Renovation Overview A-105

Mobile Home Renovation

The pictures and descriptions below will give you a feel for what the home looked like before any work was done. For fun you might pretend you are thinking of buying this house and make a list of all the work it needs. Then compare that to the contractors proposal. The pictures all link to […]

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Completed Renovation A-105

Mobile Home Renovation

The pictures below take you on a walkthrough of this home after all the repairs were completed. Click on any of the pictures to see a larger version. Note that your browser may resize the image to fit your screen, so you may have to click it a second time to see the full detail. Standing by the […]

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Renovation Bids & Work Orders

Mobile Home Renovation

This is an actual bid for work to be completed by a contractor on a home. See the notes at the end on what additional information you will want before signing up for repair work on your home, especially with an unfamiliar contractor. Install new hot water heater and build door Install sheetrock in areas missing rock […]

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Bathroom Floor Replacement

Mobile Home Repair

The following directions were written for a mobile home bathroom floor replacement project. Bathroom floors are the most common floor problem in mobile homes. However, the same process works just as well for floors in any room of the mobile home; it’s just lots easier because you have more room to work and don’t have to deal with the […]

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Replacing a Garbage Disposal

Mobile Home Repair

If the home has not had a disposal before, check to see if there is an outlet under the sink. If there is you will still have to thread a wire up through the wall to put in a switch to turn the disposal on and off. If there is no power you will have to bring a […]

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Mobile Home Pipe Connectors

Mobile Home Repair

If you visit a home improvment center you will find an overwhelming array of fittings and connectors for hooking up water lines, gas lines, sewer lines, water heaters and others. The vocabulary is strange and the variations subtile, but very significant. Glossary of terms: FIP - Female Iron Pipe. Used to describe a fitting threaded to go onto old […]

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Mobile Home Cabinets

Mobile Home Repair

Mobile Home cabinets are some of the cheapest, poorly constructed furnishings known to man. They are frequently made of paper and held together with staples. In addition, the manufacturers build them them themselves from a variety of supplies. The supplies change frequently to meet changes in decor and lower prices from vendors. In other words, […]

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Kneepads

Mobile Home Repair

If you haven’t been there, it may seem strange to have an entire page to talk about knee pads. However, especially if you are getting older and fatter like me, good knee pads are a wonderful thing. So, what to they do for you anyhow? Let you kneel on nail heads and glass without pain […]

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Mobile Home Tubs

Mobile Home Repair

Mobile home bathtubs are NOT the same as those used in site built houses because they don’t have overflows. In addition they are supported above the floor so the drain line can go under the tub and down through the floor. You do not want to attempt to put a tub designed for a site built […]

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Vinyl Flooring in Mobile Homes

Mobile Home Repair

At the factory they put the vinyl on the floor first and then set the walls on it. It takes about 10 minutes to sand the floor material and they just cut the vinyl and staple it around the edges. They don’t bother with glue. The guy who installs the floor registers is supposed to […]

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