Mobile Home Remodeling

RE: Mobile Home Remodeling By bobbieg (6) Contact I'm in the middle of remodling my double wide mobile home. I removed the slats that cover the vinyl covered walls, and spackled the cracks. Use mesh tape to help, if you don't know how to spackle well. Use a wet sponge to help get rid of excess spackling, to save time sanding. Before you paint, you must prime first. My dining room had paneling, and after priming, I used Paper Illusion, bought at Lowe's. Beautiful effect, and quite easy to do. I changed the hardware on kitchen cabinets and drawers, for an updated look. Hope this helps! Bobbie Posted on 07/14/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Mobile Home Remodeling By fatboyslimsmom (310) Profile Contact Laminate flooring is not good for mobile homes, due to the stability issue. And yes, paint over the paper, or cover it with a diff paper that you like. Mobile homes are very inexpensive to redo inside, and can be done often. For our floors, we either use carpet, the square tiles that peel and stick (but we do put glue down under them), or vinyl flooring. I found a very nice vinyl that looks like wooden planks, and works just as well. Posted on 07/13/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Mobile Home Remodeling By Janice1956 (3) Profile Contact My husband remodeled our kitchen and one thing to remember is there is always movement in a mobile home. Unfortunately we chose laminated tiles for our kitchen and soon afterwards they started showing gaps in between the tiles. Posted on 07/13/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Mobile Home Remodeling By Poor But Proud (529) Contact I used to work for an energy assistance program. Before you worry about aesthetics, check the belly board under the flooring. It's a band of supports for the insulation and it and the skirting is very important in keeping your home warm this winter. Yes, painting, esp' with a textured effect, would be much easier. You can get better door for a little more sound proofing, and if not, you can get kick plates that can be installed lower to cover that silly 1" gap under the door! Make sure all mold is at bay, insulate when and where you can, and then you can have some fun. The dollar tree sells peel and stick tiles, painting supplies, drop cloths and more. You can provide almost as much warmth with throw rugs as you can carpeting, for so much less money and no fumes from carpets and glues. You don't often find good wooden supports along the molding where the wall and floor meet, so keep this idea in mind. If you want to replace your cove molding or mop boards as it is sometimes called, either paint the existing with Rustoleum or take off the old, and glue the new on between where you can tack it on with smaller nails. Good luck with everything, and when it's all done, show it off to us! Posted on 07/13/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Mobile Home Remodeling By Patty Lynn (120) Contact You can remodel a mobile home the same way you would remodel a stick-built house, including using laminate flooring. Just follow the manufacturers instructions. The vinyl on your walls might not be wallpaper, though, it might be part of the wall panels that were installed at the factory. I agree with barrsbits, just paint over it. Trying to remove it might cause permanent damage to your walls. Posted on 07/13/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Mobile Home Remodeling By barrsbits (21) Profile Blog! Contact I ran into the same problem. No need to remove it. Just paint over it. It will be alot faster and cheaper. Posted on 07/13/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse

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