Monday, October 24, 2011

Weatherizing Your Mobile Home - Aluminum Storm Windows



Today, we are going to discuss Aluminum Storm Windows and how they help insulate your mobile home.

Weatherization has always been important. In hot, or cold weather. We need to protect ourselves from the elements. And the same thing goes for your mobile home!

There are plenty of ways heat can be transferred out or in to your mobile home. And that is the problem.

Heat Transfer

Light comes in through your windows and patio door and heats the floor in your mobile home. This heat radiates into you room. Your door gets bathed in sunlight all day. It radiates it inside the home.
There are may ways heat enters and leaks out of your mobile home:

Skirting, windows, doors, bottom board fabric underneath the home.

But enough of that. We are going to focus on Aluminum Storm Windows today. 
Mobile home windows are either aluminum or vinyl. Everyone has the exterior windows,
however, not everyone has the interior storm set.

They work like the double doors at a bank. One window is installed from the outside, another from the inside (our interior storm window), this creates a pocket of air. A small buffer zone that helps insulate your home!
The wider the zone, the better (2 x 4 construction vs 2 x 6 construction).

Storm windows are just one way to weatherize and insulate your mobile home. Every little bit helps!


Saturday, October 22, 2011

First Blog Post!

Trailer John is online now. May the internet fear.

I hope to use this blog to discuss mobile home repair tips, and ideas and to discuss mobile home weatherization as it gets colder. First proper post coming tomorrow!