(08-30-2022, 02:29 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: [ -> ] (08-30-2022, 01:56 PM)EricC85 Wrote: [ -> ]I'm ina mobile home so I know I have bad insulation if any at all but even then it's been an average of $300 in summer and under $125 in the winter the last 8 years this year is just crazy expensive.
Yea older mobile homes leak like crazy. Ive done everything except new windows which I was quoted like 30k to replace them but even with energy star appliances and automatic [BLEEP] off light switches and a smart thermostat to adjust the temp when no one's home it just goes up every month. Last month was better but still 387
Go to Lowe's. 30k is a ripoff. I got 8 Pella e-glass windows installed for $5200 two years ago. Getting energy savings of 50% on electric component of bill. Also dampens outside noise, a lot. Maybe mobile home install/windows are different, I don't know.
Nothing is standard in mobile homes
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Yeah, mobile homes are different. You can't just buy windows and pop them in.
We live in a 30 year old mobile home and have thought about replacing windows, putting better insulation in the space between our ceiling and roof, a new roof. But it's a 30 year old mobile home. Thankfully our electric bill only gets to about $200 and change in the 2 months of dead summer heat in south central NC. We have Duke Energy.
(08-30-2022, 08:33 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, mobile homes are different. You can't just buy windows and pop them in.
We live in a 30 year old mobile home and have thought about replacing windows, putting better insulation in the space between our ceiling and roof, a new roof. But it's a 30 year old mobile home. Thankfully our electric bill only gets to about $200 and change in the 2 months of dead summer heat in south central NC. We have Duke Energy.
Interesting, didn't know this. However, we had our windows custom measured because the home is old enough that on-the-shelf windows at big box stores don't fit anymore. So, in essence, they were 'custom' windows. Unless mobile homes have way more windows than I remember, i don't see how a 30k quote is reasonable. oh well....
(08-30-2022, 08:38 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: [ -> ] (08-30-2022, 08:33 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, mobile homes are different. You can't just buy windows and pop them in.
We live in a 30 year old mobile home and have thought about replacing windows, putting better insulation in the space between our ceiling and roof, a new roof. But it's a 30 year old mobile home. Thankfully our electric bill only gets to about $200 and change in the 2 months of dead summer heat in south central NC. We have Duke Energy.
Interesting, didn't know this. However, we had our windows custom measured because the home is old enough that on-the-shelf windows at big box stores don't fit anymore. So, in essence, they were 'custom' windows. Unless mobile homes have way more windows than I remember, i don't see how a 30k quote is reasonable. oh well....
I think it depends on how old it is and what is around the windows. There may or may not framing. The width is also a problem, so it's basically having to custom build the windows or reframe them so the extra width is contained.
30,000 seems like a lot though but it can be 10,000 for a house with standard window sizing.
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(08-30-2022, 08:56 PM)p_rushing Wrote: [ -> ] (08-30-2022, 08:38 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting, didn't know this. However, we had our windows custom measured because the home is old enough that on-the-shelf windows at big box stores don't fit anymore. So, in essence, they were 'custom' windows. Unless mobile homes have way more windows than I remember, i don't see how a 30k quote is reasonable. oh well....
I think it depends on how old it is and what is around the windows. There may or may not framing. The width is also a problem, so it's basically having to custom build the windows or reframe them so the extra width is contained.
30,000 seems like a lot though but it can be 10,000 for a house with standard window sizing.
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Gotcha. I did watch a video of window replacement for a mobile home, and it makes a little more sense now. I can see it costing more primarily because the demand for mobile home replacement might not be as large as a fixed home. Almost like a specialty repair.
(08-30-2022, 08:38 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: [ -> ] (08-30-2022, 08:33 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, mobile homes are different. You can't just buy windows and pop them in.
We live in a 30 year old mobile home and have thought about replacing windows, putting better insulation in the space between our ceiling and roof, a new roof. But it's a 30 year old mobile home. Thankfully our electric bill only gets to about $200 and change in the 2 months of dead summer heat in south central NC. We have Duke Energy.
Interesting, didn't know this. However, we had our windows custom measured because the home is old enough that on-the-shelf windows at big box stores don't fit anymore. So, in essence, they were 'custom' windows. Unless mobile homes have way more windows than I remember, i don't see how a 30k quote is reasonable. oh well....
MH are framed differently than stick built because it's cheaper and they don't carry the same loads. The interior walls at a minimum are framed with 2x3s instead of 2x4s. Some of the windows and doors may or may not have headers. The only drywall you'll see is on perimeter walls and in the kitchen with the rest being wallboard that is not the same thickness of any drywall you find in the store. So if you have to replace a wall or you build something different you have to take out the entire wall of drywall and redo it. Ask me how I know. Lol. If you can find wallboard at a big box store you're lucky. Even the plumbing pipes are different. This is the case in ours anyway.
It's all very assbackwards but hubby bought and paid for this house a long time ago so we do what we can with what we have. Thankfully we both have construction experience so we've been able to repair anything that's come up. Windows are a whole other story.
(08-30-2022, 10:59 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Even the plumbing pipes are different. This is the case in ours anyway.
Plumbing is usually the worst as you won't know what you are dealing with until you actually get to the part you want to replace and you probably need to bring it with you to see if you can find a close enough match. It's like they just used whatever parts they could find the cheapest and made it work. Tubing is all the bad stuff that had lawsuits. Weird size pipes instead of standard. Parts that have too much variance in them. You may end up having to use rubber clamps and hoping it holds until you can actually find the correct mobile home size.
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(08-31-2022, 07:25 AM)p_rushing Wrote: [ -> ] (08-30-2022, 10:59 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Even the plumbing pipes are different. This is the case in ours anyway.
Plumbing is usually the worst as you won't know what you are dealing with until you actually get to the part you want to replace and you probably need to bring it with you to see if you can find a close enough match. It's like they just used whatever parts they could find the cheapest and made it work. Tubing is all the bad stuff that had lawsuits. Weird size pipes instead of standard. Parts that have too much variance in them. You may end up having to use rubber clamps and hoping it holds until you can actually find the correct mobile home size.
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We have definitely had to rig some plumbing but our local hardware store has some very knowledgeable employees who have helped countless folks rig thier plumbing so we've been lucky.
When we had to replace a shower/tub we had to go to a mobile home supply store in another town as nothing else will fit unless you're willing to do some serious renovations.