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Steel & concrete modular homes in Texas
Modular homes are built to state and local building codes and set on a permanent foundation. Here is what applies in Texas.
Texas program
- Administering agency
- Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), Industrialized Housing and Buildings program
- Program / authority
- Texas Occupations Code ch. 1202; 16 TAC ch. 70
- Code basis
- 2021 IBC, IRC, IFGC, IMC, IPC, IEBC; 2015 IECC; 2020 NEC (amendments effective July 1, 2024)
- Inspection & seal
- Council-approved design review agency stamps plans; approved third-party inspectors inspect each module in-plant before a TDLR decal or insignia is affixed.
- Good to know
- Local building officials handle site inspections, and municipalities cannot require code amendments as a condition of permits.
- Official source
- https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/ihb/ihbhistory.htm
Summarised from public sources; rules change. Confirm with Texas’s agency and your local building department before ordering.
Your project in Texas
Step 1
Confirm zoning & permits
Local jurisdiction sets lot, setback and design rules. See Permits & Zoning.
Step 2
Plans reviewed to state code
We stamp plans for the code that applies in Texas.
Step 3
Factory build & inspection
Third-party or state inspection happens in the factory, then final on site.
Step 4
Set, connect, certify
Modules crane in, joints are torqued and inspected, and local sign-off issues the CO.