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Glad I found this place.
Purchased a place in the northern part of the Adirondacks
in New York State.
Old 1970's trailer with a sun room addition. Two bedrooms.
Front of the trailer up to the laundry area including the kitchen
has been total renovated.
Ceiling was raised about 6", 2x4s were put in the walls
to replace the 2x2s and 2x6s wee put in the ceiling so
the ceiling would not droop.
There is a new roof on the whole place.
Bath tub has to go along with the tub surround.
Have not decided what to do with the bedrooms.
When the guy put the 2x4s and the sheetrock, that brought out
the wall an extra few inches so the corridor to the bathroom
and the bedrooms is narrower.
If I continue the renovation I was wondering if the interior
walls can be shifted a few inches in so the corridor does
not get narrower. Are these walls load bearing?
I guess if I take a good look underneath I could probably
answer my own question.
Thanks

Hi and welcome to the forum!

If this is a single wide home, the interior walls are not load bearing. You could remodel the walls, but you might get a little cramped in the bathroom. With a 36" vanity, toilet and tub, there is not a lot of moving room. Maybe your home is configured different.

With the added weight of the beefed up framing, you may want to consider installing edge piers under the rim joist of the floor, if that hasn't already been done.

Again, welcome to mobilehomerepair.com

JD

Hi,

And Welcome to the site.

Before doing alot of renovations you might want to purchase Mark's repair manual located in the books/parts link above.

Lot's of info in the links above as well, I will leave you with a link that shows an exploded diagram of MH construction....

http://www.mygreathome.com/fix-it_guide/diagram.htm

Again, welcome to the site...

Yanita

Hi & welcome. The first thing you may want to do before you do a whole lot is make sure the home is level. This is done from the bottom with a waterlevel.
Since you did not say exactly where you are I will go on the assumption that you are in the snow belt. I would agree that perimiter blocking is a good idea since 6' of snow does add a lot of weight.
Depending on the condition of the home you could totally gut the interior and lay it out about any way you want it. Greg