Alternatives Guide

FrameGate Sourcing Guide to House Formats and Quote Scopes

This guide is a plain-language comparison of product formats and quote scopes. FrameGate Sourcing is an independent sourcing partner. Leisure homes is the search that brought the question here. The guide does not rank that brand, and it does not claim original-brand supply. Use it to see which choices are still open before you accept an alternative.

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Use and occupancy
Footprint and height
Design loads
Code jurisdiction
Quantity
Destination

Specification sheets for volumetric and panelized houses on a review table

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Question	Volumetric modules	Panelized construction
Where work happens	More finish can be done off site	More assembly happens on the lot
Transport	The transport envelope is the room itself	Panels may stack, then need a dry set sequence
Site risk	Lifting and road permits dominate	Weather on open framing dominates

Foldable packages add a third state: folded for the road, unfolded for occupancy. Do not price the folded size as the lived-in floor area.

Question	Standardized unit	Custom engineered system
When it fits	The lot accepts published module dimensions	Span, soil or local rule breaks the published box
What you still check	Options, exclusions and the code path	Calculations for the actual wind speed and snow
What it does not mean	Faster paperwork is not an approval	A custom frame is not a finished house

Clear span, bay spacing and eave height describe geometry. They do not replace a foundation interface or a fire-resistance rating.

Question	Shell or kit	Turnkey scope
Usually inside	Primary frame and a stated envelope	More of the set, stitch and finish list
Often outside	Foundation, utilities, permits, tax	Anything the supplier listed as excluded
How to read price	Low unit price can omit the site	A larger total can still hide a local trade

Insulated metal panel, purlin and girt packages, and secondary framing should say who installs them. Thermal transmittance is an energy target, not a line you can infer from a render.

Packets to request, not files this site hosts

FrameGate Sourcing does not publish supplier drawings. Ask the quoting factory for the set that matches the system it named. Group the request so a missing file is obvious.

Geometry

Plans with module dimensions and roof slope
Elevation showing eave height and openings
Transport envelope and lifting points

Structure and envelope

Primary frame description, cold-formed steel or hot-rolled steel as proposed
Design live load, design dead load, wind and snow assumptions
Wall build-up and the stated fire-resistance rating

Commercial record

Included, excluded and optional matrix
Quantity, destination and requested timing
Warranty text limited to the quoted system, unread as a site promise

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Specification

Which choices should stay blank?

Leave seismic design category, ground snow load and wind exposure category blank until a project engineer supplies them. A blank is more useful than a number copied from a different county.

How should finishes be described?

Evidence

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Send the format you want compared and the scope line you want priced. FrameGate Sourcing will pass that packet to alternative factories and return the gaps with the numbers.

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