A Look At the Industrialized Housing Market and the Adhesives Used

A literature search and survey were undertaken to determine characteristics of the Industrialized Housing Industry with emphasis on the types of adhesives used. Production of Industrialized Housing often referred to as “factory builts” estimated at 1.1 million of 1973 accounted for over 30 percent of the total housing starts for the year. A classification of the industry together with their contribution to 1973 production appears to be as follows: 1) Permanent Foundation (43.2 percent of 1973 production), 2) Nonpermanent – No Foundation (56.8 percent of 1973 Production). Adhesives employed in industrialized house production in order of importance are mastic construction adhesives, polyvinyl acetate resin emulsions, contact cements, and tile cements. Minor amounts of phenol-resorcinol resins, casein, and urea- formaldehyde resins are also used. Industrialized housing has come of age and its share of the residential market is growing at a rate of about 1.3 percent per year. Growth will continue and is due to high costs of conventional construction, better financing, less code restrictions, better design, and greater consumer acceptance. Adhesive usage is significant but not of the magnitude nor of the sophistication to be expected.

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