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- Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:24 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Roofing Repair Choices ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4424
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:13 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Roofing Repair Choices ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4424
JD, the Signature 200 is strictly the finish. Here's the product catalogs both companies quoted. They do appear to have concealed fastener roof panels, but there's no distinction made. The contractor needs to give panel profiles and metal gauge in order to compare properly. http://www.mbci.com/new/c...
- Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:49 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Lightning rod for a MH?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8044
- Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:19 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Lightning rod for a MH?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8044
To answer your question about lightning rods. A MH is no different than any other building in terms of susceptibility to lighting. All that a lightning rod will protect the structure from is a direct hit. That's all. The fact that your equipment got fried meant that it struck the lines feeding the h...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:13 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: roof questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3838
No. The cap shingles that are there now will be just replaced with ridge vent and new cap shingles. There should be some lag screws that were used to join the two ridge beams together, but these will not be affected. The only problem I foresee is the sheathing may need to be cut back to allow the ai...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:53 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: roof questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3838
- Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:15 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: roof questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3838
Excellent information there. I'll chime in by adding, if you have gable vents, do you also have soffit vents? If no, then you wouldn't be gaining a whole lot. If yes, then block off the gable vents because the heat flow could become 'short-cycled'. Basically, the turbines would be drawing in the air...
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:15 am
- Forum: Off Topic Discussions
- Topic: FTA (free-to-air) Satellite TV... anyone?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3286
I considered this last year before I decided on DishNetwork. The C-band/K-band/4DTV equipment for this gets very expensive, and the big dish required would have been too much of a headache to install. You have receivers, LNBs, rotators, switches, etc that become your headache to keep working. The pa...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:31 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Water heater door rebuild
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3622
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:28 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Discussions
- Topic: Antennas......UGH
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3386
There's ALOT of misconception about DTV. The biggest being that it takes some kind of special antenna to recieve them. THIS IS FALSE. The signal sent will still be coming over the airwaves on various frequencies; if it comes in good as analog, it will come in as DTV. Weak signals, on the otherhand, ...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:33 am
- Forum: Off Topic Discussions
- Topic: Considering buying a very custom mobile home, thoughts?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4107
Absolutely! A good home inspector will pay attention when he/she's down there investigating. Otherwise, a structural engineer will be the only person who can say whether the integrity has been compromised by the amount of rust. If the rust is only on the surface though, I would simply coat the expos...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:14 am
- Forum: Off Topic Discussions
- Topic: Considering buying a very custom mobile home, thoughts?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4107
The method used to insulate the crawlspace is completely wrong, evidenced by the excessive moisture. Like a house built on a stemwall foundation, when you insulate the perimeter walls and seal off all vents (they defeat the purpose of the insulation), the floor must then be UN-insulated. This essent...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:56 am
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: DUST, DUST and more DUST.. where is it coming from..
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14866
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:43 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: New roof started
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2363
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:38 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Discussions
- Topic: financing source for DW MH
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2138