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The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) developed this Manufactured Home Inspection Checklist to help residents gauge how vulnerable their manufactured home might be to wind damage, based on where it’s located, how well it’s anchored, and what type of foundation was used. The Institute also has a very informative site called DisasterSafety.org … Read more
Mobile home skirting is absolutely necessary. It hides the structural elements, adds a barrier to keep pipes from freezing, protects the home from wild animals, helps retain heat in the winter, and gives the mobile home a finished look. Mobile home skirting can help maintain an average temperature beneath the home, too. Preventing cold winds, … Read more
You either look forward to tax time or you dread it. I have learned a bit about taxes while working for CPA firms through the years. Unfortunately, I have also learned that a lot of people don’t know about all the tax breaks available to them. I read somewhere that if Americans would actually take … Read more
The teenaged flooring guy at Home Depot once told me I could never use tile in a manufactured home because they ‘couldn’t handle the weight.’ I restrained from going into a 5-minute speech about the various flooring options for mobile homes and why he was so very wrong. I could’ve pulled up images and spreadsheets … Read more
Here’s a little infographic I made that has a few interesting facts. Enjoy! As always, thanks for reading. Please like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and do all the other things you do when you like a blog. Have a great day! Crystal
Melissa and Brian have several rental properties and needed to find their daughter a new home in her college town that was 3 hours away. They purchased a property with 1 home and 2 single wide mobile homes. The mobile homes were in awful condition, yet they saw the potential, which is the one department … Read more
Flat Roof Health is Important! We know that a mobile home roof requires care and attention just like any other home or structure. A good roof is essential to maintaining a safe and sound property. Due to the design of mobile homes, though, there are a few things to be aware of. There are also … Read more
Updating vinyl walls in mobile homes is one of the quickest and easiest updates you can do. We can completely change the entire look of a room with a single paintbrush! Unfortunately, painting mobile home walls is time consuming (especially the cleaning part). Older manufactured home usually have a faux wood paneling or walls made from vinyl … Read more
The past couple of winters have broken records and caused several billion in damage to homes. So, we thought we should give our readers some more tips to winterize your mobile home. More Tips To Winterize Your Mobile Home: Part II In an older mobile home, we are especially susceptible to winter heat loss. Typically, … Read more
The leaves are turning all sorts of pretty colors, football is in full swing and you don’t want to think about winter and snow. But you have to because now is the time to winterize your mobile home. There are certain things that must be done by every homeowner before old man winter gets too close. … Read more