breadtrk
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Look for real wood cabinets, not pressed wood. Real plywood floors, not pressed wood.
That is all.
That is all.
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Fawken
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Around here we try to discourage those due to the fact that they're tornado magnets.:laughing: Actually the neighbors who bought mobile homes here the same time 35 years ago I was building this house are now on their second or third mobile home. If you ask me, they're all junk. Cheap wiring and fixtures, particle board floors, and 2x3 walls with 1/4" sheetrock. If you need something quick get a slab poured and have a metal building erected. Insulate it and finish it out with quality fixtures and move in until you can build a real house.
breadtrk
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Huge difference between a real modular home and a mobile home. Real huge difference. It would pay for someone commenting on such to learn them. Might give credence to their opinions.
windy acers
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A MODULAR HOME IS BULLT A WHOLE LOT MORE STURDY THAN A MOBIL HOME OR A STICK BUILT HOME!! WE LIVE IN A ALL AMERICAN BRAND HOME FROM INDIANA . FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
breadtrk
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Well..... I have over 300 frames under my belt. Let me retire and play with my tractor and get posts reported here.
Unless that modular frame home is anchored to the sill plates and thus the foundation, they are really no better than a mobile home.
I've done them all. The Amish guys out of Indiana make sure theirs get set right. Can't say about others, just what I've seen myself.
Pretty much these days all you need to look for is what they build them with. Claytom Mobile homes are built better than many of the home I stick framed. Palm Harbor modular homes are not even worth the paint they put on them.
Look for wood cabinets and plywood floors, tied to the foundation properly and it don't matter if it is mobile or modular or stick.
Unless that modular frame home is anchored to the sill plates and thus the foundation, they are really no better than a mobile home.
I've done them all. The Amish guys out of Indiana make sure theirs get set right. Can't say about others, just what I've seen myself.
Pretty much these days all you need to look for is what they build them with. Claytom Mobile homes are built better than many of the home I stick framed. Palm Harbor modular homes are not even worth the paint they put on them.
Look for wood cabinets and plywood floors, tied to the foundation properly and it don't matter if it is mobile or modular or stick.
Fawken
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You need to come here to Texas then and inform all these MOBILE HOME dealers up on the interstate that they are engaging in false advertising. It seems they ALL refer to their products as "Modular Housing."
Are you sure they're not calling them "Manufactured Housing"?
That's the most frustrating thing when it comes to discussing the popularity of Modular homes. In just about every conversation, someone confuses them with Manufactured or Mobile homes. Those M's really screw people up
Fawken
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Are you sure they're not calling them "Manufactured Housing"?
That's the most frustrating thing when it comes to discussing the popularity of Modular homes. In just about every conversation, someone confuses them with Manufactured or Mobile homes. Those M's really screw people up
Maybe so. Post pics of what you're talking about because I don't it's a very popular option around here. Having a traditional, brick on slab home built in Texas is actually cheaper in the long run than buying a mobile home- IF (emphasizing if) you bypass the builder and line up your own contractors for the various phases. Deal direct with the owners of the various companies. Helps to speak a small amount of Spanish, but generally trim carpenters here get $10-$12, brick layers $12-$15 and framers and concrete finishers somewhat less.
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NorTracNY
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Take a pic of any stick built home. A Modular home is generally built sturdier since it must handle the transportation to the site. They are able to be 2+ stories also. I don't know if manufactured/moble homes can have a second floor. I believe a manufactured home will have a steel bottom frame and are certainly not built to the same codes as a stick frame/modular.
