Mobile Home Series: Insulating the Belly

[@davidwatchesyoutube247]

Good video. It teaches how to make the thing cave in in the future. Excellent

[@dynamicdopamine]

If I ever walked around my house and I seen somebody cut on my house like y'all just did that house, I would end up in jail. This is ridiculous

[@IntelCoreI77700K]

Damn straight

[@devoncole5789]

They ruined the floors and walls in that structure guaranteed

[@IntelCoreI77700K]

Hell, just cut holes in-between the joist at the belly, stick your hose over the I-beam and blow that damn thing full. This is some of the damndest work I've ever seen.

[@Ricochet909]

Certainly drilling so many large holes in the rim joist weakens that joists ability to support the walls of the home. Not the method I'm using to insulate the belly of my home.

[@kobelcofan]

Scott Sanders I don't know exactly, but wont the wood plugs make up for the amount of material they took out? Are the wood plugs the same depth of the holes they drilled?

[@dalejohnson207]

First thing I thought!!!

[@dienekes4364]

@@kobelcofan It would if they glued the plugs in since glue is stronger than wood. However, it didn't look like they did that. So the plugs don't give it any strength at all. As a matter of fact, if the plugs are tight, it might even make it worse because they would add tension to the surrounding wood. This issue isn't the compression of the wood, the concern is the wood splitting.

[@dynamicdopamine]

Bro, this is definitely not the way to do this job. KZbin needs to take this video down before people end up ruining their mobile home.

[@sandraragole2679]

🆘. In the middle of putting up siding.. the one fellow that did show up 🤪 installing

[@MsFishingdog]

Great video

[@greggpenner8675]

I rebuild mobile home in Manitoba I don't agree with drilling holes in the rim board this weakens the rim board for moving mobile it gives its strength and second who ever designed a mobile with the floor joist running the same way with the out riggers from main frame there weak and can not hold up to any other work done

[@paulbetka1803]

I think that is VERY stupid too..

[@trxtech3010]

I was thinking it's more dangerous due to the possibility of Electrical lines are sometimes tacked right there...

[@dustinpomeroy8817]

Haha what in the actual fuck did I just witness?

[@sandraragole2679]

Is industrial siding for skirting okay to do anybody out there help the one fellow that does show up off and on after removing sewer drain pipe damages from multiple skunks possum and wild cats living in a senior mobile home with nuisance. Any advice 🆘 6/6/22

[@akcobain2126]

Proper way would be to patch the underneath with belly paper and metal shoots and staples , Cut in holes every 15 inches and blow in blown fiberglass from a hopper ...Have had trailers you could never imagine and have dropped my blower door number to a "B" ring.. Cutting holes in the outside rim joist ruins the integrity of the house and wont guarantee proper and adequate insulation...

[@JohnnyRingo1863]

drill 2 1/2" holes all along the rim joist 🤔

[@JohnnyRingo1863]

🎯

[@dienekes4364]

Doesn't really seem like a "DIY" sort of method. But good information. "Luckily", the floors in the trailer I just bought have been damaged, so, since I have to tear them up anyway, I'll be doing most of my insulation from the top instead of the bottom.

[@sandraragole2679]

🆘 here.. just retired in mobile park but MANY people put cat 🐈 food out and 🦨🦨🦨🦨 possums,wild cats. Spent $4000 to remove. Please

[@zombieracing4522]

I have a 39 year old mobile home stuff is easy to fix some stuff I do watch I know enough I'd make sure tarp they call it is all good as well as duck work and check pipes and other things but that's the fun of building it ya wouldn't know it's 39 year's old

[@dalejohnson207]

You guy's drilled them hole's so big you have compromise the integrity of the rim-joints Holes in bearing wall studs (exterior and interior walls that bear the weight of the roof and/or other stories above) may not exceed 40 percent of the width of the stud.

[@criscross20]

I however would not use this method of insulation. JMO.

[@Nefertitidancer]

My husband is an HVAC engineer. He does not like the belly bag because he says moisture cannot pass through it. Are the bellybags pourous so air can pass through?

[@thefix2573]

It serves as a Vapor barrier, a good idea, the convected heat your home produces lifts moisture out of the soil, which then passes through insulation and wood in your floor. This is bad (mold). Modern code requires a stick built home have this installed on all heater walls/floor. Plus you should have a 6 mil plastic over the dirt/sand of your crawl space, which is code for stick built homes as well as manufactured home sets, new ones any ways. You don't want moisture to pass through your structure. Keep it from vapping up into the crawl and what does get in keep it from going upwards into the structure, then allow it to escape easily, with proper foundation/skirting vents.

[@thefix2573]

Ask him how much Radon gas he'd like to sleep with. Education and titles don't guarantee intelligence.

[@norascott5803]

They wouldn't work on my trailer!!

[@zombieracing4522]

My question is if you see rotted wood do you guy's let owner know or just leave it

[@bobp8313]

What is a "stitch stapler" which was used to apply the patch on the belly? I've looked and looked but cannot find one. Is it just a standard T50 or something?

