Steps Taken In Mobile Home Releveling

By Marla Mills


Mobile home management usually incorporates various activities such as checking cracks on walls, windows and doors. Cracks are usually a sign that the home is not well balanced and needs re-leveling. This may be caused by many factors such as imbalance of the I-beam and movement of the underground soil. Therefore, mobile home releveling is the ultimate way of restoring the home stability.

Being a procedural task, there are several steps that can be used to re-level the imbalanced structures. Re-leveling begins with removing the skirting around the house, which may be optional in some cases. This enhances easy access to the piers on which the house support is attached.

Re-leveling is usually started at the centre of the home. This is done to enable the homeowner to check the level of each pier. This is followed by placing a long level at the nearest pier to the center and checking the bubble at the middle of the level. If the bubble settles at the centre of the level, then the house is balanced. In case there are piers that are not level they are marked out for future use.

Usually, a plastic tube is attached to the container with a capacity of about five gallons. The container is then used to hold about 1.9 liters of water used for leveling. A mark is set by ensuring that the tube water is at the same level with the bottom of the home I-beam. This is usually done to ensure that all the piers are balanced.

A jack is then placed at the centre of the building to lift it above the ground. Placing the jack at the centre also supports the weight of the house for further practices. The next procedure involves raising the I-beam to the same level with the water mark of the plastic tube. This helps the contractor in checking the house level using the level bubble. The contractor or homeowner should improvise routine measures of checking the structure balance.

The measures taken also involve routine checking of all areas with problems by jacking the house. Windows and doors should be constantly checked to determine whether all problems have been correctly fixed or any recurrence. Thereafter, a wedge can be used to support the house while removing the jack after use.

There are several management tips that are used for the re-leveling purposes. These include fixing all problems in order to avoid recurrence of past problems. Re-leveling is an effective measure of reducing extra costs used for management as well as restoring the house stability.

Mobile home releveling also protects the house from the underground moisture that can make it damp. The moisture can also cause rusting to the metallic parts of the house. The homeowner should therefore use a plastic sheet to cover the ground to avoiding vaporization.




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