Double-wide
Also called: double-section
A manufactured home built as two sections, joined on site to form a home roughly 24 to 32 feet wide.
A double-wide arrives as two halves that are joined along a centerline, the "marriage line", and finished on site. The result is a floor plan much closer to a site-built house, with room for a central living area, a proper kitchen, and bedrooms on opposite ends.
Double-wides are the most common new manufactured homes sold today. They finance and insure more readily than single-wides, appraise better, and appeal to more buyers on resale.
The marriage line is worth inspecting. A poorly sealed or settled joint is a common source of roof leaks, floor unevenness, and drafts in older double-wides, and it is expensive to correct properly.
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- Single-wide, A manufactured home built as one section, typically 14 to 18 feet wide and 60 to 80 feet long.
- Multi-section, A manufactured home built in three or more sections, producing the largest factory-built floor plans.
- Setup, The process of siting a manufactured home: foundation, leveling, joining sections, anchoring, and utility connections.