Manufactured housing as we know it today is a lot better than mobile homes of the past! Most mobile homes will last a great number of years before they need any renovations or upgrades. However people can get bored of their surroundings, after a couple of years owners of such mobile homes may start to look for ways to renovate your mobile home. Reasons for renovation can include catering for a larger family, or create a better use of space.

When you are planning a mobile home renovation project there are some important differences to a normal project. One of the best bits about renovating a mobile home compared to a traditional home is that there are no support beams running through the centre of the home. Interior walls in a traditional home not only separate the space, but they also provide some support for the roof. On mobile homes however the internal rooms are just to separate the space; the roof is normally supported by the external walls only (which you shouldn't want to take down!)

If you are considering renovating your mobile home in order to gain more space then you may consider removing a smaller room and opening the space up so that it is more usable. For example if there are two small bedrooms side by side, the wall separating the two can be removed making one larger bedroom.

Air on the side of caution

If you do decide to remove a whole wall when you are renovating your mobile home you must be very careful that you are not making a mistake. You do not want to leave gaps open that would allow insects in. Floors in mobile homes are often not as durable as in traditional homes and so you must make sure you keep all moisture out.

If you remove a wall it can actually weaken the floor slightly if you're not very careful. You must carefully remove screws and nails make sure that you fill in any of the holes no matter how small they may appear. This will reduce the chances of insects getting inside your mobile home. You have to also renovate the joining walls so that they don't have any scars remaining!

You could consider adding a porch to the outside of your mobile home this is a fairly easy project as long as you don't go mad about it! You should not try to build it on to the existing structure, rather you should build it as a free standing building which is connected to your mobile home.