Are manufactured homes built with substandard materials?
The same components used for site-built housing go into constructing manufactured homes. You can buy these same materials at your local building super store. With factory-built housing having an even higher material and installation standard, as required by the HUD code, today’s manufactured home competes with and in many ways is superior to a site-built home. For example the flooring platform is glued and nailed in a manufactured home. Karsten Homes use 8’ x 14’ sheets of 5/8″ Cresdek flooring. This means one-half the seams and far less potential for squeaks and problems than 4’ x 8’ material. Also, most site-built home floors are only nailed. The Karsten roofs are made with certified trusses using the same shingles as stick-built homes. Plus a manufactured home has the advantage of being built indoors in a climate-controlled environment.
