Rectangular panel outside under each window?
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:56 am
I have the typical mobile home storm/screen windows and underneath each one outside there is a large, rectangular wood panel with trim molding in the center.
There is nothing solid behind these panels, just the studs and some old insulation. Why they just didn't continue the vinyl siding across under the windows I'll never know. The only thing holding one of them together is a thick coat of old paint the previous owner applied many years ago.What a hack he was.
My discovery:
While painting a corner bedroom, when I got to the window I leaned against the base of the wall and it PUSHED AWAY FROM THE FLOOR.
If I had weighed 300 lbs I would have ended up on the lawn.
Come to find out the sole plate was rotted out and the vertical stud that supports the left side of the window was just hanging there like a man missing a leg.
I want to have 3 REAL single hung widows installed any way so this clinches it. I'll do the stud repair from the inside after pulling off the inside paneling.
I stapled 6mil Mylar over the panel outside until I get a new window and letting the inside dry out.
Ain't mobile homes fun?
maybe those panels were for air conditioners to be installed under the windows. God only knows.
There is nothing solid behind these panels, just the studs and some old insulation. Why they just didn't continue the vinyl siding across under the windows I'll never know. The only thing holding one of them together is a thick coat of old paint the previous owner applied many years ago.What a hack he was.
My discovery:
While painting a corner bedroom, when I got to the window I leaned against the base of the wall and it PUSHED AWAY FROM THE FLOOR.
If I had weighed 300 lbs I would have ended up on the lawn.
Come to find out the sole plate was rotted out and the vertical stud that supports the left side of the window was just hanging there like a man missing a leg.
I want to have 3 REAL single hung widows installed any way so this clinches it. I'll do the stud repair from the inside after pulling off the inside paneling.
I stapled 6mil Mylar over the panel outside until I get a new window and letting the inside dry out.
Ain't mobile homes fun?
maybe those panels were for air conditioners to be installed under the windows. God only knows.