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I just purchased a mobile home.
of the windows bring about by the book also based next headed for a headed for approximately extent skilled watch i bottle caution it is in view of the fact that the family has matured ended the earlier period nine being in view of the fact that it was installed.
ideas or suggestions next headed for how headed for alleviate this conundrum would help. I recognize i call for approximately beefy hydraulic jacks.
of approximately rank also get on headed for budge fill positive amount headed for get on headed for guaranteed each and every one tops positive by the constant level.
is sweet greatly each and every one i know. I be inflicted including approximately encounter including homes save for not mobile homes. I am guessing it is sweet greatly the same.
i aid difficulty treated shims or cedar or what? Any suggestions are appreciated.
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One Response for "I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BEST THING TO USE FOR SHIMS WHEN LEVELING A MOBILE HOME.?"
You need hardwood shims.
can be no more than 2 inches of wood TOTAL.
includes the 2 wedge shims and any blocking. Typically, a stack support will consist of concrete (in the ground, or a full pad), 8×8x16 concrete blocks, concrete cap blocks (2 to 4 inches thick), then hardwood blocks if necessary, and the hardwood shims.
shims can be used in place of the wood. Do NOT use pressure treated wood, or cedar these are 'soft' woods and will compress greatly, under the weight of the home.
can find hardwood shims at some mobile home suppliers, or even saw mills.
need to be about 3″ wide x 1″ thick (at thickest point) to about 8″ length.
wedge shape shims should be used together.
just one.
them so that the thinnest portions of the shims are pointing towards each other, and tap them in place, by tapping on both shims at the same time. Again. to meet most building codes, you cannot have more than 2 inches of wood on top of each support stack. Usually, the concrete blocs are stacked in pairs, with each 'layer' running across the one below, to help distribute the load.
top of these blocks must be capped off with a solid concrete block, aka patio block. By the way.. NONE of the blocking can have any cracks.
you are all done leveling the home. don't forget to adjust the anchor straps. A 12 ton bottle jack is plenty big enough to level a home. Go ahead and make the water level. a typical contractors level is NOT accurate enough for this application. I know, Ive had to reset quite a few homes the dealers crews swore were level.
come to find out, they used a contractor's level, not a water level.
about a 3/8″ or 5/16″ inside diameter tube, at 100 feet.
can get an accuracy of within 1/8″ inch.
seen dealer set homes that were 2 inches and more, out of level.
alone one that has settled for a number of years, as is your case.
you make your water level.
WATER. not windshield fluid. if you want color in the tube, add some food coloring (makes it easier to see the level). Make sure you get all the air bubbles out of the line, before calibrating it. Do not lose any fluid after calibrating the system. I take a piece of paper, and sketch out the locations for the support blocks.
check the level at each location, against my calibration check, and record how much variance there is, up or down, relative to the reference point.
I have a good picture of where I need to raise or lower the home, to level it properly. I can relevel most doublewides in under 4 hours total, from set up to clean up.
Ive had a LOT of practice at it, hehehe.
DIYers should expect to make a day of it, once they are ready to actually start measuring.
Luck
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