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by Telkwa
Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:33 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: New flooring in bathroom - questions
Replies: 3
Views: 2849

New flooring in bathroom - questions

Gonna put down sheet vinyl in a m.h. master bath. Plan is to install 1/4" plywood over the Cres-Tek mushboard. Apparently marine ply isn't available in 1/4". The flooring installer said they use plain old AC grade plywood, even in bathrooms. I'd like to do more as far as waterproofing. Any...
by Telkwa
Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:16 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Does ANYONE stand by their flooring in a mobile?
Replies: 1
Views: 2274

Does ANYONE stand by their flooring in a mobile?

We visited several local flooring outlets, looking for something that'll go directly over the single-layer mushboard in our 16 y.o. double-wide. This is in a part of the country with a fair amount of mobile homes. Not one salesperson could answer our questions about what works in a mobile. It seemed...
by Telkwa
Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:52 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Loose lay vinyl in a double-wide?
Replies: 2
Views: 2764

Loose lay vinyl in a double-wide?

I've been looking at KarnDean's Loose Lay vinyl. KarnDean's own instructions say: "All Chipboard / MDF / Weyrock Overlay with a 6mm flooring grade plywood fixed at maximum 150mm centers. Plywood joints can be smoothed over using skim coat or alternatively a full coat of a fibre reinforced smoot...
by Telkwa
Wed May 09, 2012 8:56 am
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Rodents getting in past cinderblock skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 9474

Re: Rodents getting in past cinderblock skirting

bondo's reply is remarkably similar to where we're at now. I started calling people and ended up setting an appointment with a small outfit from a small town near us that specializes in animal control. The young man who showed up said our concrete block skirting was installed very nicely, and the ov...
by Telkwa
Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:40 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Rodents getting in past cinderblock skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 9474

Re: Rodents getting in past cinderblock skirting

Yeah, I thought it was weird that the mobile doesn't set onto the blocks, but like I said, that's how it's done around here. Or so they said.

Maybe I was being lied to.

Anyway, I'll post back with whatever we decide to do.
by Telkwa
Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:16 pm
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Rodents getting in past cinderblock skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 9474

Re: Rodents getting in past cinderblock skirting

The cinderblocks are on a poured footer. It's not a monolithic slab from one corner to the other. It's one continuous pour around the perimeter, and another wide pour down the center. In other words, there are two strips of dirt directly under the two halves of the double-wide where none of the meta...
by Telkwa
Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:52 am
Forum: Mobile Home Repair
Topic: Rodents getting in past cinderblock skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 9474

Rodents getting in past cinderblock skirting

The mobile has been on-site for about 10 years now. We're getting some mice, and I think chipmunks too, underneath. My wife doesn't want to poison. Especially not chipmunks! The mobile is perched over cinderblock skirting, with Hardiboard overlapping the top course of the cinderblocks. Since poisoni...