Wednesday, 2 October 2013

The Procedure Involved 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.

Re-leveled homes are more comfortable to stay in than those imbalanced or having several cracks as a result of imbalance. Mobile homes re-leveling is a daunting task and involves several steps and other related duties. Foremost, one should begin by removing the skirting around the house before the actual re-leveling. This gives more room to have easy access to all the piers attached to the structure.

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.

A plastic tube is often used to attach a bucket or container that has a capacity of five gallons. About 1.9m litres of water are then added to the container for leveling. The plastic tube is used to set a water mark that is used to check the level of the I-beam bottom. The structure is balanced if the I-beam bottom level and the water level in the plastic tube is the same.

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.

The steps taken also require the homeowner to improvise routine programs used for checking other problems affecting the level of the house. Special attention should be paid towards windows and doors to check if all cracks are effectively fixed. Once the structure is leveled, a wedge can be used to remove the jack.

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 is also a precautionary measure or protecting the house from underground moisture. A plastic sheet can be used to cover the ground to avoid vaporization. This is because moisture can make a place damp or even cause rusting of the metallic parts.




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