Hi Lisa, Installing drywall has the added advantage of extra fire protection. In the event of a fire, it may not make a difference (ie total loss is still possible) but it will buy you time! Personally, if I was going to that extreme, I would take out the old paneling, inspect the framing and insula...

Hi Greg, I assumed that the rest of her home was on them. My home is on below frost line footers and I would have thought that MOST homes in a cold (ie freezing) climate would be. But you and me know what assume also means, LOL!

As I mentioned, a concrete post (reinforced with rebar) that extends down below the frost line preferably.

Hi Sarah, I don't know what your unit has for a frame, but mine has two obvious steel main beams that run the length of the trailer with cross beams located every 4 feet. The floor joists will be sitting on this frame. There may be belly wrap or fiber board between? The floor joists are usually spac...

Frost heaving can be minimized or eliminated by taking away the elements that cause it. Three components are required for frost heaving to occur. They are moisture, soils or gravel that has silt content, and temperatures which go below freezing. Soils that have only clay content or only gravel may s...

Greg S, Thanks for the feedback! I have talked with a local real estate agent. He says it is worth doing providing you do the work yourself. There are plenty of older houses (small shacks really) in this town that have been renovated. Many of these homes are going for a long dollar considering what ...

Good morning Yanita, I was expecting to deal with my local codes office. In fact they could help steer me in the right direction regarding any issues encountered. I was not aware of an engineers report. Would this relate to soil stability on the site? I know that there's plenty of silts and clays th...

Thanks for responding Yanita, I believe that the same laws apply up here in Canada as well. Once a MH always a MH. I guess I would need to talk to loans officers at a bank to determine what value a MH would have after doing extensive renovations. As I mentioned, I would require a purchaser that coul...

I recently purchased an old 1973 single 14' wide mobile home with addition in a small town in northern Alberta. I would like to renovate the existing structure, tear down the existing leaky addition, and add on with a properly built one. I just purchased the Manufactured Home Additions & Roofed ...