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Q. What is the difference between a mobile home toilet and home toilet?
A. There is no difference.
Q. What is the difference between a home and a mobile home water heater?
A. A mobile home water heater brings the cold water supply in at the bottom, is H.U.D. approved and usually strapped in place to prevent movement.
Q. What is the difference mobile home faucets and regular home faucets?
A. There is no difference.
Q. Squirrels on my roof? (Not sure why I got this question)
A. Get a .22 caliber rifle and get the frying pan ready!!!!
Note: Same applies to possum and coon. May require shotgun depending on size of critter. Check local firearms and hunting regulations.
Q. What is the difference in home and mobile home circuit breaker panel and circuit breakers?
A. There is no difference other than mobile home breakers sometimes have colored trip handles.
Q. Can you put a standard house type toilet in a manufactured mobile home?
A. Yes, there is no difference.
Q. What will kill rust on mobile home roof?
A. The best thing is to wire brush and sand off the rust to a clean shiny surface then roof coat immediately.
Q. What siding is used on most mobile homes?
Q. Can I increase the size of circiut breaker if it keeps tripping?
A. No, not at all recommended. There is something wrong going on if the circuit breaker keeps tripping. Either the circuit breaker is defective or the circuit is over loaded. Have this checked at once. Circuit breakers are matched according to the gauge of wire it is protecting. A 20 amp circuit breaker is intended for a #12 AWG (American Wire Gauge) copper wire and a 15 amp circuit breaker for #14 AWG wire.
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