A mobile home that is not level can develop structural damage if not corrected.
When your double-wide mobile home was placed on your lot, it would have been leveled as part of the installation process. Over time, settling may occur and cause the two sections of your home to become out of level. You can check your home to see if the floor is level by placing a marble on an open area of the floor. If the marble rolls, you will need to level the home. Leveling a double-wide mobile home is a difficult and time-consuming task, but you will save money by doing the work yourself. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Make a diagram of your home. This will help you make an accurate list of where you need to place shims to level the mobile home.
2. Check every room in the home to see which foundation piers will need to be shimmed. In rooms with carpeting, you will need to use a 4-foot level rather than using the marble method of checking level. It is helpful to make a note for yourself regarding how far off level the floor is in order to reduce time placing shims.
3. Remove the mobile home skirting in areas where you will need to access the foundation piers. On most mobile homes, the skirting is designed as short pieces that interlock for ease in installation and removal. Place the pieces on the ground in front of where they came from to make replacement less stressful.
4. Place the hydraulic jack near the foundation pier you need to shim to lift the home off the pier. This will allow you to place plywood shims between the pier and the support beams of the mobile home.
5. Insert shims between the pier and the support beam. The number of shims you will need depends on how far off level the home is. The task will be less time consuming if you begin with an area that is closer to level so you can determine how much of the issue is corrected with fewer shims.
6. Lower the hydraulic jack once you have placed the shims on the first foundation pier. Do not move the jack at this point, you first need to make sure you have corrected the issue in this area of the home.
7. Place the level on the floor above the area where you have placed shims, and check for level. If the floor is level, you will move on to the next pier that needs to be corrected. If the floor is not level in this area, you will repeat the above procedure until you have leveled the pier.
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