Mayher Street– Day 1
Our factory partner, PBS Modular, kicked off construction today of the modular components for our backyard home being built on Mayher & Grove St in Easthampton. The entire build will take them roughly two weeks, after which they will send us the components to finish on-site in Easthampton.
Day one at the factory is crucial
On day one, the team lines up their jigs to our (Backyard ADUs) specifications. This ensures the floor system is perfectly square and exactly the size we agreed on with the homeowner, not 1” bigger or smaller. This is the base for a straight, well-built building, and our partner PBS Modular knows it.
Homes are efficiently moved through the factory
The factory team moves homes through their factory quickly, safely and efficiently, which saves homeowners money. Notice in the next photo the team is using the in-house crane system to move another builder’s floor system labeled with the serial number 16233. 16233 is traveling to New York in order to make room to have the subfloor on our project installed.
You can also see that PBS installs our floor joist 12” on center, which goes above and beyond building code and creates a floor that feels as stiff as concrete. It could probably even hold an elephant. Unfortunately, those who reminisce over the bounce in old New England homes may be disappointed.
Quality control at every step
Finally, notice in the next photo the sign off sheet hanging on the side of the floor system. No one can finish the floor system with the OSB (Oriented Strand Board) subfloor until a supervising foreman has signed off on the underlying floor joists.
Finishing the day with the OSB subfloor
Finally, the day wraps up with the team installing 3/4” OSB plywood. This secures the entire floor system together and acts as the base for future finished flooring.
Soon after the OSB is installed, our home is hoisted to the next station where a team will start building the wall and installing drywall.
