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- Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:07 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Smoke Detectors
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1416
Re: Smoke Detectors
my mobile home (built in 2007) has 5 detectors on the ceiling (3 smoke & 2 carbon)(hard wired together) and 1 combination detector on the wall (battery only) the hard wired smoke detectors are located in the master bedroom, kitchen and second bedroom. the hard wired carbon detectors are located ...
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:00 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: How to fix Metal Panel on Storm Door
- Replies: 5
- Views: 17919
Re: How to fix Metal Panel on Storm Door
check out your local yellow pages for a "sheetmetal fabricator" or "sheetmetal work" and then call around to see if they have a scrap pirece to fit your door. also you could check your local big box home center for "decorative sheetmetal" as shouwn in the link below htt...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:24 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Aqua PEX plumbing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2390
Re: Aqua PEX plumbing
I purchased a 2007 mobile home and PEX runs throughout the house i have no experience working with it a recent episode of one of the home improvement shows had a segment regarding PEX. it was stated that it was more expensine up front but cheaper on the installation (no soldering etc) thus making it...
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:28 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: holes in vinyl siding
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7387
Re: holes in vinyl siding
i used white duct tape on my white skirting. worked great
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:25 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Skirting Venting Ideas?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3779
Re: Skirting Venting Ideas?
my mh has this type of skirt venting. the one on the right. maybe it would work for yours
- Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:23 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: create a pitch on a flat roof?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11346
Re: create a pitch on a flat roof?
i witnessed 2 homes in the park i live in that had their flat roof converted to pitched ones. it can be done.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2086295_pitch-flat-roof.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2086295_pitch-flat-roof.html
- Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:55 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Screws for aluminum siding
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20549
Re: Screws for aluminum siding
if you live in a saltwater environment you probably dont want to use aluminum screws. they will corrode in that environment. i worked in aerospace and all aluminum products on the satellites we were building had to be chemically conversion coated or anodized to prevent corrosion once the satellite g...
- Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:27 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Small roof overhang for front door?
- Replies: 4
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Re: Small roof overhang for front door?
My brother an I just added a drip cap over both storm doors in my mobile home. Every time it rained, water would make its way inside from the top of the top of the storm doors. After a simple addition of a drip cap all is well and no more rain on the inside of the door. I can now leave the inside do...
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:24 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Portable generators
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10248
Re: Portable generators
Is this a common setup, the electric company's feed feeding to an outside breaker panel (which then feeds a panel in the home)? i'm not going to speculate whats common, but thats the way my mobile home is set up. my brother got me all set up over last weekend regarding my generator situation so all...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:58 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Heat duct cover extension
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3525
Re: Heat duct cover extension
there are deflectors as shown below
- Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:27 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Portable generators
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10248
Re: Portable generators
thank you for answering my question but it seems that i have stirred up a hornets nest. that was never the intention. i only was asking because i thought maybe some home owners might have gone through a similar situation and added a generator for emergency purposes. i did no know that these types of...
- Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:27 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Portable generators
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10248
Portable generators
I survived Tropical Storm Irene with flying colors (nothing missing on my mobile home) but still out of power.
I am considering buying a portable generator and was wondering what size would be appropriate for a mobile home.
Does anyone has a setup they can recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Norm
I am considering buying a portable generator and was wondering what size would be appropriate for a mobile home.
Does anyone has a setup they can recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Norm
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:42 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: First time home buyer, How much will central AC run me?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14292
Re: First time home buyer, How much will central AC run me?
I bought my home in 2008 and the cost then was about $3100
They installed a cooling coil in the Miller furnace and American Standard AC unit.
The installation included all the necessary plumbing and electrical work.
They installed a cooling coil in the Miller furnace and American Standard AC unit.
The installation included all the necessary plumbing and electrical work.