Home Inspector Roseville | Home Inspection 651-666-5602
Anyone in the process of buying or selling a manufactured home needs to invest in a manufactured home inspection. Admittedly, home buyers will likely get the most benefit from an inspection, but they can be just as beneficial to a seller. Buying a mobile home is a tedious process but it is a necessary one.
Since manufactured homes are constructed differently than a site-built home. These differences can create unique issues that a typical homeowner wouldn’t know. A manufactured home inspection is a complete inspection of the home, from the roof to the ground. There are specific areas that are thoroughly inspected such as roofs, plumbing, electricity, heating and cooling, and flooring.
Our certified inspectors for manufactured homes understands the unique issues of factory-built homes. This knowledge allows them to pinpoint current and future issues that may be unsafe, lower the value of the home, or be too expensive to repair. Our inspector will look at the following components of the manufactured home:
- Design and condition of foundation / piers
- Improper pier shims
- Bent or damaged I-beams
- Skirting
- Presence, condition and installation methods of hurricane straps or tie-downs
- Water sealed seams on roofing, exterior wall sheathing and penetrations such as doors and windows
- Improper wood-burning appliances, furnaces or stoves
- Insulation
- Ducts
- Water in the crawl space
- Bulging membrane under the home indicating a trapped leak
- Independent structural support for additions
- Separations between additions and the mobile or manufactured home
- Interior and attic leaks along home addition seams
- HVAC
- Plumbing
- Electrical
- Windows and Doors
- Floors and Ceilings
Our home inspector will also offer our ancillary services to our customers while they are there including, FLIR Thermal imaging, Home Energy Audit, Mold Inspection and Termite Inspection.
Our home inspector will create a detailed report along with pictures of their findings and will be available to the customer in 24 hours of the inspection. Give us a call today for a manufactured home inspection!
Home Inspector Roseville | Home Inspection 651-666-5602