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We are proud to be located in Cleveland, TN, just outside of Chattanooga, but we have clients living in Wind River homes all throughout the country.
For Tiny Homes: We are happy to coordinate delivery of your new tiny home anywhere in the continental U.S. If you live outside of the continental U.S., we can deliver your tiny house to the nearest border for your freight forwarder.
We get this question a lot and first it's important for us to understand if you are asking because of aesthetic reasons or because of the local ordinances where you plan to place the home. Our homes are certainly meant for full-time living.
Our Tiny Homes on Wheels (THOW) that are certified as Park Model RVs. They are built directly onto our custom trailers and can ship across the country. Most customers are placing their homes in permanent or semi-permanent setups. The wheels can be removed and stored, and the home skirted/decked on site to give it the appearance of a foundation build. Here is more detail on what that looks like. In short: you don’t need to pour a slab for your tiny home to park on, it will perform well on a level gravel area. However, it does need to be leveled and supported. We recommend concrete block piers for stabilizing and leveling the home.
If you are asking about foundations due to your local ordinances/restrictions on park models, it's important to understand what this means as far as the kind of building you will be looking for. Regardless of whether you leave the wheels on or remove them, the code to which the home is built still classifies it as an RV (see the next FAQ). If you're looking for something without a trailer frame, this would be off-site modular construction. There are different codes for this class of building. Make sure you check out our modular offerings!
If you’re looking into a specific city/county that you want to stay within, and they are requiring the home be on a "permanent foundation," it's worth asking them to define what this means, as they may find block/pier foundation acceptable. Here is an additional resource on Navigating Zoning Ordinances.
Without getting overly technical, we know that some people have to dive deep in order to get answers about tiny home legality and quality standards. Wind River’s tiny homes are certified as Park Model Recreational Vehicles (RV’s) by Pacific West Associates, an accredited RV engineering firm. Our tiny homes are required to be built to codes and standards set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). These codes deal with structural integrity, fire safety, and various other precautions and quality standards. These are the same standards that the RV Industry Association (RVIA) uses (RVIA is not a separate certification, only a different certifying agent).
Within the previously mentioned RV building codes, Park Model RV’s are distinguished from typical RV’s in that they are oversized for traveling on public roads and/or are meant to be hardwired into an electric grid rather than with an RV plug. Park Model RV’s are meant for long-term stays and are less likely to be moved. Some local jurisdictions only allow tiny homes with Park Model RV certifications, so it’s important to know your local ordinances.
There are very important differences between modular homes and manufactured or mobile homes. Modular homes are residential homes that are built off-site. Manufactured/mobile homes refer to homes that are built to HUD code and manufactured on a moveable chassis. The primary advantages of modular homes is that they can be placed in any location that a traditional home would be, and there are significant differences in quality due to modular homes passing more stringent regulations and inspections. Modular homes are built to the same or better standards as traditionally built homes. Wind River homes are built to last a lifetime, using only high-quality, trusted materials and high standards for craftsmanship.
We love our Skoolie projects from the early Wind River days, but our growth has taken us in other directions.
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