I'm happy with the answers I received on my first thread regarding rusty I-beams, so I thought I'd throw this out there. As I mentioned in the first thread, my wife and I own a 2,400 sq. ft. ranch modular made by Crestline. It is considered a true modular and is certainly built to the same high stan...

OK. The entire bottom of the house is covered by a thick black membrane-like fabric. The ground is covered maybe 60-70% with thick clear plastic. Should ALL of the dirt be covered? Or should some of it be exposed for breathability? Regarding venting, I think there is plenty of ventilation under the ...

Thanks for all the replies. Regarding ventilation, because it is an on-frame modular it is fully enclosed with real brick and has plenty of foundation vents. It also has thick plastic covering 60-70% of the ground underneath to help with excessive moisture from weeping up. Should ALL of the dirt und...

Well I'd say the best thing to do would be to remove some of and see for sure. I guess you weren't wanting to hear that though. We have a modular home by Crestline with similar looking soffits (I guess that's the word) and I simply removed the vinyl vent material and saw that we have fairly large st...

Yeah it is surface rust. I just don't want it to spread any further. The home was only lived in for 1 year and sat for sale for 2+ years. It is setup properly and has plastic underneath covering most of the ground, just like site built homes. I know the I-Beams see alot of temp. change, changes in m...

First thing I'd do is find out why they are frozen and try to take steps to keep it from happening again. I think most pipes can be safely heated with a hairdryer or heatgun (lightly) until water flow resumes. Later!

Hello, this is my first post. My wife and I purchased a Crestline Ranch style on-frame modular home that's approximately 2,400 sq. feet about 3 years ago. It's built really well top to bottom and is well insulated, as we've seen with the recent low temps. in our area. Anyway, I noticed that some of ...