FAQ: Manufactured Homes (summary, photos, links)

FAQ: What are pre-manufactured homes?

Pre-manufactured homes
* Aka pre-fabricated homes, “pre-fab”
* Built in factory, transported to home site

Manufactured homes
* Used to be called mobile homes, no more.
* Built to standards of 1976 HUD code
* Towed by truck, transport frame remains as part of home, but wheels and axles can be removed
* Photo on the right is a manufactured home, courtesy of Tim Ahlborn, see his website below.

Modular homes
* Built to state building codes, often to Uniform Building Code and/or the International Building Code
* Transported by flatbed truck and moved by crane

* Photo on the right is of a modular home, courtesy of DigitalDrummer (public domain photo). Photo below that is of a modular apartment building in London, courtesy of Fin Fahey/Tarquin Binary (used under license).

Site-built homes
* Home components are shipped to home site where it is assembled to make the home
* More and more pre-fabricated parts, like walls and roof, are now being shipped to the site.

Mobile homes
* Old name for manufactured homes
* Term used differently by the various home builders.

Trailer
* What can be attached to a vehicle by a hitch, including house/travel trailers.

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufactured_housing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_home

Some websites from various manufactured and modular home groups:
http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/default.asp
http://publicarticles.info/articles/mobile_homes/index.asp
http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/default.asp
http://www.rebelhome.net/trail.html

California DMV page on RVs (trailers): http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl648/dl648pt6.htm
Tim Ahlborn's website: http://www.angelfire.com/mi/TimsManufacturedHome/