mobile home tips
How to Replace A Mobile Home Tub Surround
How to use a 60″ tub surround in your mobile home: In the video Phil says 54″, the tub is actually 56″. Sorry about that.
Mobile Home Metal Skirting install
Phil shows you how to install your metal skirting: How to install metal skirting on a mobile home. Phil walks you through the entire job, exactly how to do it. See the answer to any venting questions below. I will try to answer with the hope to be simple enough and understandable enough to help … Read more
Why Your Mobile Home Tub Has Cracks
In this video Phil explains why your mobile home tub has cracks:
Metal Roof Questions Video
Hello Again Friends Discussions always come up about the advantages of metal to shingles. Hopefully you know the difference, but let’s look at this shingle roof. Lots and lots of individual components the three tab has three tabs, there’s multiple say hundreds and thousands of the pieces individual pieces. Each one has at least three … Read more
Drywall Repair for Mobile Homes
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 are not.
Mobile Home As A Starter Home
Many people are discouraged by things that they didn’t notice when they were at the dealer. So much like a new car, a new house has a lot of things that are made out of plastic. Doors that aren’t like you thought they were, not as strong. The trim is flimsy and not as strong. … Read more
Mobile Home Salesmen: Delivery and Signing means you take it AS IS
When dealing with mobile home salesmen if it’s not in writing it’s not real. When you receive a mobile home don’t sign the paperwork that you have received the mobile home until all the complaints you have are taken care of. Frequently the paperwork you sign upon receiving the mobile home will state that you … Read more
Buying a Mobile Home: Checking the Ridge Beams
The ridge beams are what holds the mobile home together and supports it when it’s moving down the road. They run along the bottom of the mobile home on both sides to support the floors and walls. Before you get ready to buying a mobile home you might want to check out the ridge beams, … Read more
When Buying A Mobile Home-Taking the Repairman
When Buying a mobile home you might consider taking a mobile repairman with you to show the things that will need to be fix. That way you can negotiate the price: You can lower price You will know what you are up against when you get the mobile home to your site. Either way will … Read more
Who We Are
I thought that i would let you know who we are and what this blog will be talking about. Phil Bridges: This is Phil…the brains and what makes Straight Arrow tick. My husband has been working construction and repair since he was a child working with his Father and Uncle’s company’s. He has done both … Read more