Repairing Damaged Mobile Home Underbelly Fabric : E108 / BC Renovation Magazine
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- In this video I show you how I repaired the damaged underbelly fabric in our abandoned mobile home renovation project. Keeping the underbelly fabric in good condition helps to keep bugs and rodents out of the insulation in the floor.
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Spray-contact-cement, a coat on both surfaces to be joined, really makes a better quality bond than most tapes and is easier to do. After doing plumbing repairs and having to cut into my belly pan, I cut out over sized patches of billboard tarp, sprayed their perimeter and the perimeter around the removed sections of the repair area, gave them a minute or two to get tacky and then just overlaid the patches over the repair areas.
Steve, great tip. Thanks. I will try that next time.
I used gorilla tape because my under belly is a ventilated plastic, but noticed the tape corners starting to lift. How long has the contact cement held up?
Thank you for saying home in reference to this repair.
Tommie, thanks for watching and commenting. 🙂
A nice and clean repair. I have to replace my plywood floors in my mobile home. Field mice had been in my mobile home so I'm going to cut pieces of my old floor to use as my underbelly, to keep them from getting into the insulation.
Just repurposing what was already in the mobile. 👍🏽
Full Body Joe, thanks! Sounds like you have a good plan. 🙂
Glad to you that your back... Best DIY videos on CZcams...👍 Stay safe .
Hi, manuel. Thanks! Good to hear from you. 😊
That looks so neat and clean now! Even though the new homeowners will probably never look under there, it's great to know it looks like that. 😊
Hi, Becki. Thanks! The only person that will probably ever look under there is the home inspector when they come to look for a prospective buyer. They love nit picking at things under there. I am not leaving anything for them to find under there to put on their deficiency list. 😁
Yes! So happy to see this vid posted!
Kevin, 🙂👍
Thank you for sharing all your knowledge
Great information!Thank You!!
Thanks for the video. Great info.
Excellent idea! Thanks for sharing 😉
Thanks so much for the video it re helped me
Great video on this subject!
Steve, thanks! 🙂
good work kind sir! thank you
MrByronHypolite, thank you! Appreciate you watching and commenting. 🙂
good stuff, tanks for sharing
Tom Dale, thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it! 🙂
Great job and info, I just found your channel and subbed.
Your channel is a godsend. How do you overcome the fear of getting under your house? LOL
Inkbythebarrel, thanks! Going under one of those for the first time is like going out with a new girlfriend for the first time. You're not quite sure what to expect! 🙂
Let’s your nuts hang brother. I work underneath manufactured homes for a living as well. The first time I crawled under one was the first time I found out I was claustrophobic. Got to just face your fear and do what you gotta do and one day you will get over it.
You’re so right about rodents getting in if they really want to. 😄 There are lots of rats in our area and no matter how well I fix the underbelly they easily get in.
They also dig quite deep so easily get under the skirting. This summer I’ll be taking extreme measures to keep them out. They may ultimately be smarter than me but I’ll try!
Hi, Scott. Good to hear from you. 🙂
We have rats here, too. Ours don't seem to dig like that. I don't know why. But if there are any gaps in the skirting, they will find them.
I can't stand rats and mice. They give me the willies. 🐁🐁🐁
It's nice to see that you are still watching. Thanks! I appreciate hearing from you. 🙂
Let us know know how it goes against the rats. I'm sure there are plenty of viewers that would like to know your solution.
Kent
@@BCRenovationMagazine I'll definitely take some pictures of the process. I agree on hating the rodents - I have a rat phobia but I have to get under and inspect things at least annually so it's a mind over matter sort of thing.
Good to see you back at work - I always look forward to the new videos!
@@scottduguid3453 , mind over matter when crawling around under these, that's for sure. When you get some photos I would love to put some up our community page, if that's OK with you.
@@BCRenovationMagazine Why can't a guy just cut foamboard and put it between the joists gluing them to the underside of the floor? Then wrap any exposed pipes with pipe insulation. We are just asking for rodents to move in when we use the roll insulation and tarp!
We keep mouse blocks out everywhere! Solved our problem of a million mice lol
where do you get the 3 m tape i caint find it online my big box dont have it thanks
Do all mobile homes have that? I saw two different ones in South Texas that didn't have anything underneath.
I have the old traditional style that hangs down like a "belly" (Not between the joists.) with the stringed "tar paper". The heat from the metal duct running down the middle radiates out to keep the pipes and floor warm. I am looking for something that will permanently stick to that "paper".
ive replaced mine using a few methods, but I think I will use your route around the ducts, thank you for sharing.
Why is there no skirting around the house ?
Hi there, great video! Recently my wife and I have been interested in buying a mobile home (saskatchewan). I have a quick question, why is it only fabric underneath the mobile home and why isnt it, say, sheet wood or a more durable material? Wouldnt it make sense to have a plastic material or solid material secured to the bottom of those floor joists for a secure barrier to keep heat in and moisture from the ground out? Not to mention wouldn't it protect the insulation more? Thanks! Im genuinely curious as it seems like the material would get tarnished due to it being exposed under the mobile home. Take care.
