aha! yes I hear what you are saying. However, we didn't remove the ceiling for two reasons. One: our building inspector told us not to touch it or we would have to bring it up to the bc building code two: The way the mobile home is built the ceiling panels continue all the way outside and sit betwee...

oh no, you didnt lead me astray! I had the paint already and wanted to try it.
the problem is that I have removed absolutely all the walls in the mobile making it one long room so you can see where all the walls used to be.

Hi Johanna! good to hear from you. There are a lot of changes since that picture was taken. Thats a great suggestion. I WISH i could find glue on ceiling tiles. I have been to every hardware in a 200k radius here dreaming of finding something like that. The stamped metal skirting tiles sound interes...

thanks for the suggestions! I started spackling the holes we had cut out last night with some success. Turns out the ceiling is tasty to moths and they are flying for their lives, and possibly even dive-bombing me. Its some sort of paper-board in long panels. We probably would have replaced it if th...

I have been completely rebuilding a 1970s mobile home and I have been cutting holes in the ratty old ceiling to fish new wiring through. Now I am at that stage where I have to fix the holes in the ceiling. Any tips? I am thinking about cutting up acoustical tiles in the right size peices, forcing th...

thanks harry!. In awnser to your question, JD, Because we need to tear off all the exterior sheathing and take it down to the studs we will be resheeting with tyvek and then a 3/8" plysiding board with a nice cedar look, trimming it up with cedar and that will be it for the exterior. (our walls...

We are replacing a rotten rim joist, (among other rotten things) and thought I would try adding some pics.

We tore off all the aluminum siding off of our 1976 ambassador yesterday we discovered that the exterior sheathing comes down from the ceiling, then there is a space of about a foot (you can see the interior insulation through this space) then the sheathing continues down to the bottom. This happens...

You don't sound that grouchy:)
thank you so much...We are feeling totally encouraged! Now that I know it CAN be done, phew!

wow, yes. that sounds about right. excellent suggestions. sounds like tomorrow we will be at it with a circular saw and crowbars trying to break up the particle board floor and bust it out! We have a dremmel, a reciprocating saw and some serious chisels on hand so we will have to see how far we can ...

Hi, i found this website while endlessly researching how to repair our brand new 1979 already- gutted "ambassador" and what a great forum! so much great information. We are getting ready to replace ALL the flooring in the mobile (so rotten our friend actually fell through the floor yesterd...