Mobile Home Faucets

Mobile home faucets come in at least three qualities. This can range from the very cheapest, chrome plated plastic, to brass stemmed units like you would find in a site built home. Unfortunately, the price pressure on manufacturers, especially on low end units, means the cheapest ones are the ones that usually come with a…

Kitchen Sinks

If you are replacing the kitchen sink in a mobile home, you will want to buy a sink made for mobile homes unless you are replacing the counters too. Mobile home counters are not as deep as site built homes and there isn’t enough room to install them. Mobile home sinks come in two sizes…

Garbage Disposal Wisdom

The following are instructions for diagnosing and fixing the majority of problems you are likely to encounter with a garbage disposal.Motor doesn’t even hum. No power to the disposal. Make sure the fuse or breaker has not tripped. Also, in a new home, make sure that there is power to the outlet.Motor got too hot….

Frozen Water Lines

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…

Leaking Water Lines

The most important consideration with leaks is to constantly be alert for evidence of one. Sometimes you can smell wet floor or wall material, you may notice a soft spot developing, occasionally you can hear a drip inside a wall, etc. The next important thing is to determine as best you can exactly what is…