Building Your Self-Contained RTM Home
The key distinction between a ready to move and self-contained ready to move home is whether or not it is designed to have a basement. Self-contained homes are not designed to be placed onto a basement. Self-contained homes only require a screw or concrete piles and beams to be installed.
Self-Contained Homes
Self-contained ready to move homes are the perfect solution for a cottage, secondary dwelling or for people who don’t want the added cost of a foundation.
Advantages of Self-Contained RTM Homes
What happens when there isn't a basement?
Furnaces
All self-contained homes come with a natural gas high efficiency forced air furnaces that are located on the main floor of the home.
Water Heaters
Fully self-contained units come with 50-gallon electric water heaters on the main floor of the home.
Ductwork
The ductwork of self-contained homes are located in the spray foam insulated floor truss system of the home.
Screw Piles
Screw piles are a type of deep foundation that can be installed quickly with minimal noise and vibration. Screw piles are wound into the ground, much like a screw is wound into wood. This is an efficient means of installation and coupled with their mechanism of dispersing load, provides effective in-ground performance in a range of soils, including earthquake zones with liquefaction potential.
Self-Contained Home Plans
Start exploring our modular ready to move self-contained home plans.
Customize Your Self-Contained RTM Home
Nelson Homes offers custom self-contained RTM options.
More Construction Solutions
Ready To Move
RTMs are built in one piece and shipped to site. This construction solution is great for customers that are looking for a larger home, but have a more constricting lot or narrow transportation routes.
Home Packages
Our home packages have a price guaranteed for quality and quantity. Our panelized package systems offer a complete framing system, built with top grade Canadian kiln-dried lumber that gets delivered to your building site within weeks of ordering.
Manufactured Homes
Our factory build manufactured homes allow for each and every home to be built with precision. These homes are virtually complete when they leave the manufacturing facility, making the onsite set-up work a breeze!
Ready To Move
RTMs are built in one piece and shipped to site. This construction solution is great for customers that are looking for a larger home, but have a more constricting lot or narrow transportation routes.
Home Packages
Our home packages have a price guaranteed for quality and quantity. Our panelized package systems offer a complete framing system, built with top grade Canadian kiln-dried lumber that gets delivered to your building site within weeks of ordering.
Manufactured Homes
Our factory build manufactured homes allow for each and every home to be built with precision. These homes are virtually complete when they leave the manufacturing facility, making the onsite set-up work a breeze!
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