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� <br />MANUFAC`IURID �IOIVIE OVVNERS <br />NEVV LAW BF�NNING J[TLY 1, 1995 <br />Beginning July 1, 1995, building permits for installing manufactured homes in Washington <br />State must contain the name and certification number of the installer. <br />Ask your dealer for this infom�ation. <br />One certified installer with a certification number must be on site whenever installation work <br />is being done. <br />Installation work is: <br />• Assembling fom�s for wncrete; <br />• Installing supports, piers, anchors and tie-downs; <br />• Set-up; <br />• Skirting, <br />• Connection to on-site sewer and water; and/or <br />• Extending the hot water l�ressure relief valve/dr�tin. <br />If several certified installets are involved in the installation, all their names and cectification <br />numbers must be on the btilding pemut. <br />A certified installer is not required to be present for: <br />• Site preparation (excavating, grading, etc.); <br />• Plwnbing (you will nced a licensed plumber for more than simple wnnections); <br />• Elechical work (you will need a licensed electrician); <br />• Accessory decks, carports and garages (you will nced a peimit from the local Building <br />Deparanent); <br />• Pouring concrete into fom�s; <br />• Dry wall, painting, fuushing trim; and/or <br />• Carpet installation. <br />If the home is being aitered from its original factory condition, an alteration permit from the <br />Washington State Deparnnent of Labor and Industries is required. A homeowner may <br />pecsonally install their own home without being certified. <br />'Ihe maximam fine for noncompliance with the new certification requirement is $1,000. <br />Questions? Ask your local Building Departrnent, or call Nancy Hanna, Office of <br />Mobile/Manufactured Housing, (360) 586-2169. <br />