It would seem that FARK has a new sponsor... it goes by the name of MNN.

We called 'em "T-buildings" down in Texas. ("T" for "temporary".)

And, for us, it was elementary or middle school only.

/psb
//"p" for "pointless"

We called them The Portables, and from elementary school through high school, they were always for the Special Ed kids.

Nope. My high school had enough classrooms for all the classes. Of course, some of us were forced to take lunch at 10:30am to accommodate. Mmm, breakfast burger...

Damn right, son. Mine's a triple-wide.

In my elementary school they used to send the kids who hadn't learned to read by grade 5 to the trailer outside.

Composed of two trailers, the three-bedroom home in Granada Hills was completed for $100,000 in around ten weeks

Holy shiat. They managed to make mobile homes expensive and slow to produce.

wildcardjack: Composed of two trailers, the three-bedroom home in Granada Hills was completed for $100,000 in around ten weeks

Holy shiat. They managed to make mobile homes expensive and slow to produce.

They have never been all that cheap. Just cheaper than building a house.

The modular classrooms around here are POS stickbuilt structures; the best way to "recycle" them involves 5 gallons of diesel and a highway flare.

The ones in TFA seem to be made of sterner stuff, like a shipping container with a gable roof. Those might be worth re-purposing.

As someone who spent a good portion of my childhood in a trailer (thanks mom!) I read tfa in disbelief, that hipsters had finally gone there, to the trailer.

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What a stylish and sustainable modular home may look like?

Also, the problem with trailer homes has never been the trailers themselves - it's the trailer park, the people who live in them, and the proximity with which they live to each other.

Broad brush paint very sloppy

"Check out those Palaces Randy."
"One day mister Lahey, one day."

kroonermanblack: wildcardjack: Composed of two trailers, the three-bedroom home in Granada Hills was completed for $100,000 in around ten weeks

Holy shiat. They managed to make mobile homes expensive and slow to produce.

They have never been all that cheap. Just cheaper than building a house.

Uh.. actually they have were about 30- 40% of the cost of a real home (in the double wide variety), about 25% if you bought a single wide model back in the 70's. The real reason for the saviings was that MH's were built as cheaply as possible. 2x4 exteriors in cold climates, 2x2 and 2x3 interior walls with panel board (sheetrock happened about the time their costs exceeded 40k or offered as an "upgrade" to paneling). If you lived up north they were cold due to poor insulation techniques and poorly fitted windows and door hardware unless you kept that furnace cranked up. Homeowners tried to save money with the introduction of a wood stove which more often than not caused late night fires as fire retardant materials were seldom used. Due to poor construction, wind shear could strip the outer skin, or in severe cases, topple the trailer. There appeared to be few regulations governing the construction of these boxes.I spent a couple years refurbing mobile homes in the early 80's so I'm very familiar with what materials go into these things- would never own one as a result.

Of course, back then trailers were considered a stepping stone to owning a real home. Bad economy in the late 70's and early 80's resulted in these homes becoming permant housing or a more economical and accepted alternative to a stick built home.

Thanks to current building code, techniques, demand, etc todays manufactured homes are a little better but keep in mind, they are still not as well built as their stick built counter parts. To economize, they use construction techniques tailored to the regions they serve. MH have 2x5 exterior walls and better quality insulation up north but have hurricane tiedowns to the south. The real draw to todays MH is that they stock them full of bling- Tiles, wall to wall carpeting and engineered wood floors (intead of the traditional linoleum), granite counter tops, open spaces: much of which has attributed to the spiralling costs of MH. The savings is in the construction techniques (most of them are built assy line and indoors) and the use of cheaper engineered construction materials. While goverened under manufacturing code, most do not meet the same code as their stick built counterparts and are still regulated to similarly coded areas (trailor parks) or open zone areas (light industrial, agricultural, multi residential) and remain excluded from stick built neighborhoods.

There are some hybrids out there that are pretty nice where they assemble portions of a home on an assy line then assemble the portions on site- These have much more stringent construction codes, the use of better materials and are similarly priced to their stick built counter parts. They are not considered MH but as an alternative to building on site in harsher climates and offer some savings in being assembly line produced.

I Am The Bishop Of East Anglia: We called 'em "T-buildings" down in Texas. ("T" for "temporary".)

And, for us, it was elementary or middle school only.

/psb
//"p" for "pointless"

T for "time to leave"??

sanriosucks: As someone who spent a good portion of my childhood in a trailer (thanks mom!) I read tfa in disbelief, that hipsters had finally gone there, to the trailer.

This shocks you? I'm also a "trailer park baby" and the clothes that I got teased for wearing are fashionable now. Fark you John Q. Public.

