Mobile home skirting makes the home look better, helps keep cats, dogs, kids and other forms of wildlife out from under your home and is required by mobile home parks and communities. In some parts of the USA it is also called underpinning.Mobile home skirting comes in more varieties than it used to. Beside the…
In almost all cases, the opportunity and problems of drywall are the same for mobile homes as for site built houses. However, in a mobile home, the weight is a concern. If you are replacing wood paneling with sheetrock, you are adding a lot of weight for which the home was not designed. In that…
The first time I saw the multi-inch gap at the bottom of a mobile home interior door I thought some really bad carpenter had been at work on it. Of course, I learned later the large gap at the bottom of every interior door is deliberate and provides the cold air return to the furnace….
Wainscoting will cover damage on the lower part of a wall. It can be done several ways depending on your taste and budget. The cheapest is probably buying some wood paneling and cutting it in thirds. I have also seen so plastic material that would hold stain and could be made to match existing colors….
Those of you who live in humid climates will never have heard of these things, which are also commonly referred to as swamp coolers. In fact the employees at the manufacturing plants seldom have any idea why homes shipping to New Mexico or Arizona have a 14″ ceiling duct and a five way switch installed….
Condensation on the inside of windows has become an increasingly common problem in newer mobile homes. While the old homes were drafty and expensive to heat and cool because they leaked so much air, all that air movement took excess moisture from cooking and bathing out of the house. New homes are sealed much more…
Double wide mobile homes have a large crossover duct that transfers heated or cooled air from one side to the other. It is one of those items that may be installed by the factory, the dealer or the setup crew. Improperly done it can be the source of many problems and there is lots of…
Fish Tape is a reel of strong, flexible wire that is used to pull new or replacement electrical wire through the walls. If you are dealing with a mobile home with wood paneled walls it may be easier to carefully peal off the paneling, run the wire and then re-install the paneling. Three prong outlet…
A good hacksaw is very useful since it can be used to cut PVC, copper, or steel pipe. Given the tight corners in which you frequently find yourself when repairing mobile homes, a mini-hack is also useful. This is a tiny hacksaw blade holder that will let you work in places that are to tight…
Heat tape used to keep the water line from freezing as it goes from underground to inside the home. Newer homes all have an electrical outlet under the house near where the water line enters. This makes it convenient to plug the tape in there and minimizes the length required. The tape is uncoiled and…
