Mobile home wind zone
See how we weathered Hurricane Ike in Louisiana and Texas in 2008. See how we weathered Hurricane Irma in Florida in 2017. See how we weathered Hurricane Michael in Florida in 2018. The strength we build into each of our manufactured and modular homes is one of the most important ways that we provide “More Home - and More Peace of Mind - for Your Money.”
Since 1979, more than 100,000 families have trusted Palm Harbor Homes with their safety. Our proven home set procedures provide a strong foundation for your home against hurricane-force winds. Our manufactured and modular home structures are screwed and strapped to permanently attach them to the home’s foundation. Site-built home builders often sheath only portions of the exterior. Sheathing in the floors and walls of each home section provides a solid construction envelope for transport strength and for the life of your home. This multiple-step strapping process keeps the structure of the home intact during strong winds, helping to prevent leakage. Our roof-to-wall and floor-to-wall assemblies combine the strength of adhesives, nails, screws and galvanized steel straps. By combining these, our homes are stronger and better prepared to take on the stress of transport and the natural elements. We add a third for superior strength - industrial adhesives. 2) Advanced Adhesion TechniquesĬonventional site construction relies on nails and screws to provide strength. And the differences are in the details.Įach of our manufactured and modular homes is engineered for maximum strength, energy efficiency and wind zone protection, typically exceeding state and Federal building requirements. Consequently, our homes typically weigh significantly more than same-sized site-built home. To ensure that our homes endure this transport stress and still deliver superior energy efficiency, 100% customer satisfaction and the strength needed to endure destructive weather, our homes must be designed, engineered and built to a higher standard. Then, the home sections are often lifted by crane and swung into place. What Makes a Palm Harbor Home Strong Enough to Weather the Storm?Īt Palm Harbor, we build our manufactured and modular homes in centralized building centers and then transport them at 55mph down the freeway to our homeowners’ home sites. First Hurricane Resistant Modular Houses.(d) A retailer who sells a manufactured home constructed on or after September 1, 1997, to Wind Zone I standards must, before the execution of a mutually binding sales agreement or retail installment sales contract, give the consumer notice that: (1) the home was not designed or constructed to withstand a hurricane force wind occurring in a Wind Zone II or III area (2) installation of the home is not permitted in a Wind Zone II county in this state and (3) another state may prohibit installation of the home in a Wind Zone II or III area. (c) A manufactured home constructed before September 1, 1997, may be installed in a Wind Zone I or II county without restriction. (b) To be installed in a Wind Zone II county, a manufactured home constructed on or after September 1, 1997, must meet the Wind Zone II standards adopted by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (a) Aransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Matagorda, Nueces, Orange, Refugio, San Patricio, and Willacy counties are in Wind Zone II.