Wow Bill, you expect me to remember that far back LOL! Actually, I believe it was back in 1998, or was it '99. We moved in here on a lease with an option to buy. I was checking things out online to make sure that we weren't get burned when buying the home. Way back then, the only search brought you ...

LOL Yanita, see what beating me to the punch gets you? Just kidding! But yeah, we're all very proud of our homes! And, to use your term Yanita, we're just all thrifty minded! Sure, most of can afford much more, but choose to spend our money elsewhere, or save for retirement! RSG, I just LOL at those...

Hi Tim, I have to agree with Yanita on this one. If this is an exterior wall that's bowed, your looking at the home out of level, or framing gone bad. A profile would help a bunch! The more info we have about your local and your home, the better we can answer questions! Since you do have Mark's book...

Hi Juli, We don't have those winds all the time. But we do get bad winds every year in March and April. Normally around 65 to 70 miles an hour. Every 3 or 4 years we get a wind storm that slams us! Back in the 80's, I woke up one morning to look out the back window. I was a little dazed, Ryan was a ...

LOL Yanita! Well, you beat me to the punch this year! It's all cool, the sale of the server business looks to be complete in a few weeks! That's the good news. The bad news is that I have to whip the yard in shape in my spare time! This will all be done at the height of wedding season, our new busin...

Hi Jaie,

Shut offs are very important! One of the first things that was done here! I've still got the wet bar to do finish, but that's only used once a year. All other fixtures have separate shutouts!

Maureen

Hi saxman, Here's my advice! Relevel first! This will go a long way with floor repairs. Sub floor repair is really hard work, and you only want to do it once. It will also go very far with any other repairs, and or decorating. No matter what set up your on, we all have to check our level every few y...

Hi lbair1, There's a whole that goes into placing a mobile on a basement foundation. There's one word of information that we like to give to everyone on the board. Anything can be done with enough money! The second most used advice, would be that it depends on your particular location. Where I live,...

Hi NancyKay, So sorry to hear about the problems you've had this year! Your best bet is to educate your self where you're home is concerned. If your educated, then you can do simple repairs yourself, and if you have to hire someone, you know the correct way to repair it. Between this board, and Mark...

Great tip Robert! As you know, everything we've done to this home has been done with our age in mind. Along with this comes wheelchairs, walkers and anything else we made need! When I replace the new boards that have warped already, I'll place a few tie downs around the frame! Genius idea! We have w...

Welcome to the family Stefanie!

Take it one step at a time,and we'll do our best to help you out!

Maureen

Hi Jaie! We've got plenty of cold weather, or freezing temp weather folks that have installed PEX in their homes. From what I understand is that you run the PEX right next to your existing water lines. I believe Mark has an article about PEX under the article or newsletter link. Hang in there, maybe...

LOL! That reminds me of my neighbor! He spend about 2 years renovating his 80's doublewide. From floors on up. Did a wonderful job on everything! Even installed a new front door! About 6 months later his wife went out and bought new furniture. In came the big delivery truck and unloaded the furnitur...

Hi Dakota,

One thing that you have to remember here is that the only stupid, or dumb questions, are those that are not asked!

We all still ask questions, pros, mods and experienced users of the site!

I haven't seen a stupid question yet!

Maureen

Hi Mickey, I totally understand the confusion! Most boards keep all info in one thread. Here on the repair forum, we've found that different posts makes sure that everyone's problem is taken care of, similar or not. Over the years, one thing that we have discovered about our homes, is that they are ...