Archive for the ‘Bathroom’ Category

The bathroom should be a place of comfort, privacy and provide a sense of luxury. However, the design, construction, and décor of many older mobile home bathrooms often leave much to be desired. Coupled with the frequent water damage, it becomes a space many long to update or even remodel. Renovating a mobile home bathroom
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Photo courtesy of Carrie Savage, finalist in the 2016 Mobile Home Makeover Contest.   Over time a small crack, chip, or even a hole in your bathtub or shower pan is inevitable, especially for fiberglass and plastic. However, it will require immediate repair. The leak will travel fast to the walls and floors within a
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Bathtub faucets in mobile homes and large RVs incorporate the tub spout, and the hot-and-cold water handles into a single unit to save space. The single unit bathtub faucet is connected to the showerhead by a separate pipe behind the wall. When the bathtub faucet’s diverter is up, the water is blocked in the spout
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Replacing an old damaged bathtub drain in a mobile home can be different from replacing a tub drain in a standard on-site built home. For example, mobile homes often have garden tubs that do not need an overflow tube. Instead, the drain includes a seal and nut that you tighten onto the bathtub. Drain fittings
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Fixing a running mobile home toilet can be relatively easy for many beginners. However, if you do not have any experience with your mobile home’s plumbing or toilet, it might not be as easy. Typically, a running toilet results from three main parts insides of the tank, the overflow tube, flush valve, and the fill
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Remodeling the bathroom in your mobile home can be quite an undertaking. However, the payoff of a beautiful bathroom that you can be proud of is well worth the effort needed in such a project. But if you’re doing the project yourself, you may not know what sort of mobile home supplies you’ll need. That’s
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In a previous how-to article, we walked you through installing a new shower pan in your mobile home bathroom. But what if your shower pan or tub is in good shape, and you just want to replace an outdated or damaged shower surround? Good news, friends: we’ve got this handy guide for you to do
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  Let’s be real—the shower is more than just a place to rinse off.  It’s your little sanctuary, where you can steal a few precious moments of peace and quiet from the kids or just let your worries wash away.  But when your shower pan is cracked, leaking, or just plain worn out, it turns
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Remodeling or outfitting a new bathroom can be a major undertaking. At MobileHomePartsStore.com, we have all the parts and supplies you need to complete your project and make a wonderful bathroom for you and your family to enjoy. The most difficult part of the project is usually the biggest part, too. In this case, it’s
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If you’re planning to replace a mobile home bathtub, you’re in for a rewarding DIY challenge. Mobile home bathtubs can be a bit tricky to install due to unique plumbing and layout requirements, but with the right guidance and supplies, it’s absolutely possible! Here, we’ll walk through everything you need to know about removing and
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