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WHAT IS A MANUFACTURED HOME?
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HOW IS IT DIFFERENT THAN 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).
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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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Reliable Home Inspection Service proudly provides Home Inspections on both Manufactured and Modular Homes.
"When people take offense to the term ‘mobile home’(when the structure is actually a manufactured home), it is often because of perception. Mobile homes are perceived as low quality, old, and linked to poverty. When the term ‘mobile home’ is used, it is not giving the manufactured home the credit it is due. Today’s manufactured homes are built according to very stringent building standards. They are beautiful, functional, and sometimes even indistinguishable from site-built homes (Source: cascadeloans.com)."
"A modular home (or prefabricated home) is built in a factory to about 80-90% completion and then trucked over to the building site.
A modular home, unlike its manufactured counterpart, does not ship fully assembled, nor is it built on a chassis. It is built to about 80-90% completion in a factory before transportation to the homebuyer’s property. The home arrives at the job site in multiple pieces, and a crane operator sets each piece in its place on the foundation. Once it is completed, a prefabricated modular home looks indistinguishable from a traditionally built home.
(Source: nextmodular.com)"