PaulHi Paul; I want to add a 30x16 porch to a 12x65 trailer, will the outside wall sustain the roofweight or should Iuse 44 under the 2x6x30 board?PaulDont add ANY weight to the home! The floor of our home seem to be rippling . While the roof is being done, others are fastening siding. I would prefer not to post that kind of personal information, i apologize, I've tried what i can think of, its balloon framed, brick basement walls, made with barn board walls, its the first time i have seen plaster-lath-plaster,barnboard (1.5in thick barnboard), 2x4, (no exterior sheathing) exterior wood siding and vinyl siding (added on top about 10 years ago) Look for drips under the water heater. wired into place. I think it is just what Im looking for. Great builders add 2.5 inches of closed-cell foam to the headers over windows and doors to help cut down on energy bills. I was wondering if there was a quick way to find out where the wires are. But the big unknown is whether it is possible to transfer the restructured onto a block foundation with floor trusses, dropping the metal frame underneath. When moved in asked for inspection and was told the Mobile home is structurally sound. are put in place, wall mirrors hung etc. The following description is for a single-wide factory. Besides having an abiding interest in popular science, Deziel has been active in the building and home design trades since 1975. Here is a link to the HUD standards for mobile home manufacture. I dont see any way to access the ceiling to place a trap.Its a 1973 Buddy (still in good shape)Do I have to do a cut-out somewhere ?Thanks MikePaulHi Mike,Since I have never, to my knowledge, seen a 1973 Buddy I am just guessing the answer is yes.It might be possible to de-mount a bathroom ceiling fan and use that opening. I was taught that a parge coat was the cementious rendering applied to the exterior of masonry foundation walls (to reduce groundwater entry) or to the interior of masonry mass walls (to reduce air leakage and water penetration), and finally to the interior of chimneys to improve gas tightness. The complete source for building, designing, and remodeling green homes. when did 2x6 construction start in canadamapei grout frost vs warm gray. The trusses were designed to handle a load from the top and would never stand up to the use you describe. The dishwasher may be on the sink drain line but I dont know because I have never used it.PaulIf none of the other drains are having problems the blockage must be closer to the sink. It was a 34 percent reduction in actual volume; as those in the trade would say, it's "selling air.". However, they are more fragile than site built homes so make a commitment to stay on top of maintenance if you decide to make this purchase.Best wishes,Paul. Or could your house have been converted from a carriage house? Weve been building with wood for thousands of years. In REM Design there is a built-in module that lets you easily determine if you pass the Michigan Energy Code. Cavity insulation not yet installed. Common Residential Design Mistakes That Were Actually Built, https://uwaterloo.ca/heritage-resources-centre/sites/ca.heritage-resources-centre/files/uploads/files/heritage_resources_centre_architectural_styles_guide_reduced.pdf, A Proposed Solution to the Embodied Carbon Problem, A Look at State Premiers New Heat Pump Water Heater, Indoor Air Quality and Building Diagnostics. 2X4 exterior Walls are actually acceptable exterior framing, it's just that you need r20, which you can't get with just fiberglass insulation in a 2x4 cavity. In the following paragraphs, I will go through the construction process. Answer (1 of 4): If you know how to use a simple measuring stick a.k.a. Holes have already been cut in these sheets for the water and drain line penetrations. Thanks.PaulWay over my pay gradeIt sounds possible but I would try to be sure there were no regulatory hangups after you had already written big checks. Most will assume the homeowner wont look in any case and wont know what to expect if he does.It might be worth spending a few dollars to buy an electrical outlet tester. In the 1950s, plywood sheathing and particleboard became common, and, today, most standard-construction roofs use either half-inch plywood or particleboard's big brother, oriented-strand board (OSB). Alan, Unfortunately there is no reliable way of fixing the date of a building by sizing the wall studs. At the same time, the plumbing people are installing showers and tubs and the cabinet and mirror people are fastening their things in place. For many years now new mobile homes have been required to meet HUD standards for wind resistance. Chris Deziel has a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in humanities. Authority: 42 U.S.C. The owner of the insulation company, who is also a builder, notes that the cost to extend doors and windows to accommodate a 2x6 wall is substantial because everything that is standard is made for 2x4. Put 14 strips on ceiling (ripped to 3 to match 5/8 by 3 decorative trim. This continuous historical price chart for Lumber futures (LB, CME) is part of a huge collection of historical charts that covers decades of North America futures / commodity trading. These headers are 7 1/4" wide, and 3 