Your mobile home setup contractor will be able you offer valuable advice on what foundation to use and how your manufactured home should be placed on that foundation. Permanent and non-permanent mobile foundations are utilized according to the need.
Permanent foundations will provide more protection, depreciate slower, and will give you a higher resale value. Because permanent foundations have to meet strict regulations and require more materials finding financing for them can be easier. If you plan to stay put with your manufactured home setup, a permanent foundation is the way to go. You might like a basement foundation that will offer more space as well or a Pit foundation may be the best option for you.
For those who wish to be able to move your mobile home in the future, a non-permanent foundation would be your choice. Slab foundations are a single block foundation poured onto the ground in the shape of your home. They can also be a tad larger than your mobile home with a skirting used to cover up the area between the slab and your manufactured home. Some non-permanent mobile home foundations use runners. Runner foundations use thin stretches of concrete that correspond to your mobile home’s support system making sure the I-beams rest on piers that sit on the runners.
There are various ways to set up your manufactured home on its foundation. Your experts at Herrington’s will know the perfect mobile home set up for you. Talk to us about a “Drive On”, “Roller System, or Crane Placement for your manufactured home transportation needs.
Some modular homes will have to have a foundation with footers; other regular manufactured homes do not have to have footers but can come with the option. If you have an “A” frame roof or one with a high pitch, you may need crane placements. There are so many options-so many decisions. The experts at Herrington’s will give you expert advice on which foundation is best for your mobile home set up and how your home should be placed on its foundation.