Mobile Rebuild
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:39 pm
Hi. I've been lurking this site for some time. I live in a 14x80 single wide mobile home. It's a decent enough place but needs a lot of care. Seeing as how I plan on living in there for another decade, I'd like to just rebuild from floor joists up.
So the plan is to rip out all the particle glue board flooring and replace it with 3/4 plywood. Replace the 2x3 wall studs with 2x4s. Then do a roof over with metal roofing.
So, a few questions are on my mind.
I'm wondering about weight and wall sag. The floor joists are 2x6 at 16" from center. Combined with lateral reinforcing, gluing and screwing, then the 3/4 plywood. Can I get away with 2x4s wall studs with 16" spacing? How about 1/2 " Osb for the exterior walls with vynal siding? How about 1/2 Osb with the metal roof on the roof over?
Thanks for the advice
So the plan is to rip out all the particle glue board flooring and replace it with 3/4 plywood. Replace the 2x3 wall studs with 2x4s. Then do a roof over with metal roofing.
So, a few questions are on my mind.
I'm wondering about weight and wall sag. The floor joists are 2x6 at 16" from center. Combined with lateral reinforcing, gluing and screwing, then the 3/4 plywood. Can I get away with 2x4s wall studs with 16" spacing? How about 1/2 " Osb for the exterior walls with vynal siding? How about 1/2 Osb with the metal roof on the roof over?
Thanks for the advice