Hurricane Helen

[christiefan915]

What's anchoring the wall plates to the studs ?

Brad nails? Titebond? lol

 

[NakedHunterBiden]

Bet they want some socialism now..

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Nope. Dade County building code is pretty much the standard in Florida. The problem is builders who short sheet stuff, inspectors that don't thoroughly inspect, and the addition of unnecessary regulations.

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As one example.

Trailer parks should be forbidden in hurricane and tornado zones unless the manufacturer produces them to standards of homes in such areas.

You've contradicted yourself again, Terry. Cheating builders and inspectors but unnecessary regulations? WTF?

Interesting that you favor banning housing. As if the US doesn't have a housing shortage as it is, you want to ban the most common form of housing across much of the south....all in the path of hurricanes and tornados. This is another reason why MAGATs are closer to being Democrats than Republicans.

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Number of mobile homes, by state in the U.S. 2023 | Statista

Texas, North Carolina, and Florida were the states with the highest number of mobile homes in the U.S.

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[T. A. Gardner]

Queensland, Australia, has many colonial -era houses of that design.

Older areas of New Orleans are built like that. I guess these days common sense has become a rare commodity.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

You've contradicted yourself again, Terry. Cheating builders and inspectors but unnecessary regulations? WTF?

Regulations don't work it the builder or inspector doesn't follow it. Some regulations are unnecessary. AFI's in bedrooms is a great example. This is an electrical code thing. AFI's are all but useless. They do raise the price of a home by about $500 to $1000 at the retail end to put them in. It's unnecessary nickel and diming that adds up.

Interesting that you favor banning housing. As if the US doesn't have a housing shortage as it is, you want to ban the most common form of housing across much of the south....all in the path of hurricanes and tornados. This is another reason why MAGATs are closer to being Democrats than Republicans.

I favor banning substandard housing. Manufactured homes--as they are now--can't stand up to extreme weather in the least. There are both kit (prefab) and manufactured homes on the market, many quite reasonable (under $100 k) that are designed to stand up to extreme weather. It should be the standard in that industry.

Manufactured Homes | Top 10 States with Largest Manufactured Home Share of All New Single-Family Homes

Manufactured and Modular Home News - Manufactured housing varies in popularity across the U.S., but the South stands out for its higher concentration of manufactured homes. Fast-growing, high-

www.manufacturedhomes.com

Number of mobile homes, by state in the U.S. 2023 | Statista

Texas, North Carolina, and Florida were the states with the highest number of mobile homes in the U.S.

www.statista.com

And, states are increasingly forcing manufacturers to improve their products and install them correctly. For example, here in Arizona, you can't buy a single or double wide and set it on a makeshift foundation of cinder blocks any more. You have to have a proper foundation and the mobile home has to be anchored to it properly.

 

[moon]

Older areas of New Orleans are built like that. I guess these days common sense has become a rare commodity.

Profit rules.

 

[moon]

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[tigerred59]

This sounds like it is going to be a very bad one. When hurricanes hit in the big bend area of Florida they tend to be very bad. This one can potentially produce big storm surges. This one is the kind you should evacuate for if you live on the coast and are in its path. I wonder if we will see Kamala going to Florida and acting Vice Presidential.

HOW MANY TIME AMERICA'S TAX PAYERS MUST WE SEE THIS MOVIE??? ALWAYS RED STATES, ALWAYS ANTI SOCIALISTIC GOVERNMENT HATERS...ALWAYS ALWAYS WAITING ON TAX PAYER FUNDED F. E.M.A TO SHOW UP WITH CASH IN HAND FOR THESE SEA LOVING FOOLS TO REBUILD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE SAME EXACT LOCATIONS....HOW MANY TIMES MUST WE SEE THIS FUCKIN MOVIE....EVERYBODY LOVE THE WATER FRONT VIEWS, UNTIL THEY SHOW UP AT YOUR FUCKIN DOOR STEP.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Regulations don't work it the builder or inspector doesn't follow it. Some regulations are unnecessary. AFI's in bedrooms is a great example. This is an electrical code thing. AFI's are all but useless. They do raise the price of a home by about $500 to $1000 at the retail end to put them in. It's unnecessary nickel and diming that adds up.

I favor banning substandard housing. Manufactured homes--as they are now--can't stand up to extreme weather in the least. There are both kit (prefab) and manufactured homes on the market, many quite reasonable (under $100 k) that are designed to stand up to extreme weather. It should be the standard in that industry.

And, states are increasingly forcing manufacturers to improve their products and install them correctly. For example, here in Arizona, you can't buy a single or double wide and set it on a makeshift foundation of cinder blocks any more. You have to have a proper foundation and the mobile home has to be anchored to it properly.

You bitch about adding $1000 dollars to the cost of a $250K home yet want to double the price of mobile homes? WTF, Terry?

Lemme guess, you think all the "negras" and Mexicans would leave the state if the cost of housing doubled? Tripled?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

You bitch about adding $1000 dollars to the cost of a $250K home yet want to double the price of mobile homes? WTF, Terry?

Lemme guess, you think all the "negras" and Mexicans would leave the state if the cost of housing doubled? Tripled?

$1000 here, a thousand there... In the end, it all adds up and makes homes unaffordable.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

$1000 here, a thousand there... In the end, it all adds up and makes homes unaffordable.

....and you wanted to double that. Why, Terry? Was it for the reasons I mentioned?