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If you insulate under a mobile home you can save money. Over the last 3 decades, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has partnered with the US Department of Energy to test various methods of energy efficiency for old and new manufactured homes. Adding better insulation to the walls reduced heat loss by 13%. Coming in a close second was…

Painting your mobile home subfloor is a great way to update your home. Learn how to do it yourself and save money.  Mobile home remodeling can take a great deal of time, hard work, and money. The aftereffects are definitely worth the effort, but what happens when you are short on cash and time? With some creativity and hard work, it is still…

You will probably need to replace subflooring in a mobile home eventually, especially if it's an older home or you have encountered a leak. The subflooring is not your carpet or vinyl, we're talking about the wood under that. In this article, you will learn the step-by-step process of replacing the subfloor in a mobile home. We have videos and…

Wall art is a great way to spruce up your home but it can be expensive. A large original piece of art can run thousands and reproductions can run hundreds. You don't need an artist to give your walls some love. You can do it yourself! Here are 8 cheap DIY wall decor ideas for making your own original decor. We focus on cheap and affordable ideas…

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 to prove just how wrong he was,…

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 vinyl walls in mobile homes are time-consuming (especially the cleaning part). Older manufactured homes usually have a faux wood paneling or…