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- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:12 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
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- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:11 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
Hi Mike, As far as the piers go, and the shims... find out what is code in your area. That always best. Please, please, please, use a water level to level the home. Anything else will not give you a true level on the home. Like hvac mentioned, these are jobs you only want to do once. But, in your ar...
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:11 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
Florida has a lot of costal area and salt water. Corrosion would be the enemy of steel shims in that case. No matter what kind of wood you use it will compress from all the weight at the shim focal point. Will wood work? Sure it will but I amd my friends at camp prefer to use mostly metal. There is ...
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:10 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:10 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:10 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
I will be using a water level to finalize the leveling in a few days. I must admit also.. I have never heard of metal shims either.First I had to straighten a few piers, I had a dip in the middle part of the home to raise first. Now the back door closes easy,and 2 interior doors close too. I had a v...
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:09 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
Hi Mike, Well I must admit...metal shims is a new one on me. Have always seen, heard, and used hardwood shims. Your relevel looks good, but as Maureen said did you use a water level, that is the only way to get a true level of your home. Now the only other thing I saw that I feel you should address ...
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:09 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
Hi Mike! Hvac is correct, the best way is with metal. But, truth be told, most of us do have wood shims! Especially in dryer areas of the country. What I want to know is how did you level the home? That's the most important question. Did you use a water level? Even if you're on a foundation, which h...
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:08 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:08 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:08 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Working Down Under
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7201
Working Down Under
Hello 2 all! I spent my weekend getting down under & getting dirty, fighting spider webs, straighting blocking and now I have the sore aching muscle's to go along with it! Attached is a pic of a pier with wood shims. The Question is, is this the correct way the shims are to be?
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:05 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Unknown mold odor in master bath
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13575
Hi, I agree that after spraying the mold with a bleach solution it is good to follow through with a cleaning with soap and water. But since you are unable to reach the area then I would think spraying with bleach will help with eliminating some of the mold. With your health conditions some preventiv...
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:05 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Unknown mold odor in master bath
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13575
Hi everyone, Boy it sure is hard for this old lady to get around. It has taken me till today to get a mirror that extends so I can see under the shower. There is definitely mold there, how much I really couldn't tell too good. The leak under the shower door was not the problem. And I knew when I pur...
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:04 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Unknown mold odor in master bath
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13575
- Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:04 pm
- Forum: Mobile Home Repair
- Topic: Unknown mold odor in master bath
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13575
I don't know if this might help or not, but when we bought our new (used) home. We tore out the carpet in the master bath. Not because it was bad or anything, just didn't want carpet in the bathroom. What we found under it, made me sick. In front of the shower, the sliding glass door leaked on the r...