Stop is plumber speak for a valve that shuts off the water to an appliance or fixture. Stops are universal in site-built homes, but often not installed in Manufactured homes as part of their efforts to keep prices down. This is unfortunate. Stops let you turn off the water to an individual appliance Without a…
Manufactured home plumbing Plumbing is responsible for a huge percentage of mobile home repair problems. Plumbing repair for mobile homes is made even more difficult because it is sometimes, but not always, different from plumbing for site-built homes. Plumbing parts and supplies are constantly being improved. Advice that is optimal one day may be out…
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…
Replacing the kitchen sink is one of those jobs that you should not start until you have plenty of time and you should plan on a number of trips to the hardware store. The odds are the new sink will not be quite as deep as the old one, the drains may not be in…
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…
Manufactured Home Pipe Connectors If you visit a home improvement 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 subtle, but very significant. Glossary of terms: FIP – Female Iron Pipe. Used to…
Water is the kiss of death in a mobile home That is especially true if you are “blessed” with particle board floors. A small leak can quickly destroy a section of floor big enough to fall through. It happens quickly. A window is left open and it rains while you are at work. The washer…
A reader writes “i have a 2000 clayton home and i wet spot in the master bedroom doorway where the carpet meets the tile but i can not find the water leak. checked under the house no signs of water leaking all dry. the spot was wet for a day or two and dried up…
Your water heater fails so you go to the home improvement place looking for a new one. You quickly discover that if they stock water heaters for mobile homes they cost at least $100 more than the same size and quality as those for site built homes. Even worse, they not have any and want…
