The Manufactured Housing Forums

I imagine that roofing materials and windows for manufactured homes come in different grades, and as they get stronger, they get more expensive. How do you know what's right for you? A salesperson might tell you that it's necessary to get something much more expensive - when it really might not be necessary.

The area that our home will be in does get snow in the winter, but not a lot - and it also will get into the 100's in the summer. I think that it's also possible that we might see some high winds at times. Will a standard roof and windows that would come standard with a MH be sufficient? Is it adviseable to upgrade? If so, what grade would be appropriate for those conditions?

If it helps, we are thinking very strongly about the Silvercrest Manor line. As this is a higher-end line, we don't want to spend more than necessary - but we want the home to be stable, durable and relatively trouble-free. Any help would certainly be very appreciated!

Usually, county building codes specify snow load for a roof. In my area, 25-psi load is required above 1000 feet. Our home (Karsten) was 30# stock. I thought about this also, saved the money. Karsten, and Fuqua, I believe, and likely others, will do 80# snow load. I would ask what's standard, and compare it to code - your retailer ought to know this, but you could easily find out.
We recently had 12" of snow, an inch of ice, and 4"more snow, for a week, with no ill effects, including temps in the 10-degree range. It might be my imagination, but I believe the back door closed slightly differently for a while - which might be due to temp. difference. We are in western Oregon at about 1000' . The stock vinyl windows have been just fine.