Mobile Home Plumbing

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three different types of water heaters with the words mobile home water heaters above them
Mobile Home Water Heater Guide: Install, Compare, Troubleshoot
Don’t confuse the water heaters that you’ll find in single-family homes as a mobile home water heater. There are similarities but also some key differences.
there are many different pictures of a toilet that is being built into the ground with tools in it
Mobile Home Toilet Floor Plate - Mobile Home Repair
Use a mobile home toilet floor plate to fix leaning or sinking toilets. If your toilet leans, sinks or jiggles, then most likely the floor underneath has gotten wet and soft. The best fix is to remove the toilet, cut off the flange and replace the floor underneath the toilet. A second solution would be ... Continue Reading about Mobile Home Toilet Floor Plate
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How To Unthaw Frozen Water Pipes in a Mobile Home - Mobile Home Repair
If you’ve gotten a cold snap and have discovered that you are without water, most likely you’ve had a waterline freeze-up. Probably the hardest part about unthawing a frozen waterline is determining exactly where it is frozen. First, check all of your faucets. Are you getting water from any of them? If not, then most ... Continue Reading about How To Unthaw Frozen Water Pipes in a Mobile Home
two brass fittings sitting on top of a white table next to a hose holder
Mobile Home Water Lines - Mobile Home Repair
Plumbing in a manufactured home can be quite different than plumbing in a site-built home. In fact different enough that plumbers in many areas will not work on mobile homes. Why? Some plumbers don’t like to work on the new plastic waterlines. Others don’t like the fact that things such as tub faucets and drains ... Continue Reading about Mobile Home Water Lines
two metal pipes on the side of a white wall with diamond treads in it
How To Select and Install Heat Tape - Mobile Home Repair
OK, so you’ve survived the first few cold snaps with no freeze-up problems. However, today you woke up or came home to no water. Since you didn’t have any freeze-up problems before, you can be pretty much assured that your heat tape has gone out. When a heat tape goes, it goes. There’s no fixing ... Continue Reading about How To Select and Install Heat Tape
an image of a bathroom sink with two hoses connected to it
Plumbing Check Vent Under Counter Sink - Mobile Home Repair
They go by several names depending on your geography and the application: plumbing check vent, under counter vent, cheater vent, sink vent pipe, and perhaps others. What is a Check Vent? A check vent acts as an air vent for a drain. For drain lines to work properly, they must draw in air for waste water ... Continue Reading about Plumbing Check Vent Under Counter Sink
Over time a small crack in most bathtubs is inevitable, especially for fiberglass and plastic tubs. If are convinced that you need to replace the entire bath tub, then read our guide to replacing a mobile home bathtub. If you aren’t willing to go through that trouble, then luckily there is a quick bathtub repair kit ... Continue Reading about  Bathtub Repair Kit – Quick Fix for Crack in Tub Fiberglass Tub Repair, Mobile Home Bathtubs, Tub Insert, Tub Repair, Bathtub Makeover, Paint Tiles, Bathtub Liners, Plastic Bathtub
Bathtub Repair Kit - Quick Fix for Crack in Tub - Mobile Home Repair
Over time a small crack in most bathtubs is inevitable, especially for fiberglass and plastic tubs. If are convinced that you need to replace the entire bath tub, then read our guide to replacing a mobile home bathtub. If you aren’t willing to go through that trouble, then luckily there is a quick bathtub repair kit ... Continue Reading about Bathtub Repair Kit – Quick Fix for Crack in Tub
pipes are attached to the side of a large structure in an open area with dirt and sand
Mobile Home Plumbing is Different - Troubleshooting & Who to Call - Mobile Home Repair
Plumbing in a manufactured home can be quite different than plumbing in a site-built home. In fact different enough that plumbers in many areas will not work on mobile homes. Today’s plumbing in manufactured homes can be described as ‘on the cutting-edge of technology.’ Because codes for site-built houses are strict and hard to change, ... Continue Reading about Mobile Home Plumbing is Different – Troubleshooting & Who to Call
an image of a water heater diagram with solar panels on the wall and tank connected to it
Solar Water Heater - Mobile Home Repair
As the name implies, a solar water heating system uses the power of the sun to produce hot water in a home, either by directly warming the water or via an intermediary fluid. A direct system pumps water to the solar collectors and back to the storage container, while an indirect system first heats the ... Continue Reading about Solar Water Heater
an electrical wire is connected to the wall with wires and plugs in between them
Install Shut Off Valve Under Sink & Replace Faucet - Mobile Home Repair
Your faucet drips or leaks, so time to repair or replace it. Yet the only water shut-off is located underneath the home. “What a pain,” you say to yourself. Next time avoid the hassles by installing separate shut-offs to each plumbing fixture. Just remember that you need a shut-off on both the hot and cold ... Continue Reading about Install Shut Off Valve Under Sink & Replace Faucet
chrome finish bathroom faucet with clear crystal knobs and two round glass handles
Replacing Mobile Home 8" Bathtub Faucet - Mobile Home Repair
8 inch offset tub faucet. This faucet is made of bright chrome-looking plastic and will replace similar tub faucets with an offset shower connection. To determine if your faucet is 8 inches, measure from the middle of the left knob to the middle of the right knob. If the measurement is 8 inches, you have ... Continue Reading about Replacing Mobile Home 8″ Bathtub Faucet
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How to Use Pex Crimping Tools - Mobile Home Repair
Use inexpensive tools for proper crimps of rings on pex tubing. If you’d like to be able to repair your own pex plumbing but can’t justify the expense of a $100+ pex crimping tool, then the pocket pex crimper may be just what your looking for. By using a pair of vice grips, the pocket ... Continue Reading about How to Use Pex Crimping Tools
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Replace or Repair a Mobile Home Bathtub - Mobile Home Repair
As a general rule, replacing a bathtub is NOT considered a do-it-yourself project — especially if you are changing the type and size of the tub. Changing anything means refiguring the drain lines, vents, and waterlines and that can get a bit tricky and frustrating. But if your old tub is cracked or damaged and ... Continue Reading about Replace or Repair a Mobile Home Bathtub
a water heater with the words convert gas water heater to electric on it
Convert Gas Water Heater into Electric - Mobile Home Repair
If you’ve priced a new manufactured home gas water heater lately, you’ve discovered that sealed combustion units cost over $675 WITHOUT installation. Are gas water heaters still the way to go? In my opinion the answer is ‘NO’. Water heater manufacturers must display on the unit itself the estimated annual operating cost. If anyone has ... Continue Reading about Convert Gas Water Heater into Electric
four pictures show different types of pipes and fittings in various stages of installation, including the sink faucet
How to Remove & Fix a Kitchen Sink Drain - Mobile Home Repair
So how many times have you fixed your kitchen drain only to find out it still leaks? How many times have you bought parts only to discover that they don’t quite fit? Or maybe your installing a new kitchen sink and want all the right drain parts. With our complete kitchen sink drain kit, you ... Continue Reading about How to Remove & Fix a Kitchen Sink Drain