When I sheetrocked some rooms in mine, I left the paneling up. it was about 1/8 in thick, and glued to most of the studs, meaning if you pulled at it, it ripped into strips and was impossible to scrape. The biggest problem I had was several interior non-load bearing walls that were not attached to a...

...and I always figured I had the only diagonal wall, too! (Fuqua Homes, 1978 model!)

Just wanted to chime in with a "me too" on the diagonal wall. We have one, and it separates the (now completely renovated) kitchen from the living room. We never did straighten ours when I redid the living room, but I did take out the fire place that was on the other side of it, the diagon...

Do make sure that you have something under the floor for support. My home has a non-load bearing bathroom wall that is basically only 4 2x3s and some paneling. The factory builders sat it on particle board, the wall being parallel to two floor joists. No blocking or support other than the particle b...

I removed the fireplace in my doublewide. Basically, I took down the flimsy framing around it and around the chimney, cut the chimney pipe at the ceiling (roof jack had already been removed in the last re-shingling job) and covered up the hole, and removed the fireplace itself. It was just screwed d...