Modular Homes
<font color=blue>Choice is Old Milwaukee</font color=blue>
THAT AND NATURAL LIGHT TOO!!!
SHF, sounds like we know all the same guys. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
I've got catch up with ya on the house specifications. MOST OF the materials used were pretty much as good as you would choose to frame up a stick built home. Floor joists were 2x10 16" o.c., with 2x10 solid bridging, double band joists, center girder consisted of 6 2x10's after being bolted up, the weak spot was the subfloor, only a single layer of 5/8 T&G OSB. glued and nailed (wotta laugh). Exterior walls were 2X6 16" O.C. R16 insulation. No continous vapor barrier though.
Interior walls were
supposed to be 2x4 16" o.c. Second floor was framed for live load. Also 2X10's 16" o.c. 5/8 T&G OSB spec'd @ R32 insulation value. Full value not installed as spec'd.
Load bearing center wall turned out to short scraps of 2x3's finger jointed and glued together to achieve a full length 8' stud. Something later described as a manufactured wood product. Try finding that in local lumberyard! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif
Sorry, no 2x2's upstairs. Rafters consisted of either 2x6 or 2x4 sections depending on the span, 16 o.c. 12/12 pitch. Though it doesn't sound like much sizing meet all load requirements. 5/8 roof sheathing, 7/16 wall sheathing all OSB. Minimum standard requirements. 1/2" sheetrock Overall not a bad spec pkg. The one MSI display home I saw had 24" o.c. rafter spacing.
Gotta say didn't happen to find any beer cans between the walls in the house /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif It's too bad I didn't, it might have explained it all.
DFB