WEATHERING THE STORM
Palm Harbor's homes are built to takethe tough stuff - even last year's recordnumber of hurricanes in the Southeast
Take a look at the quality of Palm Harbor homes and you will be blown away. With theirinternal focus on "quality beyond code," Palm Harbor builds in features that exceedspecs as well as most home builders' and buyers' "expects."
Palm Harbor's Mike Wnek says, "While almost all of our new wind code homes survivedthe storm, Palm Harbor's suffered the least amount of damage and did not sustain thepost-storm water damage that many other homes did." One impressive Palm Harborhome feature is its EnerGmiser® construction with 2" x 6" exterior walls. This increasedwall thickness means increased insulation for greater R-value and energy efficiency;heavier wall construction substantially increases overall strength.
Bernie Edwards, President and Owner of Southern Homes in Weaverville, NorthCarolina, is a veteran home builder who knows just how sturdily Palm Harbor Homes arebuilt. "How well are these homes built? I tell you what. Every once in awhile, we'll haveto get inside a wall and change something, and they're just really hard to tear into. That'swhen you realize how well built they are."
Palm Harbor Homes standard features include:
- Heavy, mildew-resistant shingles - each nailed with six brass-coated roofing nails forincreased wind resistance
- "Weather watches" on all eave edges and valleys
- Roof decking - nailed to rafters with resin-coated screw-shank nails
- 2" x 6" exterior studs
- 2" x 8" floor joists
- Tongue and groove (five-ply) plywood floor decking
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Floor plan for the Palm Harbor Florida house
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