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Importance Of Manufactured Home Walls

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How to Maintain Manufactured Home Walls and Ceilings
What you need to know about repairing and painting your manufactured or modular home walls

It is important keep all the parts of your manufactured or modular home maintained so that you can continue making lifelong memories in your dream home. Homeownership definitely has its perks, but it also comes with responsibilities too. The walls of your home may not be something you often think about maintaining, but they are equally important.
Taking care of your home walls is simple for smaller projects such as minor fixes and painting. Let’s learn how to maintain your manufactured or modular home walls.

What types of walls are in manufactured homes?
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• If your walls are painted, make sure to paint the area of drywall you have fixed so that it matches the rest of your wall.
How to repair vinyl-covered wallboard
Repairing vinyl-covered wallboard is a little trickier than repairing drywall. For major fixes, we recommend calling in an expert to fix your wall. Smaller repairs can be fixed similar to repairing regular drywall, however, you must prepare the wall differently.
To prepare your vinyl walls prior to repair, wash the entire surface with a cleaner containing trisodium phosphate. This will remove stains and grime so that the new paint or covering will stick better to the surface and without stains .

How to paint manufactured home walls
Adding a new coat of paint to your walls is a great way to update your manufactured home interior. One way to keep your home updated with style is to keep up with current paint trends. Like any walls, you can use paint and primer in one or separate the products.
Follow these steps to paint your walls:
• Clean your walls according to whether they are drywall or vinyl-covered wallboard as stated above.
• Fix any cracks, nail pops or other repairs according the repair guidelines for each type of wall.
• Cover floors and furniture with drops cloths so that you don’t drop paint anywhere you may not want it.
• Apply painters tape to cover your trim, ceiling and flooring so that your paint is crisp cut along the edges of the wall.

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