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Mobile Home Construction |
AIR provides the following codes for mobile home (manufactured home) construction:
| If you run a Detailed Loss Analysis with the AIR Tropical Cyclone Model for the United States for Touchstone 6.0 and Touchstone 7.0, the loss results will not match. This is because there is a change in the mobile home factors (the damage multipliers) for this construction class. The mobile home factor is changed when the backfilled and subarea information is changed for many locations. |
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Mobile Homes |
Represents a weighted average of tie-down types, including no tie-downs. Use this code for a mobile home (manufactured home) when the tie-down information is unknown. |
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Mobile Home with No Tie-Downs |
Use this code for a mobile home (manufactured home) with no anchoring systems present. |
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Mobile Home with Partial Tie-Downs |
Use this code for a mobile home (manufactured home) when the tie-downs are either over-the-top ties or frame ties, but not both, or with fewer ties than recommended by the manufacturer. |
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Mobile Home with Full Tie-Downs |
Use this code for a mobile home (manufactured home) when the anchoring system uses both over-the-top ties and frame ties. Typically, ten frame ties and seven over-the-top ties are required for full tie-down in single-wide mobile homes. |
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