WHAT IS A MODULAR HOME AND HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM MANUFACTURED HOMES, IF ANY?
Essentially there are two national building codes in the United States, HUDcode and I-Code (International Building Code and International Residential Code). Several states are still using the code standards of UBC (Universal Building Code) but in the next several years, all states will have adopted all or part of the I-Codes and for the first time there will by truly one national building standard for modular and site-built construction. Manufactured houses are built to HUDcode standards. HUDcode product is defined as a structure that is built in factory on a metal chassis, pulled to site and placed on a temporary foundation, in other words, residential HUDcode structures are trailers in all their permutations. Modular structures are constructed to all the same national, regional and local code standards as site-built structures built under the aegis of UBC or I-Code. Modular homes are stick-built houses that are built off-site, delivered to site and installed on a permanent, pre-prepa
