All in a Mind’s Eye
...nce, structure, and comfort associated with these homes, will change this perception. The modifications in appearance mandated by Patriot Homes, Inc., make these manufactured homes and homes built on site, look similar. When you drive up the driveway, you see a home that feels inviting instead of ominous. Shingles and vinyl siding replace the sheet metal roof and aluminum siding. The dramatic change from a flat roof to a gabled roof gives you the same impression of a traditional home. The textured foundation blocks, instead of cheap underpinning, make the manufactured home look finished and permanent. With a portico and an elaborately designed deck, the manufactured home has transformed into a more appealing structure. Patriot Homes, Inc. adopted strict building codes, and significant advances in the overall building structure became obvious. Construction using 2x6 exterior walls and floor joists, with 2x4 interior walls, makes this home not only structurally sound, but energy efficient. The wind tunnel effect you felt in the trailer--gone. The breeze you feel now--overhead fans. You smell the unmistakable odor of fresh paint. You notice no flowered wallboard on these walls, only hand-textured plaster, finished with cove molding and 4” wide baseboards. Now, if you want to re-paint the baby’s room pink, replacement of the wallboard becomes unnecessary. In the kitchen, flouresant lighting enhances the sleek, solid-oak cabinets. You see actual wall switches for all the lighting fixtures, not pull cords. You look out thermal-paned tinted windows richly finished with white marble sills. While you walk around and look at all these changes, you see no air vents in the floor, but in the baseboards. The solid, level floors do not creek. Patriot Homes, Inc. has addressed many aspects of personal comfort. With vaulted ceilings throughout the home, you no longer have the feeling the ceiling will part your hair. To dispel the claustrophobic feeling of a small squar...