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Placing a roof over the current roof changes the look and protects the home. We know it can be a bit overwhelming to look through the 680 articles here on Mobile Home Living so we like to create lists like this that are easy to digest and fun to look at. Have you thought of a TV series that shows all the work mobile home movers go through? I’ve seen those lazy susans put to good use in the corners of the cabinets. I guess they leave those spaces open so the homeowner can create the layout that suits their lifestyles?
Any mobile home built before 1970 probably has asbestos in its ceilings. There’s no doubt about it, installing insulation in a mobile home is the absolute best improvement you can do for your home, especially if your home is older. Ideally, a professional should always be hired when dealing with insulation because there are so many variables that need to be considered. Electrical and plumbing systems complicate insulation installation. For bowstring trusses, you likely have only 1-2 inches of insulation around the edge but 10″ in the center of the home.
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If the walls are bad may be replace with drywall and add additional insulation. Most mobile home ceilings are usually made of gypsum and they can’t really handle water so cleaning them like we clean walls and such isn’t a great idea. Your site is such an inspiration to maximize manufactured home living.
Just not sure that is wise the REAL issue is the roofline and I haven’t really seen it addressed anywhere. This house doesn’t have a pitched roof, just the slight arch. If we go perpendicular, I think we are going to have to add on a pitched and hip into the addition. Very motivated to resolve this sticking point and get my 3 grandkids on my old place in the country. If you are an owner of a brand new mobile home congratulations, it is time to look for new mobile home additions and customizations to fulfill every need of your family.
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Also, an additional room can greatly increase the value of your house. There are many room addition kits for mobile homes that can be found online. Double wides are essentially 2 single wides that are joined – your biggest issue would be building the middle extension properly to support the two halves in the needed manner. I would think its possible but its probably not cheap or easy – finding a contractor willing to do it would be difficult and the permits would be a nightmare in certain areas. It would probably be more attainable if you redesigned to add the addition onto the side of the home with a ‘separate’ roof over everything. With the right technique, the roofover could even hold a second story.
You’d still want to keep the addition separate from the home. I’m not at all familiar with California codes but I suspect they have very stiff regulations for all building projects. Still, adding onto a travel trailer or park model would be the same as described in this article. You wouldn’t attach the addition to the unit at all, it will simply be butted up to it and then sealed around the openings. We put our MF home on the market and it sold in four days.
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Take pictures of your current home and discuss with the building company the changes you want to make. Remodeling of a mobile home shall require the use of material and design equivalent to the original construction. Of course, your state and local codes will be the determining factor on it. I’d call your county building permit department and ask them or maybe look up your states codes online.
There are some great online resources about mobile home foundations. This guide about manufactured home foundations and supports is invaluable. Footers are installed below the frost line so that the addition doesn’t sink or shift. In the winter you have vents open allowing the cold air under the home anyway so it’s counterproductive to insulate the space you want air to flow through. You probably only needed a little caulk and a little bit of mud to fill in the seams that the battens were covering.
The wall behind the sofa in the image above has been treated as an accent wall while still using the same colors and tone as the rest of the room. This differentiates the space with a pattern, not color. Another way to differentiate zones in an open floor plan is with patterns. The area rug separates the living area from the dining area. Appliance placement, storage, and lighting are vital to a great kitchen.
Quality construction, energy efficiency, flexible designs, quicker completion time and affordability. However, a big potential stumbling block for Microsoft’s mobile gaming ambitions could be its control of Call of Duty on both mobile and console. Microsoft has seen success with Xbox Game Pass, and it has made it clear it wants to bring Activision games to the service. Regulators are now weighing how this would impact competition. Unfortunately, the footnote ends there, so there's not much in the way of detail about what these restrictions are or how long they'd remain in effect in a potential post-acquisition world.
We still have to do 2 bedrooms, the front porch and my sewing room. I have kept the pictures of what it looked like when I met my husband and some of the remodeling, if you are interested. To answer your question about the foundation, I think cinder block may be your best bet. You already understand the difference between a permanently installed home and a home with a foundation so you have a head start on the situation. In 1977 my dad put two older single wide mobile homes together and connected them with an eight foot framed out opening in the wall. Doing any kind of modifications to a home without proper permits is a nightmare now.
Im on a permanent foundation and we have NEVER built anything separate and in 25 years had one problem with structural problems. We didn’t take down load bearing walls but built within the structure and enforce the structure. I so wish i could add photos to this if you want to see just email me and ill send you photos of my home… have a bless day. I’ve seen decks added over single wides in FL and SC that had that kind of framed structure and they all apparently passed code. Something like that would definitely need to have its own support structure but as long as it spanned over and around the manufactured home, I don’t see why it couldn’t be done.
It’s made of flexible fibers and can be cut to a width where appropriate. This makes it a good choice for between stud and joint spacing. Adding new mobile home insulation is not all about saving money. There’s definitely something to be said for increased comfort. Having a better-insulated home makes it easier to stay warm in the wintertime and cooler in the summer.
Foam is used for new roof overs and has proven to be a good product to insulate and act as a belly board for mobile homes. You can see how one industrious couple used foam board to insulate under their mobile home here. Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal is key to the company’s mobile gaming efforts. Microsoft is quietly building a mobile Xbox store that will rely on Activision and King games.
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I’ve seen manufactured homes jacked up so high it acted as the second story so if that’s possible I’m sure the other way is as well. We had a “contractor” do our addition, we have a 16 x 76 home and added 16 x 32. I watched them build most of the addition and I would like a little bit of clarification please. When you say free standing addition what exactly do you mean?
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