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Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by MuffinFlavored on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:18PM (#21266742)
Is a "normal manufactured home" a mobile home/trailer?
Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by mikeg8 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:40PM (#21266853)
Yes. The other replies are missing the distinction. A manufactured home is traditionally a mobile home. There is a wide range of sizes (single wide, double wide, triple wide) with a range in quality/price. These are the ones you see cut in half on a truck trailer on the highway. A more modern approach has become the Pre-fab homes. These can have a wider range of shapes than the rectangle which helps avoid the “mobile home” stigma. The manufacturing is also done in a warehouse to build pieces Of the house on a production line, like the walls, floor and roofs, that are stacked on a trailer and then erected as a puzzle on the building site. The advantage of pre-fab is that there is less waste and because components are built in a warehouse, they can be built during winter for assembly in spring. Hope this helps.
Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by taborj on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @10:14AM (#21270526)
> A more modern approach has become the Pre-fab homes.

This isn't just a modern approach. See the Sears kit homes of the early 20th century.

My parents built their ~2800sq ft (not including basement) two story house back in 1976, and it came as a kit on a truck. My dad and uncle, with help from friends, built it, farming out specialist jobs (plumbing, including septic system, etc) as needed.

Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by Spooky23 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:02AM (#21269443)
No, they can build modular homes in all sorts of different configurations. A relative had a ~2,000 sq ft house built this way, it was faster and cheaper to build than a traditional hose. It came in 5-6 sections iirc.
Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by dwild on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:56AM (#21270336)
Doesn't a mobile home have wheel?
Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by GrumpiNerd on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:22PM (#21266760)
No. Many modern homes are manufactured off-site and then assembled on-site.
Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by badfrog on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:27PM (#21266793)
"manufactured" is the modern equivalent of a mobile home. You're referring to "modular"

https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/defined-mobile-manufactu...

Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by nimblegorilla on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:46PM (#21266879)
The link you provided makes a distinction between mobile and manufactured homes...