repairs were made. The manufactured modular home has been occupied ever since. How's that for proof of high-quality construction.

The use of kiln-dried lumber in the production of portable structures is another high-quality construction feature. This means the wood is predried to prevent cracks from forming in the walls as the wood dries. One couple was not aware of the high-quality construction of their manufactured home until a relative in the construction business visited a year later. He remarked with amazement how there were no cracks in the walls and mentioned that his home had cracks all over the wall after a year due to the wood drying out.

That's not an issue with portable structures such as modular homes because the predried wood used in construction doesn't shrink and warp as a result of uneven drying. Predried wood also means to squeaky floors, no bulging walls, and popping nails.