Mobile home repairs

Reading down through the thread, I also had a sort of sense of "Habitat for Humanity" ding-ding-ding. No personal experience with them other than donating a bunch of cheese I'd bought cheap to their thrift store work crew here locally. Rings bells as one of the bases to be sure to touch.

I was thinking the same as foxfiredidit - does she own the land? There are so many groups out there that can and will help. If she rents the land, then another mobile structure can be brought in..if she owns the land, wouldn't it be wonderful for her to have a built home. Bless her heart - 77y/o still working!

What about the possibility of a pole structure covering the mobilehome, with it in the middle and a bay on each side far enough out to where only the most several sideways rain can get to it?

Might not need bays. I don't know how wide they can go with rafters now. Metal roofing will outlive her. If she is on rented property, owner eventually has open-sided barn.

my sister gave the last half of her property to habitat for humanity and they are finishinig up building a house for a poor family right now..it is beautiful..people don't realize they can donate an acre for habitat homes..a good way to give

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Rules likely vary from place to place. I suspect most HFHs require the potential homeowner to help with a certain portion of the construction of their home and then donate additional labor to houses for others.

I go by one built for an elderly woman south of here. Nice job.

Older mobile homes, floors are very easy. You cut out a section from the top, replace or brace any damaged joists, replace floor with plywood instead of the pressed sawdust that was originally there. I use pressure treated plywood in the bathroom, kitchen, and laundry.

It's all done from above, very easy.

Roofs are a bit more work. From inside the trailer, remove the wall paneling and the scrawny little bit of insulation from the ceiling.

Roof support will be a frame of 1x1 boards. Those can be jacked up and braced. For broken boards, use sistering to support. It is just about impossible to remove and replace the whole thing because of how trailers were constructed, but you can brace them up solid.

For the roof, from the outside, sheets of tin can be cut to cover holes and glued down with roofing cement. That patches leaks just fine.

if you have funds, you can have the entire roof covered with rubber roof. It's expensive but will make that roof last for decades. As far as I know, it has to be installed by someone trained to work with it.

I've fixed two broken roof supports when a tree fell on a trailer. Roof supports fixed and holes mended for about $100 of material and 6 hours of hired labor. It's not a big deal.

By the way, a contractor quoted $30,000 to do that repair for me.

One thing about those old trailers, is that a few hours of labor to shore them up, and a new coat of paint and they are good as new.