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by heartmadeforyou
Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:40 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: RedyTemp instead of Heat Tape - Water Pipe Freeze-up
Replies: 1
Views: 1707

RedyTemp instead of Heat Tape - Water Pipe Freeze-up

Has anyone ever used a RedyTemp instead of heat tape on their mobile home? Here is the website: http://www.redytemp.com/heat-tape-freezing-pipes-prevent-frozen-pipes.htm My daughter is spending her first winter in her new (used) manufactured home. The local repair guy installed new heat tape for $18...
by heartmadeforyou
Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:29 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Bay Window Sill Insulation Question
Replies: 2
Views: 1682

Bay Window Sill Insulation Question

My daughter is enjoying her new (1996) mobile home. However... her roommate's bedroom at the front end of the home has a small bay window with a window sill that doesn't seem insulated. There is a ton of cold air coming in and it seems to be coming through the sill (shelf) area of the window. Is the...
by heartmadeforyou
Thu May 22, 2008 10:50 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: What is this vent?
Replies: 8
Views: 5235

RE: What is this vent?

Yea! I think I figured out what this vent is. It's a wall pressure balancing damper. Now to get a replacement part...

Thanks for your help.
Miki
by heartmadeforyou
Thu May 22, 2008 10:10 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: What is this vent?
Replies: 8
Views: 5235

RE: What is this vent?

I'll get pictures and post tomorrow. This home has been lived in year round. I'm sure I'm just not describing it well enough for anyone to know what I'm talking about. :lol:

The louvers are fixed and I know it's not a dryer vent.

Thanks!
Miki
by heartmadeforyou
Thu May 22, 2008 2:21 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: What is this vent?
Replies: 8
Views: 5235

What is this vent?

My daughter is new to mobile home ownership and she has a round plastic vent on the exterior of the home that appears to go through the wall because we can see the round louvered cover on the inside of her home, too. It is near floor level and is in the hall. Any idea what this vent is for or how to...
by heartmadeforyou
Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:32 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Ceiling - Flat to Vaulted?
Replies: 3
Views: 2863

Ceiling - Flat to Vaulted?

I have a crazy question... can a flat ceiling be removed and replaced with a vaulted ceiling? My DH and I are helping our daughter buy a 1996 mobile home that has a vaulted ceiling in the living room in the center of the home. The master bedroom and one of the other bedrooms have a flat ceiling, eve...