Costs. That's why mobile homes are cheaper than a regular house they cut corners where ever they can.💔
Any plans to add skirting?
lol
I was told Tyvek house wrap can be used as well.
Hi, Eugene. Tyvek would work, for sure. You would just want to make sure you install the Tyvek face down, labels facing down.
Thanks for watching and commenting. 🙂
@@BCRenovationMagazine I’ll be fixing my underbelly in the spring and replace some of the insulation with rock wool especially under the bathroom and kitchen area.
@@eugenewilson7555 , sounds good. 🙂
@@eugenewilson7555 thank you so much Eugene, I was look king for woven poly materials but the tyvek wrap is the best solution, at least the woven version of it. Keeps heat, let’s moisture out, doesn’t let moisture in and still has a somewhat breathable nature and is durable product.
I bought te genuine stuff for belly board at a mobile. home supply store. A 60x40 was $275 /2023
Gorilla Tape might work pretty good
I found this video in search of an alternative to the Gorilla Tape I used. I just went under and found it all came undone.
What insulation is used for under the mobile home. I need to replace mine
It’s normally the pink stuff/yellow stuff/white stuff r22, I’m using Rockwool r22 under the bathroom and kitchen area as it won’t droop and it won’t soak up water.
Rockwool definitely holds water
@@joshmorris3735 Water doesn’t soak up water it beads off
My home was built in 1976 and we bought it used from someone for $700. It had insulation with chicken wire throughout holding it in place. Now with the whole floor being redone there isn't anything there anymore and my floor is freezing cold now. Is chicken wire ideal to use or fabric?
My mobile home lost most of its under belly insolation. I put new insolation in, then stapled up chicken wire to hold it up,then covered it with fiber matirial. It actually worked beautifully.
@@dannydazzena7160 thats a great idea. I bet your floor is nice n warm. You cant step on mine without shoes in winter. Summer is the best lol
Do you replace underbelly or plywood flooring first?
take the underbelly apart and you can replace the flooring as you go.
Does Lowe's have that tape
Is it that insulation backwards? The paper side should be down?
Hi aldisilvia! 🙂 The insulation that you see there is just regular R-20 fiberglass batts. There is no paper attached to the insulation.
The wood flooring above the batts acts as a vapor barrier. Vapor barrier always goes on the warm side of the insulation.
If this insulation had paper on it, which would be a vapor barrier, yes, it would go paper up, in between the joists.
The black fabric material under the insulation is not meant to be a vapor barrier. It basically is there to hold the insulation in place, mainly for when it is transported down the road from the factory.
On the ground, under the home, is a layer of heavy plastic sheet plastic. That plastic is meant to be a barrier to moisture coming up from the ground.
Thanks for watching and commenting. 🙂
Depends on where home is located. The insulation should always face the warm-in-winter side. Use faced insulation with the paper facing the heated living space. So, in cold climates, it should face the interior; in hot, humid climates, it should face the exterior.Oct 31, 2023
We had fixed all the underbelly insulation on our mobile home and the rats have it all back down again.
If you do it again try Rockwool as rodents don’t seem to like it as much
@@eugenewilson7555 thanks for the tip!
Or you can use apple cider vinegar pour around your home. They hate it. @@seasidepaper
oh good to know! Funny though, they eat our apples on our tree and I have been using apples as bait :-). but I'll try anything.
@@MariaStela
Closed cell insulation. It's rock-hard and extreamly expensive but it works well as a insulation and at keeping rodents out.
Why is it necessary to have the fabric?
Hi, chris. I think that fabric is there mostly to hold the insulation up in place. Keep in mind that when these homes are transported from the factory they go down the road at highway speeds. Without that fabric the insulation would blow out.
Once on site and set up it still serves to hold the insulation up. It also is a barrier to keep bugs and rodents out of the insulation, which they love.
It can also serve a purpose as a kind of vapor barrier, but whether that is effective or not comes down to the material used and if a vapor barrier has been placed on the ground. Vapor barrier placed on the ground is pretty much code in most places now, I think.
@@BCRenovationMagazine
Thank you.
There is not any wood to staple the cloth to under my mobile home. from the edge all the way in to the metal frame is insulation only. There is wood on the other side. I guess they are all made different
Where are you located? I would like to hire you to do some work on an investment mobile home for me? I have been running into unethical ppl.
Sheryl, I am in British Columbia, Canada. I am semi-retired and not for hire anymore. I just spend my time buying these old homes, remodelling them and flipping them. This is my fourth one.
I know what you mean about unethical people. They abound here, too. One of my goals in creating this channel was to help people avoid the shysters by showing them how to do some of this work themselves. If not that, then at least showing people how things should be, so the shysters can't pull the wool over their eyes so easily.
Thanks for watching. I really appreciate it. 🙂
Where are you located?
i brick skirted my single wide in... yeah wasnt cheap but last a lifetime
Hi, Skimask. Brick is a nice way to go. Thanks for watching and commenting. 🙂