Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 120 - OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER AND INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMMISSIONER › Chapter 120-3 - RULES OF SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER › Subject 120-3-7 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURED HOMES › Rule 120-3-7-.18 - Installation Instructions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Installation instructions provided with
				manufactured homes must be followed for installation. These instructions are
				designed to be applicable when certain aspects of the manufacturer's
				installation instructions are not explicit, not stipulated or need
				clarification, or when the manufacturer's instructions indicate that the
				requirement may be left to the authority having jurisdiction. The Federal
				Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Program (24 C.F.R.
				3280,
				3282 and 3283) requires that all
				manufactured homes be provided with installation instructions covering
				foundation, anchoring, utility connections, and other items. Such installation
				instructions shall be utilized and followed for the installation of all new
				manufactured homes. Previously occupied manufactured homes and mobile homes
				which do not have manufacturer's installation instructions shall be installed
				according to requirements herein. The term mobile home shall be synonymous with
				the term manufactured home when used herein. Manufactured homes located within
				rental communities shall not be required to have poured concrete or permanent
				foundations.
(2) Definitions:
(a) Anchoring Equipment: Straps, cables,
				turnbuckles and chains, including tensioning devices, that are used with ties
				to secure a manufactured home to ground anchors;
(b) Anchoring System: A combination of ties,
				anchoring equipment and ground anchors that will, when properly designed and
				installed, resist the overturning of the home or the moving of the home
				sideways by wind;
(c) Footing: That
				part of the support system that sits directly on the ground at, below or partly
				below grade to support the piers;
(d) Ground Anchor: A device at the
				manufactured home stand designed to transfer manufactured home anchoring loads
				to the ground;
(e) Pier: That
				portion of the support system between the footing and the manufactured home,
				exclusive of caps and shims. Types of piers include, but are not limited to,
				the following:
1. Manufactured steel
				stands;
2. Manufactured concrete
				stands;
3. Concrete
				blocks;
4. Other approved or listed
				equivalent.
(f) Radius
				Clips: Means or method to protect strapping from sharp edges during
				loading.
(g) Site, Manufactured
				Home: A parcel of land designed and designated for the location of one
				manufactured home, its accessory buildings or structures, and accessory
				equipment for exclusive use of the home;
(h) Stabilizing Devices: All components of
				the anchoring and support systems such as piers, footings, ties, anchoring
				equipment, ground anchors, or any other materials and methods of construction
				which support and secure the manufactured home to the ground;
(i) Stand, Manufactured Home: That area of a
				manufactured home site which has been reserved for placement of a manufactured
				home;
(j) Support System: A
				combination of footings, piers, caps and shims that will, when properly
				installed, support the manufactured home;
(k) Tie: Strap, cable or securing device used
				to connect the manufactured home to ground anchors;
(l) Vertical Tie: A tie intended to resist
				the uplifting and overturning forces.