Mobile Home Construction

AIR provides the following codes for mobile home (manufactured home) construction:

  If you run a Detailed Loss Analysis with the AIR Tropical Cyclone Model for the United States for Touchstone 6.0 and Touchstone 7.0, the loss results will not match. This is because there is a change in the mobile home factors (the damage multipliers) for this construction class. The mobile home factor is changed when the backfilled and subarea information is changed for many locations.

Construction Code


Category


Description

191

Mobile Homes

Represents a weighted average of tie-down types, including no tie-downs. Use this code for a mobile home (manufactured home) when the tie-down information is unknown.

192

Mobile Home with No Tie-Downs

Use this code for a mobile home (manufactured home) with no anchoring systems present.

193

Mobile Home with Partial Tie-Downs

Use this code for a mobile home (manufactured home) when the tie-downs are either over-the-top ties or frame ties, but not both, or with fewer ties than recommended by the manufacturer.

194

Mobile Home with Full Tie-Downs

Use this code for a mobile home (manufactured home) when the anchoring system uses both over-the-top ties and frame ties. Typically, ten frame ties and seven over-the-top ties are required for full tie-down in single-wide mobile homes.

 

 


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Touchstone 7.0 Updated September 03, 2020