|
Manufactured
Homes
 A
home built in a controlled, factory environment on a permanent chassis
that is designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation
when connected to the required utilities. Manufactured homes are built
to the federal Manufactured Home Construction Safety Standards enforced
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Washington,
D.C. The HUD code sets standards for heating, plumbing, air conditioning,
thermal and electrical systems, structural design, construction, transportation,
energy efficiency, and fire safety.
Manufactured homes are constructed with virtually the same materials
used in site-built homes. However, in contrast to traditional site-building
techniques, manufactured homes have the advantage of being built inside
a climate controlled factory away from the elements of the weather
and they use an engineered design offering the most cost efficient
assembly resulting in a much lower cost per square foot.
Manufactured homes may be placed on private property or in a manufactured
housing community, also known as a land-lease community since you
do not have the expense of purchasing the land.
Modular
Homes
 Factory-built
homes that begin as components and are designed, engineered and assembled
in a controlled factory environment. These homes are built to the
State of Georgia Residential Building Code which incorporates a steel
I-beam floor frame. This is the same code that the Michigan site-built
home is constructed to. The advantages are that the steel frame gives
more structural integrity to the floor system and does not warp.
An unfamiliar inspector or appraiser will often confuse these homes,
"state pre-manufactured," with a HUD-code "manufactured"
home. The difference between these homes is the code under which they
are constructed. A steel frame has nothing to do with the code or
tags that are on the home.
Adrian built modular's are built exceeding the Georgia Residential
Building Codes in some areas. For example, Century modular's have
2 x 6 exterior walls and the site built homes have 2 x 4 exterior
walls.
Site Built Homes
 A
structure built on site in accordance with the State of Georgia Residential
Building Code. These homes are exposed to all elements of the weather
and can take a tremendous amount of time to build, in some cases taking
as long as six months. The cost per square foot is much higher than
the cost of building a modular home.
Trailer
1) hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground; to extend over
a surface in a loose or straggling manner
2) to walk or proceed draggingly, heavily, or wearily
3) to follow upon the scent or trace of
4) a metal structure to haul a boat, snowmobile, heavy equipment etc
5) NOT A MANUFACTURED OR MODULAR HOME!
|
|
