Resources – High Winds

Manufactured Home Inspection Checklist

To help manufactured home owners understand the vulnerability in high wind areas and how to improve their home’s ability to withstand windstorms, the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has updated its Manufactured Home Inspection Checklist.

Manufactured homes are units built off-site and installed or assembled on site, including those that are propped on a pier foundation and anchored to the ground with steel straps.

When a manufactured home was built and whether it had the proper wind zone rating were determining factors in the level of damage it sustained from recent hurricanes.  Manufactured homes weren’t built with high wind standards until after July 1994.