Sealant around windows

i have lino on the kitchen floor and when you get up in the mornings it is no longer cold on the feet. the last 2 days in the uk have been fairly sunny and this old home becomes a bake house all windows open. but soon i start on the outside i plan to remove all the outside 6mm wood sheeting, then fi...

How are you protecting the water lines? If you mean the pipe work it is set along a center channel that is boxed in it did have old rockwool in the channel but i have removed and put the grey round foam tubes on the pipe you can see this on the last picture if you look close. i have done this for c...

you can get light weight tiles for mobile homes these days and a lot of them have been converted in the uk directly over the existing roof and fixed to the existing homes in the uk we use Decra light weight tiles

i have just done mine with PIR foam board have posted thread in this forum same thread name as this.I have also posted some pictures i virtually had to cut each piece to the size of the gap it was to fit took 5 days to do it all and very fiddly. i looked in to the spray and agree it looked messy so ...

remember this https://www.mobilehomerepair.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8514 well i have finally started work on my mobile home in the uk. stage 1 was to paint the chassis with hammerite, stage 2 coat the floor joists with good quality wood preserver and dryrot protection, and finally i chose C...

finaly got my home but cannot move in yet as it has a back boiler and the heating side of it is not working so replacing with a combi boiler and all new heating system will take all my funds.(gas fitter doing that) also i am not happy with the wiring as there are sockets everywhere so i will be craw...

i spoke with celotex on the phone yesterday finaly i have a plan of action firstly here is my rebuild proposal. remove the outer ply and insulation check studding and replace any bad lengths. fit polythene to inner wall fixing it to the studding as a vapour barrier, insert Celotex in to studding aga...

does noone have any information on fitting celotex in to walls of a mobile home please

ok first the bad news uk law being what it is i was gazumped a week after agreeing the price with the buyer so i lost the one i was buying. the good news i now am after one that is in far better condition although it cose a fair bit more and is on a nicer site. on this one the floor and roof have ju...

yes i have taken in to account the windows and other areas as the are bay windows doing the outside would also give me more probles, as i was looking at replacing the external walls anyway, i have a feeling i would need to remove the doubleglazing or at least the capping to fit the new boards. i hav...

the ones i have seen here built in 1980s/90s seem to have 2 types of insulation 1, the beams/ floor joists have nothing between them on top is a black paper similar to that used in house roofing then on top of that is insulation and on top of that is the ply floor. 2, the floor joists have nothing i...

i am going for second viewing on friday so will look if it has overhang it is an omar double unit built in 1979, i know the front has overhang because of the sofets need replacing but am not sure of the sides there is wooden cladding to the back half that needs removing and the lower part of the ext...

i have 2" wall thinkness and am thinking of making it 4" is it best to do this on the outside fixing another 2x2" to the existing frame and puting 4" insulation in or from the inside i would rather do it from the outside but am worried about the new wall overhabging the floor as ...

I am in the uk and have just looked at a double unit in places the floor is soft :roll: so i looked under and it seems there is very little or no insulation. i am an engineer and would plan to do the work myself should i purchase the home my question is i plan to replace the floor with builders exte...