On the page linked below, two videos are posted. The report clearly supports what a video we posted over a year ago stated, namely that modern manufactured homes perform as well or better than their conventional housing counterparts. MHI and its member companies strongly encourage strict compliance with local and state building codes that better account for local conditions. – The damage done to the HUD-Code Zone I home was sustained largely due to the failure of the attached structure.
ZONE 3 MOBILE HOME WIND RATING CODE
The HUD Code Zone I performed much better than the unfortified site-built home. – In a similar test IBHS conducted on traditional site-built homes, the lower wind standard home was completely obliterated at the same wind speed. While higher zone homes may provide additional protection from wind, this test proved that homes are constructed appropriately for the wind zones for which they were built. – HUD wind zones were developed for a reason. In the IBHS test of site-built homes, the non-fortified home was completely destroyed at 96 mph.”Īdditional points shared by MHI’s Jennison included:
“ It is hard to tell how NBC will report the test tomorrow, but nearly everyone from the industry at the facility was excited at how well the home performed under conditions exceeding its design considerations. It is from an earlier wind test, not the one that NBC News will feature. The still/graphic above is from the video on the page linked below. According to the test material: “A secondary objective was to demonstrate the superior performance of manufactured homes built to HUD- Code Zone III standards.” Yet following the test, the director of the IBHS told the crowd how impressed she was at the performance of the Zone I home itself. “ It should be noted that IBHS’s stated test objective was broader than simply developing mitigation measures for strengthening carports and attached structures. After the home took sustained winds for over ten minutes, the roof finally blew off at 100 mph. Finally, they opened the side door and a window and kept increasing the wind speed. The only real dramatic footage of the test occurred when the non-fortified carport blew off the home and caused substantial damage to the roof of the home. When the house was turned, the fortified carport (and the home itself) performed exceptionally well in sustained winds exceeding 90 mph. “ Today’s test repeated the same conditions on a HUD-Code Zone I home.
“ Regarding this previous portion of the test, IBHS indicated: “When one of these high wind-rated HUD-Code homes is installed on a permanent foundation, in most of the country, it would end up resisting wind storms better than surrounding site-built homes.”
Once the attached structure testing was complete, they opened a window and a door on the home’s windward side “to evaluate performance of a Zone III manufactured home during a high wind event.” Prior to today’s events, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) tested attached structures on a HUD-Code Zone III home – first on a standard carport installed using “conventional installation procedures” and then using numerous procedures designed to fortify the carport. “ The test was conducted in several phases. However, due to other stories developing during the day’s news cycle, the story on the wind test got bumped to the morning news. The story about the test was originally scheduled to be aired on the NBC Nightly News. “ First, set your DVR for NBC’s “Today Show” tomorrow morning between 7:00 and 7:30.
Please note that the time zone below is Eastern time. Here are experts from comments from MHI’s President, Richard “Dick” Jennison. An installation expert was also invited to be on hand.Ī source at the scene told MHLivingNews off the record that: “ Test over and the home performed beyond expectations.” The Manufactured Housing Institute was invited to be on hand for the test, but they stated they had no direct say in the test itself. ManufacturedHomeLivingNews has been told by informed sources that the NBC “Today Show” will air a special feature on a wind tests involving modern manufactured homes, which were conducted by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS).
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