November 12, 2011
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Bathroom Exhaust-You know you want it! (More on Mobile Home Moisture)

Welcome back to MyMobilehomeMakeover.com! After my last post about mobile home moisture, I realized that there’s still more I can share about our difficulties with and triumphs over moisture in our home.  Today’s topic: Bathroom Exhaust. This week, we have (haha, well my husband has)  installed a new exhaust fan in our bathroom.  A lot of moisture gets trapped in there because we like to take pretty hot showers.  We’ve also covered the walls and ceiling with bead board for a cottage look (See Bathroom Redux post) and the surfaces in that room are pretty non-porous.  Moisture just beads up on the skylight and sometimes even rains down on me in the shower when the sun is shining! Anyway, the ceiling fan we installed in the bathroom remodel was very lovely and all, but hardly functional.  And this was pretty disappointing because it was a real beotch pain to put in.  Of course, being a mobile home, the original fan was some backward cheapo fan with an oddball installation method that didn’t match any other logical method known to mankind. But we went at the challenge with gusto and retrofitted a lovely, poorly designed fan just because it matched the decor. … Continue reading →

October 29, 2011
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Mobile Home Moisture- It’s Never Good News When It Rains Inside

“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity!”  ”It never rains, it only pours!” If I had a nickel for every time I said these things this year, I’d be a rich woman.  The amount of moisture in the air since the Spring has just overwhelmed our home and our ground and our community. The purpose of this post is to share a few ideas we’re toying with regarding moisture control, but also to offer some great resources we’ve found in our search for ways to secure our home from the horrors of moisture damage. But! Let me take a breather before I get into this post.  It will be full of information about moisture in our mobile homes, but it involves hard work, observation, preventative measures, and cleaning methods.  I always like to think of something I like before I tackle things I’m not fond of, and in keeping with the theme of moisture, I had an urge to watch one of my favorite movie clips of all time.  Please excuse us while we pause for this brief break…       Okay, now, back to business! As I was saying, moisture can be a big issue for mobile homes. … Continue reading →

August 21, 2011
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Get Rid of Wall Strips in Mobile Home

Howdy all!  I have decided to remove the User Forum from this site since it doesn’t really seem to generate any discussion, but rather,  just bogs down my site and makes it slower to run.  I’m hoping that discussion will be active if I just get down to business and keep writing here…which is my real desire, but there is always some project going on around here! On a happy note- I do have lots of photos and posts that I can share as soon as thing settle down for the Summer and I can get those thoughts together.  There have been lots of new things happening here, things I’m dreaming about getting done, and lots of questions I’d like to ask all of you out there who like to make your mobile homes even “homier”. So- on to the topic- since I’m removing the forum, I’m going to make a few posts with the topics from the forum that actually did have questions and responses there and I will open up all posts for comments from registered users.  Yes, you must be registered to post, but that helps to keep the site more clear of spam for your viewing … Continue reading →

June 15, 2011
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Mobile Home Estate Garden

Big D is on vacation this week. He works hard and I am glad he has a week at home on his own to relax without me there to nag him as I am want to do. However, this guy cannot sit still when there is “stuff” to do. Which is great for me because then I get all sorts of things done that I had no intention of doing but enjoy having when all is said and done. This week on his first day off he built a garden addition…and then promptly told me I can’t plant anything in it. Fine with me! It looks nice and I’m not expected to fill it. Sounds like a deal. While I try my hardest, I do not have a green thumb. Many people who see our gardens think I am some sort of wizard when it comes to growing things. That, my friends, is the work of the Universe, not me. I got smart a long time ago and chose wisely which plants would work best in our area of Upstate New York and would not require much from me but a pep talk now and then. This has proven to … Continue reading →