1/2" thick, so they work nicely in a 2x4 wall. The 1950s through 1970s. We didnt build this. Anyone wanting to move one of them has to find/buy/rent them. Past water or drain leaks frequently make the insulation so heavy it tears through the belly material and you can see it hanging down. I have never seen any outside of the factory.Have you taken a pencil to the numbers for the work you plan? Living in New Mexico we also have very dry air. The nails allowed us to get rid of complex joinery no more mortise and tenon and allow relatively unskilled folks to nail together mass produced small sticks (2x4s and 2x6s and 2x8s) spaced closely together in a light frame. The history of construction is as old as the history of humanity. The third really big thing was the milling of logs into dimensional pieces of lumber each one the same as the next and the really important part these dimensional pieces of lumber were mass-produced. Allan, Could you post a picture? VickyI have a 1978 Conch Double Wide with a standard pitch roof. Drivers occasionally rub against traffic signs etc. That risks cracking old ductwork, etc. OR am I just biting off more than I can chew and should just scrap the whole idea and not even try?PaulIn my (painful) experience it would be a big mistake. The perimeter of the floor where it meets the walls sag bad. A frost-free faucet with a 4" stem will fit inside of a 2x6 wall, so there's really no excuse for a water line hanging in the middle of the room. There was also a 570-seat auditorium (where large public meetings were held) and a grade school. The cost is minimal compared to the benefits. It is just the 3/8 wall board, probably 2 x 3 studs and then 1/4 foam board and then my vinyl siding. Learn why at EGStoltzfus Homes we use 2x4 wall construction for our residential homes and how it can save you money. And for us more progressive folks I see a much greater thickness of exterior insulating sheathing and a hybrid cavity fill an R-50 wall. Photograph 1: Stave ChurchBorgund, Laerdal, Norway, 12th Century. Can I removed the roof and build a whole new one cathedral style?PaulThat would be a really bad idea. Could you add extra supports that are resting on the wall & marriage line? The total difference in cost to build your house with 2x6 exterior construction vs 2x4 is $2,149.90. Do you hear any gurgling noises?Depending on how agile you are, wear coveralls and bring a powerful flashlight so you can get under the home and look around. Even more questions, what is the R value per inch of loose fill cellulose, the company i hired did it instead of dense pack so i will have to get it fixed someday. timber framing seems to have evolved from palisade construction where logs were embedded in the ground vertically side-by-side supporting a roof. Thanks for any input.PaulI dont know. It is remarkably solidextremely heavy the movers had said. Like the floor, pre-cut studs are laid out on a jig and nailed in place. Log construction in the New World broke into two distinct types: the American interlocking corner approach and the Canadian (and obviously more superior) horizontal construction with corner posts. Both were readily displaced by timber framing due the savings in materials much less timber is used with timber frame construction than with horizontal log construction. Then, if the house is getting a shingle roof, plywood or OSB decking is nailed over the trusses. Spray foam insulation was much easier to incorporate in home construction because it expanded and could . These same bolts are what can be adjusted after the home is set, to stop floor squeaks. I built several homes like that in the 1980s. Is there any weight restrictions that we need to be aware/concerned about.PaulNot being an engineer I dont know any specifics. They normally arrive at the jobsite in 20'lengths. Quite understand. We have installed 16 pine tongue and groove boards around the house to give it a cabin feel. The two ends are still solid but also starting to pull away.PaulWork with the idea you want things to touch firmly, but NOT add any weight anywhere. Is this a split-top Roubo, made with hard maple? Have you ever heard of this before?PaulIm coming up blank on this one. Pay particular attention along the walls and any place there is a roof penetration. If your house . The exterior cladding provides aesthetics, ultra-violet radiation protection and mechanical protection. These were movable beach-front properties built in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina. 271. Mobile homes are built as a single engineered unit. In the Scandinavian countries the vertical boards were used to protect timber and log structures from weathering. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. My question is would the ceiling support this much added weight, in your opinion? Big posts or staves take a lot of work and use up timber so folks started to set them farther and farther apart. So, I called Pella windows and selected a standard 3x4 vinyl window and the price difference was $25 per window and $50 per standard door. CasondraI have a 1972 Norris single wide mobile home. Your thoughts on how to transfer to a mobile home from metal frame to house foundation would be much appreciated and a major financial help if it can reasonably be accomplished. The edges of the studs are coated with liquid glue and pre-cut panels, which will become the inside wall of the house, are stapled into place. Also was there a time when brick foundation walls were in general use or is that also variable? The wall frames were often infilled with vertical planks along with a whole bunch of other stuff. By the beginnings of the 20th century the wood frame wall pretty much looks familiar to many of us. This 2,742-sq.