(1) No anchors shall be used for anchoring a
manufactured home or building to the ground unless the anchor has been tested
by a third party testing agency to the required holding power of the anchors.
All anchors tested must then have the approval of the Commission. All ground
anchors must be installed in the soil classification in which the anchor has
been approved. It is the responsibility of the installer to ascertain the soil
class and to make sure the anchor is installed in the correct soil. All shear
wall locations must have an anchor and support pier installed. Manufactured
required longitudinal ties must be installed.
(2) All manufactured homes and buildings
shall have anchors spaced as evenly as practical with the piers.
(3) The required number of anchors per each
side of each manufactured home and building are shown below:
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WIND ZONE II HURRICANE ZONE
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*Length of Mobile Home (ft)
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**No. of Vertical Ties
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No. of Diagonal Ties
|
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0-40
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5
|
5
|
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41 - 60
|
7
|
7
|
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61 - 90
|
9
|
9
|
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WIND ZONE I NON-HURRICANE ZONE
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* * * *No. of Vertical Ties
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***No. of Diagonal Ties
|
|
0
|
4
|
|
0
|
6
|
|
0
|
8
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*Length of mobile home (as used in this table) means length
excluding draw bar.
**The federal manufactured home construction and safety
standards require all manufactured homes designed to be located in wind zones
II and III to have a vertical tie installed at each diagonal tie
location.
***If pier height is over 24", an additional diagonal tie must
be added for every additional 12" or a portion thereof.
****Manufactured homes that do not have a HUD label must have
three (3) vertical ties per side in zone 1.
(4) Manufactured homes (with HUD labels) and
manufactured buildings are not required to have vertical ties in wind zone
1.
(5) All multi section homes
shall be lagged and sealed together in accordance with the home manufacturer's
instructions.
(6) A zone 1 home
cannot be installed in zone 2.
(7)
An optional anchoring system that has been approved by the Commission in
accordance with
535-X-13-.09 may be used if its use does not conflict with
535-X-13-.06(11).
(8) These minimum anchoring standards are
based on the premise that all manufacturers doing business in Alabama have
built their homes in compliance with the federal manufactured home construction
and safety standards.
Notes
Ala. Admin. Code r. 535-X-13-.07
New Rule: Filed June 24,
1993; effective July 29, 1993. Amended: Filed July 27, 2000; effective August
31, 2000; operative October 1, 2000. Amended: Filed November 5, 2007; effective
December 10, 2007. Amended: Filed April 5, 2013; effective May 10, 2013;
operative June 3, 2013.
Author: Jim Sloan
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, ยงยง
24-4A-3,
24-5-31,
24-5-32,
24-6-4.
