Insurance for my car
Posted by admin on Nov 18, 2008
Aside from having my house insured I am also going to insure my car. This is to prevent trouble if an emergency happens. Like what happens to my house years ago it was set on fire. That time I am not aware on the importance of the insurance. If what would be the benefits if my house was insured.I had to spend too much money to repair the house. My Uncle at that time had apply his car to an insurance and after a few months. A truck accidentally bump his car on the parking lot on a restaurant. He wasn’t worried a little because he know that he is insured.
He is the one who told me that I really needed to insured important assets in my life. Things that I always use. If there is a company that offer cheap auto insurance I should grab them. Because I will be the one to benefit if something happens to my car and my house. I told him that it is really plan. Because I had already search a site on the internet that offer a low cost insurance. Having my house and my car insured maybe can make me lessen the trouble the future problems.
Kitchen Care
Posted by admin on Nov 1, 2008
Many delectable things can happen in your mobile-home kitchen. But they turn into drudgery when you grapple with faulty appliances. Kitchen equipment needs routine care and attention. You needn’t become a slave to maintenance, but a little of the right effort goes a long way. Begin by keeping your kitchen clean. Wash dishes after every meal and don’t allow them to stack up. Don’t let garbage or trash collect. Sweep floors at least daily; crumbs tracked elsewhere draw insects. Apply insecticide around cabinet bases once a month. Wash and wax the floors weekly. With children at home, you’ll need to wash floors even more often. Wash walls every couple of months with a mild cleaning solution. Otherwise, cooking oils build i a sticky, greasy yellowish scum; removing that is a major chore. Wash light fixtures when you wash the walls. Crystal globes and chandeliers need cleaning more often.
Clean the drains monthly with safe commercial products. To combat odors, leave a cup of baking soda in your kitchen drains and garbage disposer a few hours. Then wash it on through. Share the chores. That’ll stretch your enjoyment.
Instant cash for the damage house
Posted by admin on Nov 1, 2008
We worried about money when an accident occurs or when something happen without our knowledge. When a climate change and not expecting for a storm that could damage your house. Or when an accident happen. For the repair we need an instant cash or for some minor repair we needed an instant cash. We can get it on applying a payday loans . A financial solution’s of those people that are in need of money but don’t have cash and the payday is far enough. They asked or apply for a loans where they can be able to have an instant cash and we know how useful the money it is n our daily living and on our daily needs.
You can now even apply for the said loans on the internet. The fastest, easiest and the latest way for you to have a loans. In this way it can lessen our worries and find a solution instantly.
To repair the home
Posted by admin on Nov 1, 2008
There are many thngs needed t repar at home and needed an extra cash. So decde to aply fr a cash advance loan snce the payday s a few weeks from nw and can’t wat fr t. am n the mood of reparng the house. There are sme thngs needed to be repar n the ktchen. Sme are n the comfort room. Wth the enough mney to use can buy the thngs needed t buy but that was wth the enough money. f ‘ll be wtng fr my payday maybe am not n the mood f reparng nstead thnkng of smethng to buy.
There are some part of the house the needed to be repar for preventve measures. To prevent accdent to occur. wouldn’t wat fr that tme to cme as eary as now wll do t before t too late.
Winds damage
Posted by admin on Oct 20, 2008
Winds damage thousands of mobile homes each year. Hurricanes and tornados seem likely to hit almost anywhere in the country these days. Wind velocities range up to 300 mph. The recurring damages have prompted many states to pass tiedown laws for mobile homes. Manufacturers now build tiedown features into their homes. In some states, mobile home parks must, by law, provide anchoring facilities. Nevertheless, it’s up to you to see that these safety features are used.
No one has devised a universal tiedown system. Soil conditions differ; so do weather and winds in various locales. Your mobile home dealer or park management should set the home up properly for you. Dealers should take the responsibility when delivering a new mobile home to an individual site.
Unfortunately, unqualified dealers either do not service the homes they sell or lack the knowledge to anchor them properly. Many mobile homes sit vulnerable to destruction from even mild windstorms. You may have lived in your home
15 years without any serious sway. But it only takes one strong wind, hitting just so. It may cost you $150 to $200 to get your home set up and anchored properly, but you can hardly afford not to.
At one time, only the wise or the wary anchored their mobile homes. Now look yours over. Evaluate your home’s stance. Uneven aettling indicates blocking-up problems and probably poor anchoring. The soil under your home must drain properly. In some locales, this may require a 5—6 inch bed of gravel. The home needs a solid footing either on a concrete pad or on concrete runners. Only after the pad is adequate are you ready for blocking and anchoring.
Support a mobile home on cement-block piers 12 feet apart. Many homes today have signs along the frame indicating blocking points. Obey these when you can. Cement blocks should be stacked so you can fill the holes with mortar, forming a solid column.
Anchors are often imbedded in mortar or concrete. But anchors vary. Some eye-bolt anchors fit 4 feet into the ground, extending below the frost line. Eye-bolts might not work for sandy or hardrock areas. Your nearest anchor company can probably advise you on the most effective anchoring methods for your area.
Hurricane straps are another segment of a thorough tie-down system. They reach clear over the top of your home, down the sides, and attach to anchors. Sometimes these over-the-top straps are secured to the frame and the frame in turn anchored.
Whatever the anchoring method, inspect the anchoring devices every month or two. Watch for loose bolts, rust, or corrosion. When that little wind starts to blow a lot, you’ll be glad you did.
Mobile homes provide you with top-quality housing, but only when properly maintained. Mobile home living is convenient, but not carefree. Limit your repair needs by selecting your home wisely, setting
up and anchoring it properly, then adhering to a program of periodic preventive maintenance.
