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Exactly! The new one we looked at was "pretty" but I had a strong feeling that I was going to be paying through the nose for nothing but fancy veneer and a nice color palette. I leaned against a wall at one point, while taking a picture, and the wall "gave" so much that I thought...

Thanks for the input. I talked to the local building inspector and he is going to give me a waiver on the zone issue. This is based on the fact that the home is currently less than a mile from where I want to set it up and therefore the weather/climate is the same. We are aware of possible heating/c...

Thanks for the quick reply. I don't know anything about the thermal zone maps other than that the building inspector here told me that VA is in Thermal Zone III. But I have a picture of the dataplate on the MH in question that shows the US being divided into 3 zones and ONLY Alaska was Zone III. But...

Thanks for the quick reply.

I'm posting my answer in the other thread.

I posted this as a reply to another topic but I'm not sure it will get seen there so I am posting it again here. Hope that's OK. Here is my dilemma: My property is directly on the state line between VA and NC. I live in VA and I want to buy a mobile home that is 1/2 mile away in NC and move it onto ...

Speaking of thermal zones, my property is directly on the state line between VA and NC. I live in VA and I want to buy a mobile home that is 1/2 mile away in NC and move it onto my property in VA but the MH is rated Zone II. I wonder if building inspectors can make exceptions in cases like this? You...