Replacement or repair of your mobile home vapor barrier or underbelly should be at the top of your list of mobile home maintenance if you live in Florida. Damaged or torn vapor barriers and underbellys allow moisture, mildew and varmints to enter your home and they’re the main cause of damage to mobile homes.
Problems caused by damaged mobile home vapor barriers…
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Soft and sagging Floors from moisture entering the floor from below
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- Mold and Mildew enter your home through torn vapor barriers
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- Laminate, tile, carpet and wood floors are ruined from moisture
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- High A/C and heating bills from lost air through damaged vapor barriers
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- Varmints (rats) and pest enter your home through damaged vapor barrier
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- Wet smelly insulation in the floors of your mobile home
We’ll always include these Important repairs with your new vapor barrier Installation
Vapor Barrier Checklist for mobile andManufactured Homes
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- Replace damaged and wet insulation with R-19 Insulation as needed.
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- Install threaded vapor barrier (tab-nailed to floor joists)
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- Spray foam around pipes and fittings to retain warm and cool air
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- Check outward clinch fasteners around I-beams in your floor
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- Check for Re-strap duct fittings to protect ducts
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- Install duct lift blocks if needed
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- Optional before and after photos (customer supplied camera)
The Cost of Vapor Barrier Replacement is The Best Investment you’ll make in your mobile home
A Mobile Home Vapor Barrier will save you thousands of dollars over the life of your mobile home. When a vapor barrier has been damaged or torn, it will allow pest, mildew, moisture, and lost energy in the winter and summer that will cost you money and possibly your health.
If mold and mildew is a problem we’ll recommend you to a Mold Remediation Company in your area. Mold is serious business and will make you sick if left unchecked.
A mobile home vapor barrier should keep your home dry and not allow air to enter or leave. If the floor becomes wet you’ll need composite flooring installed on top of the floor joists to install tile, carpet, or linoleum flooring.