The dealer or manufacturer should take care of the unit during its warranty period. If you live in a mobile home park, chances are the park management employs qualified service technicians who can handle your major repair needs. On individual lots, service may not be so readily available. Call the manufacturer about serious repairs.
Consult this book for maintenance and repairs you can perform. But do not delay making repairs to your home or having them made. Procrastination may stretch a minor adjustment or repair into a costly major project. You can allow your mobile home to deteriorate, or you can use it as the base upon which to build and develop an attractive, convenient, and serviceable living environment.
Smoke detectors
Posted by admin on Aug 25, 2008
Smoke detectors now are standard equipment for mobile homes. You’ll find these early warning devices on
the hallway ceiling outside all sleeping areas. Home fires typically smolder long before they burst into flame. A smoke detector can warn you to evacuate the the unit and call the fire department, sometimes before the fire actually erupts.
However, smoke detectors lose their sensing ability if they’re not kept clean. Remove the filters and wash them every three months— Sooner in dusty regions. Some smoke detectors have silver or gold sensing dots. Clean these monthly with window cleaner. Do not use any type of spray around detectors; it might clog up the sensing devices. Keep your owner’s pamphlet that explains the smoke detector.
If your mobile home does not have a smoke-detecting system, you can install one yourself. Some styles of smoke detectors attach
the ceiling like a light fixture. Get an electrician to do the extra wiring for these. Others plug into any normal ac power outlet. Place the detector itself high on the wall or ceiling just outside your sleeping areas. A set of instructions should explain how to put the detector into operation. Then test it with some heavy cigarette smoke.
Practice good-sense fire prevention in your mobile home.
Posted by admin on Aug 1, 2008
Practice good-sense fire prevention in your mobile home. Do not use the furnace compartment for storage. Do not allow rubbish to pile up on your home or under it. Turn off the stove or iron when you answer the phone or door. Do not use your oven to heat the place; it’s a poor home heating source and can be lethal.
New park standards recommend installing fire extinguishers in every mobile home. Get an ABC type; it puts out all types of fires, including grease flames. Teach your family how to use it. If you don’t know how to use a fire extinguisher yourself, someone from your local fire department will gladly give your whole family instructions free of charge. Don’t forget to have your extinguisher inspected and recharged yearly, as well as after each use.
Run your family through fire drills frequently. Plan escape routes from every area in the house. In homes built since January 1974, each bedroom must have an egress window that permits quick, safe exits. (If your home does not have these push-out windows, investigate the possibility of having them installed.) Designate today a place outside the house you could all assemble immediately in case of fire. Then prepare for the real thing—it can happen to you just as easily as to someone else.
Expandable units
Posted by admin on Jul 25, 2008
Expandable units generate the same setup and maintenance requirements that double-wides do. Unless the manufacturer specifically instructs otherwise, you set up and secure expandable sections as you do the main portion of your mobile home.
Expandables can add up to 100 square feet to the size of your home. This extra space frequently goes into the living room, but it could also provide a study area or dining nook. The distinct advantage of an expandable section lies in its telescoping into the side of the main body so you can move the unit from one location to another.
Other accessory extensions, such as add-on cubicles or sun- porches create more space and add individuality to floor plans. For owners of permanent mobile homes, these additions often prove more satisfying than a plain unit would.
A Modern Way to Live
Posted by admin on Jun 23, 2008
Mobile home living today bears no resemblance to the trailer slums
of yesterday. Just look on any dealer’s lot. Manufactured housing, ii their builders now call mobile homes, has evolved beyond the cracker box look.
The resulting beauty and spaciousness have created a boom in
quality, low-cost housing. Mobile home communities have sprung up by the hundreds. Zoning laws against mobile homes are crumbling. Materials shortages, exorbitant building costs for conventional housirig, plus ever-improving quality make manufactured housing attractive—especially with land so scarce in most places.
One grave misconception haunts the manufactured housing industry. The word trailer has carried forward from the early days of itinerants living in little pull-around outfits. The word is erroneous when applied to mobile homes. Today, trailers are recreational vehicles pulled behind a car or small truck. Trailers are for vacationing—never for living in the year around.
Manufacturers hope eventually to eliminate the word mobile from the description of their units. A majority of manufactured homes go mobile only once. That’s when they’re transported from factory to home site. Once there, the owner or installer anchors it securely. The home may remain there for its lifetime.
You can landscape a mobile home attractively. In some parks, operators not only allow but encourage tenants to beautify their lots. Fences, fountains, flowering shrubs, patios, tool sheds, and carports all spell livability. And, more important, these refinements contribute to the quality of the neighborhood.
Yet this form of manufactured housing is mobile. It can be towed comparatively easily from one site to another, whenever you need to move. That differentiates it from all conventional housing, however constructed. So, for some time to come, you’ll probably continue to hear the term mobile home applied to transportable, all-in-one-piece manufactured homes.
Manufactured homes come in a variety of sizes—singles, double wides and modular homes and apartments. The luxuries and convenIences built into double-wides not only rival but often surpass those found in site-built homes costing far more.
Manufactured homes must be transported. They’re bulky. Obviously, moving a 24-foot-wide mobile home from Texas to Idaho would be extremely difficult. Many states restrict the width and length of homes that may travel on their roads. Therefore, dealers deliver double-wides in two sections and fasten them together at the buyer’s alto. These are not simple to transport when you move. Consider them more as permanent housing.
Many problems arise when a double-wide home is not set up and blocked properly. Leave this job to experts. Your mobile home dealer should be able to make a competent initial installation. Thereafter, verify the leveling periodically (page 20). With double-wides, leveling Is doubly important. You can’t maintain a proper seal at the seams, particularly the center one, if the unit keeps settling. If you encounter sagging or leaking that you can’t remedy by the means outlined in this book, you’d better find qualified service—soon.