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In many instances you can do your own electrical audit. If you read your electric meter on a daily basis, you can get an average kilowatt usage. Once you have a number you can narrow down and eliminate some of your appliances as the culprit. Assuming your daily electrical use is equal on most days, ...

Vinyl siding had not been manufactured in 1973. If your home has vinyl siding, it has been put onn after-market. In that case, you would need to find the siding manufacturer, or take a small piece of it to a building supply store. Vinyl does fade over time, so an exact match may be impossible. Good ...

From my experience in Northern climates (North Dakota and Montana), Vinyl doesn't seem to last as well. My suggestion would be for seemless aluminum. That provides a maintence free system and avoids caulking seems

Jeff

I have also seen the interior plumbing method used on homes with damaged or missing under belly. Depending on how the home is laid out, I have also ran a few waterlines in, or next to, the heat ducts. This also keeps them from freezing and provides a clear route in the floor that hides the pipes fro...

Sagging ceilings could be the result of roof leaks that have soaked your insulation making it heavier and placing more weight on the ceiling board, causing the glue and staples to break loose. This also somtimes occurs when you attempt to blow more insulation into the roof than it is made to support...

Most door alignment problems in Manufactured huomes is due to improper leveling, or damage to the dor or frame. If the frame and door appear to be free of damage or rot, you should check the leveling. As a second option, I have found on occasion this can be caused by someone putting one of their blo...