Steps Taken In Mobile Home Releveling

By Marla Mills


Small cracks on walls, doors or windows can cause more damage to a home if left unchecked. This means that once the homeowner notices such cracks, he or she should always take the appropriate steps towards filling them. In a mobile home, the cracks can often lead to the imbalance of the home or further damages. Therefore, mobile home releveling is the best remedy of ensuring that a house is safe from the resultant causes of non-level homes.

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.

Once the skirting has been removed, the homeowner or contractor is now free to begin the actual process. Re-leveling begins at the center of the house in that there is equal access to all piers within it. A long level is then placed to each pier to determine its stability using the level bubble. Any pier is considered well balanced if the level bubble settles at the center. A pier that is not level that is not level is marked out for future reference.

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 usually used to support the house by lofting it above the ground for further checking. The jack supports the weight of the house and raises the I-beam to the same level of the water contained in the plastic tube. Raising the house enables one to check all the piers using the level bubble and fix all the imbalanced ones. The piers should also be checked on a regular basis to ensure that the structure remains level.

Being a progressive duty, the homeowner should keep checking the problem area through jacking the house. This involves checking particular areas such as the doors and windows to determine whether the problems have been properly corrected. Similarly, wedges can be used to support the beam while removing the jack.

Re-leveling requires certain tips that are usually used for the management purposes. It is advisable for the homeowners to avoid constant repairs by properly fixing the existing problems. This ensures that there is no recurrence of the same problems. Essentially, re-leveling reduces extra costs of management as well as restoring the durability of the house.

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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