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Biker wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:13 pm Why would one ever spend the money to do this?

Pratt Homes claims they cost around 1/2 as much per square foot as a stick-built home

FSchmertz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:43 pm

Biker wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:13 pm Why would one ever spend the money to do this?

Pratt Homes claims they cost around 1/2 as much per square foot as a stick-built home

Yes, however mobile home depreciate while stick built appreciate.

remove the siding on both sides that will be joined, now you have studs exposed on both trailers. get whatever number of 2x4's needed to scab both walls together making a solid joining.open only 1/3 of the joined walls as a walk thru. try to use removed siding to patch the out side,dry wall in new interior wall. maybe a strip of aluminum to join and seal the roof outside..the outside roof is the least complicated issue.

fouts wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 4:59 pm remove the siding on both sides that will be joined, now you have studs exposed on both trailers. get whatever number of 2x4's needed to scab both walls together making a solid joining.open only 1/3 of the joined walls as a walk thru. try to use removed siding to patch the out side,dry wall in new interior wall. maybe a strip of aluminum to join and seal the roof outside..the outside roof is the least complicated issue.

You are going to join two of these side by side and you think that the roof is the least of the issues?

Animal wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:18 pm

fouts wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 4:59 pm remove the siding on both sides that will be joined, now you have studs exposed on both trailers. get whatever number of 2x4's needed to scab both walls together making a solid joining.open only 1/3 of the joined walls as a walk thru. try to use removed siding to patch the out side,dry wall in new interior wall. maybe a strip of aluminum to join and seal the roof outside..the outside roof is the least complicated issue.

You are going to join two of these side by side and you think that the roof is the least of the issues?

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You can't.

I would just go ahead and kill myself if my life was so bad that I was living in a mobile home.

BigChiefin wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:25 pm I would just go ahead and kill myself if my life was so bad that I was living in a mobile home.

Good riddance.

Animal wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 3:18 pm

fouts wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 4:59 pm remove the siding on both sides that will be joined, now you have studs exposed on both trailers. get whatever number of 2x4's needed to scab both walls together making a solid joining.open only 1/3 of the joined walls as a walk thru. try to use removed siding to patch the out side,dry wall in new interior wall. maybe a strip of aluminum to join and seal the roof outside..the outside roof is the least complicated issue.

You are going to join two of these side by side and you think that the roof is the least of the issues?

that's what I said

just probably run a bead of caulk where the two roofs come together and solve that problem.

i can't wait until next fall when Evvan checks back in and tells us how she solved this after never reading any suggestions.

It will be before that, asking how to fix leaks.

I once tried to assemble two big metal boxes to make a larger work area. At first, I could do it alone, but I quickly found it was much more complicated than it looked. There were many things to think about, like ensuring everything lined up right and keeping water out. So, I asked for help and got some engineers from a steel construction company. They knew exactly what to do and made the two boxes fit perfectly. They knew their stuff, and thanks to them, I had the bigger space I needed.