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If you would like to see the first post it’s here Here we are clearing part of the land. We had to rent heavy equipment to be able to do the job, something that we can do when needed. So we can meet most of your repair and expansion needs. […]
We went into this house and had to clean it up, pull up the floors, repair the walls and do various other repairs. I have the start pictures and in the middle of the job… But my lovely husband didn’t get the completed pictures. I think that you can see […]
This job was a floor repair on a small mobile home second bathroom. The floor had started to fall through by the shower and toilet. Here are the before pictures: And the after:
The guys have been working on repairing and revamping a vacation home for a couple. This is a multistage project that we have been working on. Later this week I will be putting up some of the other stages of the job that we have completed. They have removed and […]
We have helped a woman to build a special house with minimal chemicals and to her specifications. The house is way out it the woods. The pitch of the roof is very dangerous. Here is the first set of pictures the guys did. They are doing the roof and adding […]
Every once in a while, it’s your responsibility are to check underneath the sinks and toilet to see if you have water leaks. What you will need to do is: Feel on the water lines put your hands on the drain Don’t be surprised if you feel condensation coming off […]
You can finish the drywall of your mobile home and make it look just like a regular home. You can take those batten strips over each 4′ strip of the drywall off and put tape and drywall mud on those cracks that those covered up, and you can finish the […]
Do not be discouraged by electricians or other repair trades, especially electricians, saying that they can’t work on mobile homes because the electricity is not the same. It is the same. It’s just that the electrical boxes are quite often very different in mobile homes but the electricity is the […]
All those doors in a mobile home are quite often very, very fragile, and the jams on the outside edge are not like a house in they are made out of paneling. People get discouraged and say that oh this is just junk and you can’t do anything about it. […]
The Drywall if you have in a mobile home is normally 3/8ths inch thickness. So if you have to patch a hole in the drywall you will want to by 3/8ths thickness material. It’s much easier to finish the drywall if all surfaces are the same thickness, than if they […]
I have another update to the exciting Rogers house remodel. The guys have made amazing progress. They are finishing the walls getting the drywall ready to be finished and textured. The unfinished room that you are seeing is the kitchen, where they have taken out all of the walls and […]
A few people will try to stop the wax ring of the toilet from leaking by caulking around that ring to stop the water from leaking out around the toilet. And it will stop it from leaking out around the toilet, what it does is hold the water there under […]
If you toilet moves around sooner or later it is going to leak. If it does you will end up replacing the floor because the floor will rot under and around the toilet from the leaking water. You can put plastic wedges called toilet wedges to keep it from moving […]
It has been brought to our attention that we don’t have any pictures of the outside of the Rogers house. I guess we were so busy trying to show what it started like and how much had changed that we forgot the outside. All we have do to the outside […]
Ways to avoid expensive bathroom repairs. Probably be a good idea to take your toilet and put something between the tank and the wall, like a piece of wood. Because not only do people bump against the tank but they also have a tendency to lean against the tank when […]
Most people tend to forget that you have to do maintenance on you home air and heating unit, that’s any air or heating units. More times than not the air condition being central air or heating unit is neglected by the customer. The customer needs to understand that every […]
Here are the updated pictures of the drywall, they have gotten most of it done, still need to finish the drywall. I’m always amazed at the progress that he makes when he takes on a project. You can see the other posts here: Rogers House Remodel Rogers House Update
Mobile Home Improvements: When it comes to taking a new home and making it even better you can now do the improvements as you can afford it, not all up front by making payments. Since the home is completely functional and you can improve as you go. This makes a […]