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• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 09-06-2006 at 01:48 PM
  Here's a little update. I cannot even GET a roofer to come out to look at my roof. Every single
  one of them is booked. I think I have called every one of them. Mobile home people will not
  look at shin...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 09-01-2006 at 09:06 PM
  Hello Vik:Just a few extra words to solidify a court case, if it goes that far. I would contact
  the local chapter of The Home Builder's Association; they certify builders and remodelers in
  their speci...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 09-01-2006 at 09:01 PM
  There should be a vapor barrier between the ceiling and the insulation.If the insulation is
  saturated, mold can get in it. I have taken a knife and poked through the ceiling in a house
  before and had ...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 09-01-2006 at 02:47 PM
  Water leaks follow 3 S's.. seep, soak and saturate. Then there are open flow situations. You
  probably have all of these going on. The small leaks can actually draw water uphill by seeping
  in through t...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 09-01-2006 at 02:24 PM
  More photos of my Solitaire home roof: Here is a shot of just about all of the vents running
  across the 78 ft of roof. looks like the shingles are nicely tucked under the vent, and they
  are. I had to...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 09-01-2006 at 01:43 PM
  I just went up on the roof again and the thing is, except for at the very edges of the house,
  the rain lines are fairly centered. It appears that when they got to the area of the heating
  vent somethin...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 09-01-2006 at 12:28 PM
  That should be Very helpful, Tom. Will just print that out and include it in my complaint form
  if you don't mind? If you do, I'll change the text to my own. Actually, the pics print out just
  fine in b...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 09-01-2006 at 11:41 AM
  Unfortunately because El Paso has experienced a mild Hurricaine Katrina in the form of flooding
  this year (we had water flowing OVER houses), the roofer business is booming (good for roofers;
  bad for ...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 08-31-2006 at 09:21 PM
  Well thank you SO much. I had no idea. The manufacturer asked me today, "Well, did you have it
  sealed?" "Sealed,? I asked. It's two and a half years old in a place with no rain until this
  year. If it ...

• Posted in thread: Please Help Diagnose Leaking Mobile Home (New) Includes Pics on 08-31-2006 at 12:41 PM
  Oh, and here is how they finished around the vent for the heating unit where it was leaking