after cleaning the ducts in my repo with an industrial vac i attached the hose to the exhaust side of the vac and blowed all of the debris that was left to the next vent and repeated the process. i had a couple of places in the duct work under the vents that had rusted out and thought about covering...

I guess I hijacked the thread and got it off topic. Sorry, I'll remember to start a new one if I have further questions.
Thanks for the replies.

You're probably right about the discoloration being caused by cigarettes instead of the furnace.
Can anyone tell me if I could use one of those steamers to remove the yellow from the walls or will the steam and heat destroy the vinyl wall covering in the process?

Please post some pics for us to view. I'm still patching holes and priming walls in my repo home. Can't wait to get the walls painted.
I don't know if the gas furnace caused the discoloration of the vinyl covered sheet rock but every room in the mobile home has that sickening yellow look.

Wow! It looks great with the cabinets. Love the tile and counter tops.

I'd like to repair instead of replacing a section of counter top in the kitchen where the particle board rotten out from under the laminate. The area affected is only about 4" wide by 7" long and runs next to the sink cut out. The laminate itself is good and that is the only area that got ...

I guess I'll leave the ceilings as is. It's not like anyone is going to know the difference anyway.

http://www.walloutlet.com/?gclid=CJrEzYbYmZkCFQsMGgod43y-Bg I hope it's ok to post it. Here's a link to purchase 54" wide wall paper for anyone who's tired of the wall paper sheet rock in their home. They have residential and commercial which looks very much like what you'll find in the newer m...

I've primed all the ceilings with white Klitz general purpose primer and they look good so do I really need to paint them again with regular ceiling paint or can I leave them as is?

It's a SW is in the northern mountains of Va.
I don't know how long the water has been standing in the duck work but the shop vac was full of water when I cleaned the vents out yesterday.
It's strange that much water could get in the heat ducts but not drain out.

My fixer upper MH has gotten water in the duct work in the master bedroom and I don't know where it came from. The home has been vacant since Oct 08; water was shut off at that time. The water tank is in a closet space next to the master bedroom and the home wasn't winterized but could the water fro...

Yes, we are checking and repairing the rest of the band board and the floor joists...not just caulking the nail holes. Most of the floor rotted out in the laundry room and we found the rotted band board when we took up the floor to replace it. The kitchen has some rotten and weak spots that we have ...

Thanks for your replies. The only reason the underpinning was up so high was because the home owner installed it himself and maybe he didn't know what he was doing. Is this the reason the band board rotted? I have seen a few other homes in the park that are underpinned the same way. JD, thanks for p...

Hi. I'm now the owner of a 1997 Clayton repo mobile home with some issues unknown before purchasing. The home I bought had the underpinning strip nailed about 5 or 6 inches up on the vertical siding. Over the years, I think this is the reason the band board rotted out in so many places from the wate...