This HUD issued document deals with all the aspects the title implies: the monitoring contractor who oversees the PIAs on site work, identification of DAPIAs (Design Approval Primary Inspection Agency), site construction and alternate construction, is there a preferable format for a DAPIA’s approval or rejection, the level of detail to be included in monthly reports as well as inspection reports for the final inspection, and dimensions of attic space as it relates to how much weight the attic floor can handle.
There is a whole section on Alternative Construction (AC) versus On-Site Construction and what that entails. Another section deals with the load of trusses and where in the construction process is the home in relationship to March 7, 2016.
Another section deals with inspection provisions for adding solar panels, basement doors, a fireplace hearth crossing the marriage line, carports, and other amenities that are best added on-site.
One section deals with whether a company can “bundle multiple aspects site of construction that would be site completed under one site completion approval request.”
The following is one passage from the 16-page document:
“Please clarify the site-installed or completed appliances that would require an SC approval and those that would not require an SC approval.
Examples of site–installed or completed appliances that would require approval and inspection under Site Construction (SC) include but are not limited to:
Site completion of the installation of a water heater, including site completion of venting, which complies with the standards in all other respects.
Site completion of the installation of a heating system internal to the manufactured home, including site completion of venting.
Site completion of the installation of a range or cooktop if no other source of cooking is factory provided.
Site completion of the installation of an optional appliance such as a fireplace when on-site completion requires connection of exhaust/venting.
Site completion of a home shipped with electric appliances, but factory constructed with optional gas risers provisioned for the possibility of gas appliance conversion before retail sale.”
The next passage deals with site-installed or completed appliances that do not require inspection.
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Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.