-ft. I just called my contractor and cancelled that job.William DiCelloI have a DW 24 x56 built in 1997 (Schult) i need a new roof can i do an overlay? I am hoping to hang something from the ceiling of my 1997 Fleetwood mobile home. +44 (0)7540 787812 [email protected]. Ok, so lets talk about the ways you can pass the code in Michigan. It has a crimped galvanized sheet metal roof. DwightI have a 1992 14 x 70 mobile home and it has the factory metal roof. Sears Roebuck Co. sold over 500,000 pre-fabricated homes between 1910 and the 1940. Floors. Last winter with the 80% furnace it was using indoor air and the humidity was at 30% and i had a hell of a time trying to raise it (i gave up), but with the new furnace i have had 50% humidity till about -10C and at -20C i am down to 30% (i get shocks every time i leave the computer). This is the point where some critical management decisions get made. Testing. 2x6 construction is common in colder climates. I found some newspapers from 1976 which is when it appears they installed the heavy metal chimney through the middle of the house, put wood on the "headers" in the basement (but not crawlspace) and did some other upgrades. I have looked online for some type of electrical plan or layout, but I guess they dont just put it out there. I want to move the stove to the middle of the kitchen and build an island around it. Special door jambs and window casings are needed for 2-by-6-inch construction, though, so it's a good idea to know if you have it in your house. Manufacturers and dealers love to blame each other so at least some manufacturers video tape the inside, Read More Mobile Home ManufacturersContinue, I am frequently asked for help finding someone who does good, affordable, repair work. It was all wood panelling and 23 construction inside.We brought 35.4 metric tonnes to the dump and we figure at most the trailer would have been 10 of that but would be good to hear from someone in the industry as well.Thanks,MonaPaulThat is a great question, but I have no idea what the answer would be.Maybe someone in the mobile home transport business will see this and provide an answer. I never tried anything like that. Setup. Thanks.PaulThat is probably less weight than a piano, so I think it should be fine. The wall we want to remove is 46 long, will this still cause a problem and if so what would be the issue. Will it hold a king sized free flow waterbed in the master suite at the end of the home?PaulIm thinking that if waterbeds fell through the floors of mobile homes it would make the evening newsSo you should be fine.I did see a couple of bedrooms where the waterbed leaked. Developed in the late 1970s, OSB is made of rectangular wood strands glued and pressed together. // Leaf Group. Im a little worried that the glue will not last long and assuming this is how all the ceilings were put together.PaulHi Ashley,I wouldnt worry about it.They build the walls & and ceilings on a large jig that means the assembler just lays the wood in the marked places and nails/screws them together. You may have good reasons why it is the best approach for your situation. I have been an HVAC installer, insulation company owner, HERS Rater, BPI Building Analyst trainer and energy auditor. So if you see such framing and are wondering how it passed, they probably also used blue insulation on the outside, or something else to achieve r20. This compete plastering of the exterior to improve weather resistance became known as pargetting.7 Today we call it stucco, and it is made from Portland cement, sand and water. In this article, _Two-By Debate Continues_ it says that the payback time for 2x6 walls in Minneapolis (once again a heating climate) would be aprox 78 years.Another publication "A Builder's Guide to Energy Efficient Homes in Georgia, J. Tiller and D. Creech, Governor's Office of Energy Resources, 1990. The safe weighs 500 pounds and will end up being 600 pounds fully loaded. That study can be found at http://info.turnerandsonhomes.com/blog/cost-to-build-a-house-2x6-walls. So start with 2x 10 exterior walls. Electrical and Assembly. The door will weigh approximately 40lbs. Along with floors and walls, The ceilings crew have been busy laying panels out on a jig and setting pre-assembled trusses in place. The 5/16" thickness used to be the most popular measurement for Paper On Gypsum (POG) wallboards, but the majority of new Clayton homes with POG wallboards are now 3/8". Pry off a piece of interior trim from around the door or a window. This adds the additional thickness needed for the door frame. Maybe for a while? A. Now you have me wondering if the weight of a fully tiled shower stall is comparable to the original tub filled with water? The 1980s. An 8 x 8-inch nominal board is actually 7 x 7 inches.