Our house was built in a Factory and when it left, it had siding, windows, furnace, kitchen appliances, everything! It travelled in 2 sections that measured 64' x 30'. The sections were delivered to our lot, towed by 2 Semi Truck Cabs, with wheels under it's 4 I-beams. After arrival, sections were attached, leveled and the remainder of the siding at the joints was done. Inside, where everything meets like carpet, flooring, walls - it's all taken...
care of and finished as well. Water, gas, electricity are all connected. Crown molding and specialty molding is all attached. Normal time period to have the house move-in ready after arrival to your lot is about 1 month.
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Here is a Manufactured Home being built in the Factory - and the halves
of the house ready for Delivery. Our house came all the way from Indiana
to Michigan. Everything was entirely covered with heavy plastic on the long
sides of the walls where the house is attached - all for delivery. All the other sides
are covered with siding, doors and windows. In our case, everything needed a
power wash after the house was all assembled. That was all taken care of as part of set-up.
Underneath both halves of the house are 2 I-Beams which stretch the entire 64 feet.
Under those, is where the Wheels go to tow the house. They are not huge tires,
like those of a Semi...but small wheels.
Our house is not on a slab of concrete - but on the ground, with 12 deep footers
underneath it. There are special tie-downs that are driven 12 feet into the ground
to keep our home attached to the ground. Through all of the storms, wild weather,
wind and everything...we never even hear it, much less feel it.
The first several pictures are NOT our house being moved, but taken from various
websites - check the source if you want to see more about the process.
Above, the semi-truck cab pulling on site, with one half of the home.
Below, getting the 2 halves close together, so they can be attached & leveled.
Above, This gives you a clearer view of the 2 halves being brought on site.
Both halves are ready to be attached and leveled.
Below, after the 2 halves have been attached...then siding is applied.
For those of you who wanted to know what the outside of our house looks like, I am posting a couple of pictures of the exterior.
Even in 2013, some people still call these manufactured homes "Trailers". That is an inappropriate description of what they truly are. This 64' x 28' house could not be towed behind a car or a regular pick-up truck, as you saw above. And that is why very early, the houses that could be moved from place to place easily were called trailers. Manufactured homes are subject to the same stringent construction laws as stick built houses.Our house is well insulated and entirely built using drywall, which is finished fairly smoothe. The vaulted ceilings are textured with a special type of "head" that stamps the "glop" up there. It's definitely NOT popcorn. Here is our house the first summer after we moved in. About 2 months after moving in, they put in our sod and planted the Aspen tree. We planted the Garden, which curves and undulates nearly the entire length of the house and garage. The lot full of weeds, is an empty lot between our house and the house on the corner. The front and back of our house face the side lots, instead of the street. I like that...much less noise and nosy people. Our deck and two sets of steps have since been stained black. One set of steps (on the right) goes to the sidewalk and down to the garage...the other leads to our Patio...which has also changed.
We have a large 2-car garage attached...and parking for 2 cars in the drive-way as well.
A little closer view of the front door, porch, patio and Garden.
