That is an excellent point about the chimney sweep! We also try to stock up on wood before the prices get too high. That brings me to my point, and that is about salt and ice melt. What is only a few bucks today, will be very expensive once stuff starts falling from the sky. We try to stock up on it...

Thanks again for the replies. My plans call for the stairs in the laundry room, about 50 feet from where I want to put the stuff. I think that I am between the big beams but will be inspecting when I get home from work today. We have gutted the bathroom right next to it and will have that floor and ...

They sell them here in the online store, at a very reasonable price too. If you have to get a few, buy them all at once so that you can save on the shipping. My mobile home stores stopped carrying them so we changed over to the floating box and the decorative switches. Also, if you are not sure what...

Thank you for your advice. I never thought about the lock, but nobody can get into the crawlspace from the outside. Now I may reconsider that lock so that it may be opened from the inside as well, and then lock the "trap door". I am lucky and still have the modular plans, trying to pick th...

Thanks for replying so quickly. I thought about gluing it to the door (trap door) also, or making a ledge inside that it could sit on, then when you open the door you could pull out the insulation and replace before closing. I really have tried to pay attention but maybe I missed why we should not s...

I debated if this should have been in the off topic section. I have lurked here for a while, bit my tongue on several occasions, and finally need some input. I have a 1997 Fleetwood Modular that is on a crawlspace. We own the land, it's set on a block foundation. If I had known that a little bit of ...