A home that is "stick-built" is constructed on the building site, piece by piece. Manufactured and modular homes are not classified as stick-built because they are made mostly in the factory and then transported to the site. A custom home and a home made according to stock building plans may both be stick-built, provided that they are constructed on the land where they will remain.
Also Known As: site built
The term "stick-built" can imply wood frame (i.e. wood sticks). So called stick-built methods for wood frame can include balloon frame, post & beam, pole constuction, panelization and the like which are done with pieces on site. Balloon frame is often used in Manufactured Homes and is a common method for light guage steel assembly. Steel columns with I beams and open web joists is a metal way to do post & beam. "Assembled-on-site" perhaps is a clearer descriptive term, as masonry, straw, plaster, gypsum, stone and other materials used in a piece by piece method can fit that category.