Are Manufactured Homes as safe as a site built home in fire, earthquake, and other natural disasters?
This is one of the great myths of the site built industry. Today’s Manufactured Homes are built to much stricter guidelines for safety and the United States Fire Marshall has determined that today’s Manufactured Home with it’s drywall construction and fire retardent materials used throughout, hardwired smoke alarms and safety egress windows is safer than most site built homes. Manufactured Homes are designed to withstand much greater lateral forces than site built homes and all of our foundations are built to seismic zone 2 specifications. in addition, it is a state law that all new Manufactured Homes not on a permanent foundation must be equipped with a state approved tie down system.
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- How could there be this much savings if todays Manufactured Homes are built with the same or better materials than a site built home?
- Are Manufactured Homes as safe as a site built home in fire, earthquakes and other natural disasters?
- Are Manufactured Homes as safe as a site built home in fire, earthquake, and other natural disasters?
