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How can you tell if a mobile home is a doublewide or singlewide?
Friday, August 10, 2018
Mobile home sections are manufactured in widths from 12 to 16 feet wide. If the dimension of the short side is between 12 and 16 feet, it is a singlewide, and 24 to 32 feet means you are looking at a doublewide. You could, of course, look under the home to see if there are two steel frames and a marriage line and, also, a doublewide will have a small, metal HUD tag (like the one shown below) on both the front and back long walls; but the dimension of the short side of the home is the easiest way to tell.
Also, see our blog posts Are mobile homes well built? and Are older mobile homes unsafe?
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Here’s links to a collection of our blog posts about MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES:
• What are the most common defects in mobile/manufactured home foundation piers?
• How do I determine the age of a very old mobile home?
• What is a "HUD label verification letter" for a mobile/manufactured home?
• Is it safe to go under a mobile home?
• What do I need to know about buying a foreclosed mobile home?
• Does it make sense to buy an older mobile home and remodel it?
• Where do I find the vehicle identification number (VIN) on a mobile home?
• How do I find out how old a mobile home is and who manufactured it?
• What is the right price for a used mobile home?
• How energy efficient is a mobile home?
• When were the first double-wide mobile homes manufactured?
• How do I upgrade my old (pre-1976) mobile home to meet HUD standards?
• What size air conditioner is right for my mobile home?
• Can you move an older mobile home in Florida?
• What does the HUD tag look like and where do I find it on a mobile home?
Visit our MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES page for other related blog posts on this subject, or go to the INDEX for a complete listing of all our articles.
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