Mobile Home Plumbing

Solar Water Heater

As the name implies, a solar water heating system uses the power of the sun to produce hot water in a home, either by directly warming the water or via an intermediary fluid. A direct system pumps water to the …

How to Install an Electric Water Leak Detector

Protect your home from potential water flood damage: keep a “Leak Alert” leak detector anywhere a potential for water leaks exists. Undetected, a leaky pipe or water heater can cause thousands of dollars in damages to a manufactured home. A …

Mobile Home Bathub & Shower Drain Kit

Whether you are installing a new tub or shower, or replacing the drain on your old unit, here’s all the parts you need for the drain. Everything is included but the plumber’s putty and all-purpose cement for gluing ABS or …

Flush Water Lines with a Blow Out Adapter

Winterproof your water lines. Closing up your home for the winter? You can make it an easy tast by blowing out your own water lines using this simple adapter. The Waterline Blow-Out Adapter makes blowing out your water lines a …

Bathtub Repair Kit – Quick Fix for Crack in Tub

Over time a small crack in most bathtubs is inevitable, especially for fiberglass and plastic tubs. If are convinced that you need to replace the entire bath tub, then read our guide to replacing a mobile home bathtub. If you aren’t …

Plumbing Check Vent Under Counter Sink

They go by several names depending on your geography and the application: plumbing check vent, under counter vent, cheater vent, sink vent pipe, and perhaps others. What is a Check Vent? A check vent acts as an air vent for a …

Faucet Drip in Cold Weather Caution

You may have heard or been told that during the really cold temperatures, keep your faucet dripping so your water lines don’t freeze. The reasoning behind this theory is that with water constantly flowing through your water lines, your lines …

How To Select and Install Heat Tape

OK, so you’ve survived the first few cold snaps with no freeze-up problems. However, today you woke up or came home to no water. Since you didn’t have any freeze-up problems before, you can be pretty much assured that your …

Mobile Home Water Lines

Plumbing in a manufactured home can be quite different than plumbing in a site-built home. In fact different enough that plumbers in many areas will not work on mobile homes. Why? Some plumbers don’t like to work on the new …

How To Unthaw Frozen Water Pipes in a Mobile Home

If you’ve gotten a cold snap and have discovered that you are without water, most likely you’ve had a waterline freeze-up. Probably the hardest part about unthawing a frozen waterline is determining exactly where it is frozen. First, check all …