[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR3280.405]

[Page 142-143]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 3280_MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart E_Testing
 
Sec. 3280.405  Standard for swinging exterior passage doors for use in manufactured homes.

    (a) Introduction. This standard applies to all exterior passage door 
units, excluding sliding doors and doors used for access to utilities 
and compartments. This standard applies only to the door frame 
consisting of jambs, head and sill and the attached door or doors.
    (b) Performance requirements. The design and construction of 
exterior door units must meet all requirements of AAMA 1702.2-95, 
Voluntary Standard Swinging Exterior Passage Door for Utilization in 
Manufactured Housing.
    (c) Materials and methods. Any material or method of construction 
shall conform to the performance requirements as outlined in paragraph 
(b) of this section. Plywood shall be exterior type and preservative 
treated in accordance with NWWDA I.S.4-81, Water Repellent Preservative 
Non-Pressure Treatment for Millwork.
    (d) Exterior doors. All swinging exterior doors shall be installed 
in a manner which allows proper operation and provides protection 
against the elements (see Sec. 3280.307).
    (e) Certification. All swinging exterior doors to be installed in 
manufactured homes must be certified as complying with AAMA 1702.2-95, 
Voluntary Standard Swinging Exterior Passage Door for Utilization in 
Manufactured Housing.
    (1) All such doors must show evidence of certification by affixing a 
quality certification label to the product in accordance with ANSI 
Z34.1-1993, Third Party Certification Programs for Products, Processes, 
and Services.
    (2) In determining certifiability of the products, an independent 
quality assurance agency must conduct a pre-production specimen test in 
accordance with AAMA 1702.2-95, Voluntary Standard Swinging Exterior 
Passage Door for Utilization in Manufactured Housing.
    (f) Protection of exterior doors in high wind areas. For homes 
designed to be located in Wind Zones II and III, manufacturers shall 
design exterior walls surrounding the exterior door openings to allow 
for the installation of shutters or other protective covers, such as 
plywood, to cover these openings. Although not required, the Department 
encourages manufacturers to provide the shutters or protective covers 
and to install receiving devices, sleeves, or anchors for fasteners to 
be used to secure the shutters or protective covers to the exterior 
walls. If the manufacturer does not provide shutters or

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other protective covers to cover these openings, the manufacturer must 
provide to the homeowner instructions for at least one method of 
protecting exterior door openings. This method must be capable of 
resisting the design wind pressures specified in Sec. 3280.305 without 
taking the home out of conformance with the standards in this part. 
These instructions must be included in the printed instructions that 
accompany each manufactured home. The instructions shall also indicate 
whether receiving devices, sleeves, or anchors, for fasteners to be used 
to secure the shutters or protective covers to the exterior walls, have 
been installed or provided by the manufacturer.

[40 FR 58752, Dec. 18, 1975. Redesignated at 44 FR 20679, Apr. 6, 1979, 
as amended at 52 FR 4583, Feb. 12, 1987; 52 FR 35543, Sept. 22, 1987; 58 
FR 55009, Oct. 25, 1993; 59 FR 2474, Jan. 14, 1994; 70 FR 72046, Nov. 
30, 2005]