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Cross-section diagram of a mobile home double-pane window showing condensation droplets and fog trapped between the panes with a seal failure indicator circle illustrating insulated glass unit failure

How to Decide Whether a Foggy or Broken Mobile Home Window Needs New Glass or a Full Replacement

How to Decide Whether a Foggy or Broken Mobile Home Window Needs New Glass or a Full Replacement Fogging between the panes of a double-pane window is not a cleaning problem. Wiping the glass does not fix it. Opening the window does not fix it. The fog is sealed inside the unit itself, between two pieces of glass that were never meant to be opened, and once moisture gets in there the only way it leaves is if the glass

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Illustrated elevation of a mobile home exterior door with a visible gap at the bottom showing light bleeding through the threshold and a gap label indicating where the door is not sealing against the floor

Why Your Mobile Home Door Has a Gap at the Bottom and What That Gap Is Actually Telling You If you are dealing with a mobile home door not sealing and you can see daylight underneath it, the problem is usually one of a few things. The rubber strip at the bottom may have worn out. The door may have dropped slightly on its hinges over time. Or the home itself may have shifted enough to throw the door frame

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Cross-section diagram of a mobile home double-pane window with cold air arrows entering through the frame gap and weep holes illustrated showing draft infiltration paths

Why Cold Air Keeps Coming Through Your Mobile Home Window Even After You Seal It

Have you ever re-caulked a mobile home window, felt good about it, and then watched the plastic sheeting you taped over it in December billow inward like a sail? If you have cold air coming through mobile home window gaps even after sealing them, the draft is entering from somewhere else. And in mobile homes, that is often a different place than people expect. This guide helps you find it. For a broader look at window and door problems across

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Cross-section diagram of a mobile home window track showing a stuck sash stopped mid-travel with a displaced channel balancer shoe at the top of the right track and a frame racking indicator showing the window opening is out of square

When a Stuck Mobile Home Window Is a Hardware Problem and When It Is Something Worse

The first thing most people do when a mobile home window won’t open is pull on it harder. The second thing is order a new latch. By the time they call us, they have usually spent $60 trying to fix a $12 problem. Accurately diagnosing your mobile home window and door problems before you buy parts is the whole point of this guide  What Type of Window Do You Have? Mobile home windows come in a few styles, and the

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Illustrated diagram showing a mobile home double-pane window with draft arrows and condensation alongside an exterior door with a visible gap at the bottom representing the complete guide to diagnosing mobile home window and door problems

The Complete Guide to Diagnosing Mobile Home Window and Door Problems Before You Spend Anything

The Complete Guide to Diagnosing Mobile Home Window and Door Problems Before You Spend Anything Last winter, a homeowner walked into our Fayetteville store completely defeated. She had spent two hundred dollars at a national home improvement chain on a standard 30-inch window, only to find out it wouldn’t fit her mobile home’s opening. The window was non-returnable, and her kitchen wall spent the next three months covered in plastic sheeting.  We see some versions of this story more than

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Illustrated diagram of a Coleman Evcon mobile home furnace showing a data plate with model number DGAH056 gas upflow series, three gas burner tubes in the upper section and electric heating elements with a sequencer box in the lower section for model-specific diagnosis

Coleman Mobile Home Furnace Problems: How to Diagnose by Model

Coleman Mobile Home Furnace Problems: How to Diagnose by Model Ordering the wrong replacement part keeps your home cold for extra days. Coleman Evcon manufactures distinct gas and electric heating systems for mobile homes, and the internal components never cross over. A limit switch built for a gas model cannot fix an electric unit. Proper coleman evcon furnace troubleshooting starts with identifying your exact system. This guide breaks down the most frequent Coleman mobile home furnace problems by model family

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