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by retiredat47
Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:21 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: re: Retiredat47 - Residing
Replies: 1
Views: 905

re: Retiredat47 - Residing

I am kind of doing the same thing. Seems like a number of these homes need to have a lot of work done from a water leak or such. I am pretty much completely redoing an 86 Fleetwood. I only work on it maybe a day a week and a short day at that. But I completely replaced all the water lines with PEX (...
by retiredat47
Fri May 21, 2010 9:08 am
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: Replace propane Coleman with Intertherm electric
Replies: 3
Views: 2151

Re: Replace propane Coleman with Intertherm electric

Hi Robert and thanks for your reply. Yes, these are new units, the mobile home park got a bunch of homes in that had the electric furnace and the electric supplied will not support the furnaces sot they all got replaced with gas. I looked at it and ended up getting the 70k BTU (my current furnace is...
by retiredat47
Wed May 19, 2010 11:04 pm
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: Replace propane Coleman with Intertherm electric
Replies: 3
Views: 2151

Replace propane Coleman with Intertherm electric

I have an 86 Fleetwood with a Coleman 7966 856 propane furnace. The furnace heats the house fine. I will most likely switch to all electric and am considering an Intertherm E3Eb-020H electric. I checked with my electric company and they assured me I can get more amps as now my house has only 100 amp...
by retiredat47
Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:19 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Recommendations on 86 Fleetwood I just acquired.
Replies: 4
Views: 1590

Re: Recommendations on 86 Fleetwood I just acquired.

Thanks Greg, I will probably go with 1/2" rock thoughout and put 3/8" on the ceiling. If it is too wavy then I will go1/2" throughout. Most interior walls are down so I plan to redo them with 2x4s instead of the 2x3s currently in it, some are even 1x3s. Do these flex more than a typic...
by retiredat47
Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:27 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Recommendations on 86 Fleetwood I just acquired.
Replies: 4
Views: 1590

Recommendations on 86 Fleetwood I just acquired.

Hello, have been perusing the forum but this is the first post. I have some questions and am looking for recommendations from the forum members. I recently inherited an 86 Fleetwood (14X70) Broadmoor model. It is on a lot in the city, which I inherited as well. There were a couple of water leaks so ...