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by homebuff
Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:20 am
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Tips on new floor needed in kitchen
Replies: 10
Views: 3972

Tips on new floor needed in kitchen

:D Greeting fellow carpenter's! My moblehome is a 16x60 & the Kitchen has an island with the gas stove & a one piece counter with the curved bar & a double sink. The curved bar is part of the center island. I need to know how to remove the center island & the counter. I am well aware...
by homebuff
Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:51 am
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: MGH-055-ABWN-06 central a/c gas furnace motor needed
Replies: 2
Views: 3149

MGH-055-ABWN-06 central a/c gas furnace motor needed

Robert or Mark! The specs for the motor are as follows: KA55HXSMW-2346 HP 1/3 Volt 115 HZ60 Amp 5.0 PH 1 RPM 1075/3spd Didn't see one in the motor column listing where you purchase furnace part's. Did see one that had the white plug connector that looks like mine that goes into the control relay box...
by homebuff
Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:33 am
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: White Ocean HWT tripping often!
Replies: 2
Views: 1338

Re: White Ocean HWT tripping often!

I did install a 3500 watt. The thermostat when I installed it was not up against the tank well enough was the reason I believe it was trippng so much & causing the water to get too hot. Working ok now. Had to cut off the adjusting knob though cause the cover would not go back on. No biggy to me ...
by homebuff
Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:05 am
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: White Ocean HWT tripping often!
Replies: 2
Views: 1338

White Ocean HWT tripping often!

Hot water tank thermostat trip sw. keeps tripping. Can't tell if it's a metal tank or fiberglass. Need to know the ohm specs on the old element while it's out of the tank. It had a buildup of crusty crud at the thraded end of the element just inside the element where the crud was touching both sides...
by homebuff
Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:36 am
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: intertherm blower issue
Replies: 3
Views: 3829

Re: intertherm blower issue

homebuff wrote::) Sounds as though it may have a limit switch concern.
Has happened to my simiiar model in the past & fixed it.
Good luck! :)
Need to know what type of thermostat your using as well.
Standard or digital programmable or non-programmable.
by homebuff
Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:33 am
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: intertherm blower issue
Replies: 3
Views: 3829

Re: intertherm blower issue

:) Sounds as though it may have a limit switch concern.
Has happened to my simiiar model in the past & fixed it.
Good luck! :)
by homebuff
Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:18 am
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: Filter type for MGH Intertherm
Replies: 0
Views: 3112

Filter type for MGH Intertherm

Have a Intertherm MGH model a/c gas furnace & using those 1"thick cardboard filters that I assume are suppost to go in the hanging door. The door has 2 med size vent openings & one small one at the bottom but I tape it closed. Everytime I install new ones they get all bent up on the edg...
by homebuff
Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:42 am
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: Cleaning Intertherm unit floor ducts
Replies: 11
Views: 43049

Re: Cleaning Intertherm unit floor ducts

:) Thank's for the tip sites! Getiing close to fall so I can remove the metal sheet plates to clean the crud of the coils. Still be a bit tight getting a small brush or what ever the other guy's use. The caked on crud is rather loose being a newer evap coil. The coils are pretty shiny still so not a...
by homebuff
Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:44 am
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: Cleaning Intertherm unit floor ducts
Replies: 11
Views: 43049

Re: Cleaning Intertherm unit floor ducts

:) Thank's for that info! lot of work on my behalf but it needs to be done anyway cleaning out all my duct work. Lot's of small dog food crumbs & dog hair that are stuck to the bottom of the duct work & hard to get loose unless I do pur some warm ater in it to slowly soak it loose I guess is...
by homebuff
Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:39 am
Forum: Nordyne Service & Repair
Topic: Cleaning Intertherm unit floor ducts
Replies: 11
Views: 43049

Cleaning Intertherm unit floor ducts

Greetings to all! I have a 16x60 MH with a intertherm gas ac unit with a downflow system. The floor ducts extend from one end of house to other about 40 ft in lemth. I want someone to give me some tips on how to clean them out throughly of all the junk & mold that has accumlated in it in the pas...
by homebuff
Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:51 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: My home needs major repairs!
Replies: 2
Views: 1335

Re: My home needs major repairs!

Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.

This is what a get when trying to upload 5 pics seperately one at a time after shrinking them to fit with my photo software.
Alot harder here than on FaceBook!!!
by homebuff
Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:27 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: My home needs major repairs!
Replies: 2
Views: 1335

My home needs major repairs!

I have this 88 model 16x60 Prestiege MH & I have some pics of the damage that I need to repair. Hope I can get some input on how to repaIr it properly. Some show the wood rotting around the back door. Other ones show the inside upper panels from past water leaks but fixed the leaks & having ...
by homebuff
Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:40 am
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Front porch sealing tape
Replies: 6
Views: 3120

Re: Front porch sealing tape

:D Thank's once again for the comment's. The 4x4 pier's are vertical indeed like most porches are built. Mine was built on a budget. Cost around $900.00. So material was rather cheap except for the roof panel's. The porch does not wabble a bit. Pretty steady as a matter of a fact. The metal pier's y...
by homebuff
Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:59 am
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Front porch sealing tape
Replies: 6
Views: 3120

Re: Front porch sealing tape

:) Thank's for that tip. Kinda confusing though why not to attach the lower portion because it seems that it would wabble when you walk around on it being the leg peers on mine aren't anchored down in cement. They won't allow that here. They won't even allow us to use concrete anchor screw's & b...
by homebuff
Sat Dec 25, 2010 5:15 am
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Front porch sealing tape
Replies: 6
Views: 3120

Re: Front porch sealing tape

:D Thank's for the reply back JD. I already have some aluminum sheeting applied to it all the way across the porch seam but it's the thin flimsy type. It was real hard to deal with securing it cause tried to tear on me but good at sealing at the rolled edges of the 4"x12" roof sheeting on ...