[@MrKbwright2009]

Bostitch, probably an ignorant reference to the brand instead of the tool, like most people call skid steer loaders bobcats regardless of actual brand

[@sandraragole2679]

6/6/22.. just starting after removing skirting (50). Any advice or help in NORTHERN CALIFORNIA USA 🇺🇲💕. 🦨 SKUNK AND POSSUM AND WILD CATS. ANY HELP 🆘.

[@karenlakey5296]

Where are y'all located and how much does it cost for a 16 x80

[@rides8087]

I would be very careful about over insulation. Sound funny I supposed but if your water lines get covered on the wrong side, and with blow in insulation you never know.... but if water lines are insulated away from the heat side. You will have a freeze up in cold weather

[@gladysayala7271]

What about if in some area there's a lick.

[@jludtxs]

why would packing the insulation tight cause the pipes to freeze?

[@unionse7en]

pipe may need heat from the house floor side, as a heat source, if skirt is insulated , less of an issue, depends

[@zombieracing4522]

Sorry ya answered my question with underneath thankyou

[@sandraragole2679]

🆘.. Ty kindly appreciated 👍 6/2022..

[@BernardReynolds]

why would you spend all that time and money insulating a rusted out old trailer. Not only did they not do a good job insulating it but they also weakened what little structural integrity this trailer might have had.

[@dynamicdopamine]

I agree with you on them drilling the holes was ridiculous. Without a doubt! But people remodel mobile homes all the time. If done right, it's actually a good profitable business I guess you could say. They make great homes if you know what you're doing when it comes down to remodeling them. I've got a couple of videos on my channel you should check it out and see what I'm dealing with right now. But once I'm done, it will probably blow a lot of people's minds! We lost everything to a house fire with no insurance and turned around and bought this mobile home I'm working on for $300. The house had a tremendous amount of water damage, it's been about a year project because I only get to work on it one day a week since I made truck driver and I never get time off of work. We stay with my in-laws and it sucks not having a home of your own. But once I'm done with it, it will definitely be worth it in the end.

[@thefix2573]

More than likely an energy assistance program for low income people. They do it for free in my area, new windows insulation and help with furnaces. One non profit here will give you a $400.00 credit on your elec bill or $400.00 cash if you have a woodstove, for wood.

[@natalielogan7209]

Weatherization program is threw biggest waste of taxpayer money! They do don't do windows they don't insulate the walls in mobile homes just the underbelly. Our pipes recently froze we got them unfroze and now we don't have pressure in two places. How do you get to the pipes when there's f****** blown insulation up there you can't not without losing insulation. I would not recommend doing this program.

[@turbosupra2jzdragracingtob249]

This is insane. I would not pay you for destroying the property. You remove the “top front” trim that holds the skirting panels in place. Not a hack job.

[@patc8632]

Thats madness doing it this way the structural integrity is severely damaged after cutting holes like that

[@Planet_Shel]

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[@williamwillis7668]

No way I'd waste all that time and money on a 40 year old trailer with aluminum wiring (pre HUD code days). Just haul it to the dump and replace it with a newer one that's bigger and all around more energy efficient.

[@Dougie085]

William Willis That mobile home isn't 40 years old, it has a pointed roof which didn't come around till the 90's.

[@brucebuchanan5981]

Show me the money

[@tulitaowen9270]

With all respect, it is quite possible that whatever the year of the mobile home, the owners cannot replace it. People live in homes that old and take care of them.

[@tkm1975mills]

Well good for you money bags .some of us have to work with what we can afford.

[@joegil6443]

@@tkm1975mills seriously it's just beyond me how seriously fucking stupid some people actually are.

[@Andy-ir1sj]

i would put a couple of baseboard heaters under the trailer to keep it somewhat warmer and just insulate the skirt with 1"" Styrofoam.

[@vietvetmarine3155]

what does it cost for this ?

[@rckolc]

I would not let these guys anywhere near my house. Mobile homes are toothpick construction. Looks to me like they weakened that perimeter frame. Swiss cheese is not very strong.😀

[@roykraemer6512]

Is he joking or just ?

[@vvvDaRkAnGeLvvv]

EEEK>>WHAT THE beeeep

[@tonyavila2517]

Those are np longitudial floor joists.. Those are trasverse joists.. Longitudial means the leghth of tge building trasverse mean across.. Stop fooling poeple

[@jasonmiller6621]

All these guys are in the wrong damn profession

[@Sean-John]

This is the worst thing I've ever seen tried to re insulate it. Go under the home old guy and patch it properly

[@sandraragole2679]

In the middle of double wide that had sewage drainage leak.. plumber 🪠 done 🤔

[@VintageVaughnVehiclces]

just pump the entire crawl space full of insulation so when you replace the trailer its still there and the next trailer can reuse the insulation pad.lol...give the old trailer nothing the buyer would benifit off you from.