Welcome to more storage!
The Attic Home
Lack of storage is one of the biggest reasons people pass on a doublewide.
We hear it at almost every first meeting: "I like the price, but where would I put everything?" A typical doublewide has a low 3/12 roof and no usable space above the ceiling. The holiday decorations, camping gear, outgrown kids' clothes and old paperwork end up crammed in a spare bedroom, a shed out back, or a storage unit you pay for every month.
7/12 attic trusses raise the roof to the pitch of a traditional Maine home and creates an open attic running the length of the house. That's about 1,344 square feet of storage on a 28 x 56 home, on a floor rated for 40 pounds per square foot. You can add it to any doublewide.
Look up. That's an attic!
Any doublewide can be built with 7/12 attic trusses and pull-down or walk-up stairs.
That's a full-length attic for a fraction of the cost of a basement, a garage or a storage unit rent compiled over time.
Two Ways Up
Pull Down Access
Folds up into the ceiling and out of the way. Best for seasonal storage you reach a few times a year.
Walk Up Stairs
A real staircase. Best if you'll be up there often or carrying heavy bins. It takes some floor space, which we'll plan into your layout with you.
Cost Comparison
7/12 Attic
$12,600 on your order. Built in the factory and part of the house from day one. Based on 28x56 home.
Full Basement
$60,000+ for excavation, foundation walls and waterproofing. Based on 28x56 home.
Detached Garage
$45,000+ plus its own permits and foundation. Based on 24x24 garage
Storage Unit
$125+ a month. That's $1,500+ every year, and you still have to drive there.
No wet boxes in April!
Every Maine homeowner knows the joys of spring thaw. Snowmelt and saturated ground push water into basements, and anything stored on the floor pays the price. An attic sits above all of it. Groundwater can't reach it, there's no sump pump to fail, and a well-vented attic stays drier than a basement all year.
What belongs up there
An attic isn't heated or cooled, so it runs warm in summer and cold in winter. It's perfect for holiday decorations, seasonal clothes, sports and camping gear, luggage and keepsake bins. Keep photos, candles, paint, electronics and important papers downstairs.
It looks better, too
Same doublewide. Different roof.
The steep roof that makes room for the attic also gives your home the roofline of a traditional Maine house. Nobody driving by will guess it's a doublewide.