Buelligan
Registered User
How many of you allow "repairs" or "renovations" to Manufactured Homes? We have been recently (last 5 years or so) stopped allowing any work beyond small cosmetic repairs to occur on any structure after 1976 with a HUD certification. We are working under the premise that a "Manufactured Home" constructed under the HUD Manufactured Housing Standards must be accepted as a "dwelling" regardless of compliance with IRC standards with the exception of installation requirements covered in the appendix.
We are fine with that, always have been, as I am sure most are. The problem is this. Our understanding of the HUD certification states that ANY modifications to the structure must be approved by the manufacturer and the DAPIA (3rd party federally approved inspection authority). Otherwise the "HUD certification" becomes null and void!
-With that said, does a structural modification, repair or any alteration to the structure, then render the structure out of HUD compliance, there for no longer a legal dwelling? (not cosmetic like paint, carpet or even cabinet replacement)
-Can the structure be recertified by a professional to the HUD standards?
-Can the structure be redesigned by a professional to IRC compliance?
-Since they are not covered "prescriptively" in the code, how and when do we require permits for structural repairs and what "standards" do we apply?
When you do allow "repairs and renovations" to "mobile homes", what regulation do you apply?
For example window and door replacement? Subfloor replacement?, Roof truss repairs etc.? Most of what I see would not comply with and IRC requirements. I am concerned with allowing a mixture of standards and then rendering a structure non compliant with either standard.
We have seen quite a few of these situations recently and we are trying to find the proper path to deal with them. Seems to me that some of these "repairs/renovations" would exceed replacement costs in some cases. So why not just require replacement? Would there even be a path for this or not? We even had one stripped to the frame with a hack of lumber for complete rebuild!
We are fine with that, always have been, as I am sure most are. The problem is this. Our understanding of the HUD certification states that ANY modifications to the structure must be approved by the manufacturer and the DAPIA (3rd party federally approved inspection authority). Otherwise the "HUD certification" becomes null and void!
-With that said, does a structural modification, repair or any alteration to the structure, then render the structure out of HUD compliance, there for no longer a legal dwelling? (not cosmetic like paint, carpet or even cabinet replacement)
-Can the structure be recertified by a professional to the HUD standards?
-Can the structure be redesigned by a professional to IRC compliance?
-Since they are not covered "prescriptively" in the code, how and when do we require permits for structural repairs and what "standards" do we apply?
When you do allow "repairs and renovations" to "mobile homes", what regulation do you apply?
For example window and door replacement? Subfloor replacement?, Roof truss repairs etc.? Most of what I see would not comply with and IRC requirements. I am concerned with allowing a mixture of standards and then rendering a structure non compliant with either standard.
We have seen quite a few of these situations recently and we are trying to find the proper path to deal with them. Seems to me that some of these "repairs/renovations" would exceed replacement costs in some cases. So why not just require replacement? Would there even be a path for this or not? We even had one stripped to the frame with a hack of lumber for complete rebuild!