I'm looking at a 1400sqft home for about 99k. (~$72sqft?) Does not include the 940sqft in the basement that will be finished. I do get: 2x4 w/brick exterior, 2x12 floor joists, 1.25" wide oak plank flooring (older homes so surfaced nailed) throughout the home, 8" joists supporting my roofing (with a decent pitch). All in a package that has proven to be tornado resistant for the last 51 years.

Again- with today's MH, you're paying a much higher price for the bling. If i bought my home fully loded with toy's, it would probably cost me another 30k (for about 20k worth of actual stuff)

imprimere: sanriosucks: As someone who spent a good portion of my childhood in a trailer (thanks mom!) I read tfa in disbelief, that hipsters had finally gone there, to the trailer.

This shocks you? I'm also a "trailer park baby" and the clothes that I got teased for wearing are fashionable now. Fark you John Q. Public.

I prefer "trailer court". "Trailer park" just sounds too mobile.

wellreadneck: imprimere: sanriosucks: As someone who spent a good portion of my childhood in a trailer (thanks mom!) I read tfa in disbelief, that hipsters had finally gone there, to the trailer.

This shocks you? I'm also a "trailer park baby" and the clothes that I got teased for wearing are fashionable now. Fark you John Q. Public.

I prefer "trailer court". "Trailer park" just sounds too mobile.

You can polish a turd...

What, no interior finished pics?

The one in the picture looks like a re purposed shipping container originally built to code that might actually be worth gutting, moving and refurbishing. But the ones they cobbled together for the elementary and high schools I attended to deal with overcrowding were total POSs that were searing hot in summer, freezing cold in winter and eventually condemned and torn down after a few years due to mold.

Pert: imprimere: You can polish a turd...

No, no, no, you CAN'T polish a turd, but you CAN roll it in glitter.

...aaaand it's still a turd!

I work for a school district who's district headquarters consists of portable buildings. Many of our schools have them as well and, according to the Superintendent, "we'll work in portables as long as kids are learning in them".

I used to build those things when I was 20.

You can buy them in good shape for $7k, delivered and set up. Great deal.

KrispyKritter: Gough: The modular classrooms around here are POS stickbuilt structures; the best way to "recycle" them involves 5 gallons of diesel and a highway flare.

The ones in TFA seem to be made of sterner stuff, like a shipping container with a gable roof. Those might be worth re-purposing.

you'll find using a gasoline 'primer' much more user friendly when igniting diesel. or so i've heard.

In open spaces, yes. I'm more hesitant to use it indoors. I want plenty of room to stop, drop, and roll.

$100K???? Might as well build one from scratch. What's the point?

This is sad on two levels:

1. That kids have to take their classes in trailers instead of real buildings like they are supposed to. If there are more kids in the school district, put up a building or expand the current one. Of course that would take TAXX MUNNEEEZZZ! and we certainly can't have that (I'm looking at you california proposition 13).

2. That even with the phenomenal crash in real estate prices a real house is STILL too expensive for too many people, even those of us fortunate enough to have otherwise decent jobs. That's just farked up.

When I was in 4th grade I was actually VERY glad to be in a portable. At the time, the school, then an elementary school, the main building had no AC. The only ones that did were portables.

clowncar on fire: I'm looking at a 1400sqft home for about 99k. (~$72sqft?) Does not include the 940sqft in the basement that will be finished. I do get: 2x4 w/brick exterior, 2x12 floor joists, 1.25" wide oak plank flooring (older homes so surfaced nailed) throughout the home, 8" joists supporting my roofing (with a decent pitch). All in a package that has proven to be tornado resistant for the last 51 years.

Again- with today's MH, you're paying a much higher price for the bling. If i bought my home fully loded with toy's, it would probably cost me another 30k (for about 20k worth of actual stuff)

Location, location, location. In many cities, $97k wouldn't get you a shoebox.

Badgers: Additionally, most schoolyard trailers are composed of two 12 by 40-foot segments that are easy to reconfigure and play around with when deciding the final layout of a home.

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That's how it started...

rewind2846: This is sad on two levels:

1. That kids have to take their classes in trailers instead of real buildings like they are supposed to. If there are more kids in the school district, put up a building or expand the current one. Of course that would take TAXX MUNNEEEZZZ! and we certainly can't have that (I'm looking at you california proposition 13).

2. That even with the phenomenal crash in real estate prices a real house is STILL too expensive for too many people, even those of us fortunate enough to have otherwise decent jobs. That's just farked up.

What the bloody fark does a building have to do with an education? If kids are being taught in caves or mines or whorehouses, and they're learning stuff, who cares?

redmid17: HumanSnatcher: When I was in 4th grade I was actually VERY glad to be in a portable. At the time, the school, then an elementary school, the main building had no AC. The only ones that did were portables.

Did we go to the same school?

Same here. And in AZ, that was a godsend. Doors were never closed in the brick buildings.