Anyone order a new beach house?

[steel1man]

On Blue Lake Road in blue mt. Beach?

 

[ecopal]

There appears to be an increase in number of pre manufactured homes being erected in our area.

 

[Matt J]

Yep, and it's depriving Mexicans of work.

 

[steel1man]

Yep, and it's depriving Mexicans of work.

from piers to beach house frame in 12 hours.

 

[steel1man]

I'm interested in how they attach it to foundation and meet Fl. Hurricane requirements.

 

[Matt J]

It's pretty sketchy at best. They might as well come with a "for sale" sign attached to the front.

 

[hi n dry]

It looks nice . Would be interesting to watch this being built from factory to foundation .

This trend could hurt a lot of local builders that basically just build boxes with windows and doors.

 

[steel1man]

It looks nice . Would be interesting to watch this being built from factory to foundation . This trend could hurt a lot of local builders that basically just build boxes with windows and doors.

A 2x4 is a 2x4 ; and a 10 penny nail is a ten penny nail..we all know how accurate somethings done by computers are
i.e. Eye surgery ,autos.

 

[Lake View Too]

Houses built in South Walton County have been inspected by Walton County Building Department in great detail, down to the number of nails in each sheet of plywood sheathing to the number of nails in each hurricane strap. Each window and door has to meet Dade County standards, and there are multiple hold-downs systems that strap them from the footer to the roof systems. All plans have to be certified by a licensed architect to withstand hurricane strength winds. I kind of wonder how our building department can inspect every aspect of this, when it's done in a factory far, far away. I have seen with my own eyes some downright dangerous violations of basic building codes (and common sense) in these Katrina Cottages that are being trucked in. Who knows what is inside these big ones?

 

[Matt J]

I guess we'll know shortly after the next big one.

Which we're pretty overdue for anyway.