The Manufactured Housing Forums

First, the home can't slip. The soil beneath the home may move a create a problem, however. If you puchased the home used, how do you know the marriage line was ever tight? A one inch gap is permissable by code, if the home is properly attached, one side to the other. If the home was set on soil tha...

If there is a nut, you will have to go in from underneath the home. Generally there is no nut. The drain is usually screwed into a piece called a tray plug adapter which in turn is glued to the "P" trap and can be unscrewed from in the tub itself.

Serial numbers are located in two places. The controling location is on the backing plate, the piece of metal that stretches across the front of the home, where the hitch is attached. The second is on the data plate installed within the home.

The number you've given in the HUD label number. This means the home was built to the HUD code, and is a manufactured home by definition. It is not a modular.

The square head screw is actually a #2 Robertson. The covers can be purchased from Red Oak Trading Co, 421 Front St., Coeburn, Va. 24230 276-395-2670 as well as the bits for the Robertson Screws.

The roof load for a manufactured home is designated on the data plate within the home. The 20/30/or 40 lb. load designated, is the live load applied downward on the horizontal projection as indicated in 3280.305

There are no such drawings available, however, the wiring is a single is extremely basic. Ceiling and interior partition walls generally come from the top. The exterior walls come right around the perimeter, and larger wiring such as range, furnace, dryer etc come thru the floor.

There are several quality manufacturers in your area. Clayton Homes comes to mind as well as Dutch Housing, a Champion company. Cavalier Homes also ships to West Virginia. There are several good choices in your state, and West Virginia has a very strong dealer licensing bureau with a recovery fund i...

Let me caution you, I have yet to find either a pellet or wood stove that is HUD approved for installation in a manufactured home. If they do not have this approval, they are non-compliant, and may be a real problem with an insurance company in the event of fire.

It would appear that the weight of the roof has indeed altered the structure. This is called floor crowning. A load greater in weight than what the home was engineered for has caused this problem. The easiest fix at this time is going to be blocking around the perimeter of the home. First the side w...