When To Relevel Your Mobile Home
Mobile homes become unlevel for a variety of reasons. After they are installed, a mobile home can settle into the ground due to excessive moisture, experience ground heave, damage to shims or wedges, and so many other reasons. The good news, it is all easily fixed! Re-leveling a mobile home does exactly what it says, it re-levels the mobile home so the weight is distributed evenly and properly. A level home is a healthy home.
A mobile home should be releveled 90 days and, again, one year after installation. After those initial relevels, a mobile home should be releveled every 2 to 3 years.
Read on for a deep dive about why you should re-level your home every year.
When Should I Check to See if My Mobile Home is Level?
Manufacture Home builders recommend that mobile and manufactured homeowners check their home’s level 90 days after installation and, again, one year after installation. Then a mobile home should be releveled every 2-3 years there after depending on soil and weather condition.
Signs a Mobile Home May Need To Be Re-Leveled
Mobile Homes become unlevel for a variety of reasons. One of the most common reasons is the wood used on the pier stacks can shrink and expand as the seasons change. So, what are some of the signs that your home needs to be releveled?
Erosion under the home
Crack in your wall
Before building a porch or an addition onto the home
Buckled siding or roofing
Doors and windows that are difficult to open and close
Loose wedges
Squeaks in the floor
Loose tie-downs
Cabinet doors that won’t close
After extreme storms (hurricanes, windstorms, earthquake)
When is the Best Time of Year to Re-level a Mobile Home?
The best time of year to relevel a home is when the home is showing symptoms of being unlevel. As you live in your home, keep your eyes and ears aware of the symptoms showing that your home needs to be releveled.
How Much Does Releveling a Mobile Home Cost?
On average the cost of releveling a mobile home is between $500-300 depending on the area you live and the size of your mobile home.
Who Re-levels Mobile Homes?
A mobile home certified contractor, aka a contractor with a mobile home license, is trained to relevel your home. On average, the process to relevel a mobile home will take a seasoned professional between 2-4 hours of physical labor underneath the home.
Myths About Mobile Home Re-level
A mobile home can be leveled WITHOUT a water level. False, a mobile home can only be accurately leveled using a water level.
Your floor will no longer squeak after releveling. False, a squeaky floor can happen for a multitude of reasons and an unbalanced home is only one potential cause.
All doors will close perfectly after a relevel. False, doors and their framing change over the years, so releveling your home will only help in getting your doors back to closing perfectly.
Releveling a mobile home will fix all window issues. False, all windows have subtle imperfections that will not improve with a home relevel, however leveling your home will bring your windows closer to being perfect once again.
Now that you have learned why you should re-level your mobile home, look around your home to see if you have any signs that you need a re-level. If so, give us a call at (855)-876-3446 or send us a message.