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Mfg. vs Modular Homes

What is a manufactured home and how does it differ from a modular home?

A manufactured home (also known as a mobile home) is a single or multi-sectional home built on a permanent frame, like a steel undercarriage/chassis, with a removable transportation system (hitch and wheels). The unit is permanently attached to a site-built foundation and is subject to the 1976 federal standards established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

A modular home is constructed in a factory using conventional home floor joists and delivered to a site on a trailer or flat bed truck. The delivered home may be in the form of panels that are assembled at the site, may be pre-cut and assembled on site, or may be pre-built and delivered in one piece. The home, panels or pre-cut panels are lifted from the trailer and attached to a foundation. A modular home may be single or multi-storied. Modular homes are not subject to HUD standards, but must be built to state and local Uniform Building Codes.

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Posted by Dallas Chambers on 10/15/2007 02:56 AM

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2007

I often wondered what the difference was between the two. Thanks for the easy to understand explanation.

Good post and information EXCEPT one aspect:

Manufactured (mobile) homes many times are NOT PERMANENTLY attached to a site-built foundation. Many mobile homes from the 70's are simply resting on steel piers for their foundation and those piers rest on top of pads, many times which are wood. Many times the foundation system is not attached or anchored into the ground at all.

This of course has dramatically changed with newer mobile homes and current foundation systems have steel piers which are bolted to the frame of the unit. The pier is then bolted to the pad. The pad may be anchored to the soil or there may be tie-downs and anchors from the frame to the soil. There are also other acceptable foundation systems.

One point of interest, modular homes (homes built off-site) are usually built better than traditional on-site built homes because the same crew is working from day to day and weather conditions are limited when built inside a warehouse-type setting. There should be no "stigma" in a modular home.

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