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Doug_T

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  1. Although this has nothing do with our veterans, this is a perfect mission for the Patriot Guard Riders. Whether protecting the families of fallen soldiers or the families of these fallen children the families have a right to grieve in peace.
  2. I put a modular home up 10 years ago and feel it was the best decision we could of done. Our house is about 2200 sq feet and came in 4 blocks (2 first floor 2 second floor). The attched garage was stick built . The quality of the the home is excellant. When walking into modular home you would never know it was not stick built unless you know what to look for. You can design any house you want and they can build it. We took a stock design and modified it to our likings. The quality of cabinets flooring, etc is what you want, just like stick build houses. We toured about 5 different factories before we ended up building our house. That was due to time and the quaility going down from the time we started looking til we wanted to start. Most factories have display houses to look at and tours of the factories. The houses generally are much stronger than stick built because they have to travel down the road hundreds of miles. Our sheet rock is nailed, screwed and glued to the studs to prevent cracking and shifting. Depending on the factory you have the choice of floor joist you want to the type of heat/ a/c you want. We had central vac put in. It is amazing because it usually takes about 1 week for them to build a house in the factory. They can work in any weather and 24 hours a day if necesary because it is all climate controlled. The one thing I would have changed is that I hired a local company to order the modular house, put the fondation in , set the house on the foundation and complete the house once it was set. I should of taken over the house once it was set on the foundation and hired the subs to finish the house myself. I spent alot of time over seeing the subs myself and some off the subs were not to reliable. I think I could have hired more dependable subs myself and gotten the house done quicker and cheaper. In the end the house came out great. Now, I have a lot of differant connections of subs and my experience of being a farmer (can fix or build alot of things but master of none) I feel I could have General Contracted it myself , but for the average person I would let the professionals do it.
  3. I don't have a suggestion on how to solve the problem but as a Uhaul Dealer I know that all Uhaul trucks have Metal Floors. So drilling thru them will cause some issues for you..
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