Adjustable steel piers and relevelling
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:36 am
I have a doublewide Clayton that we bought new in 2008. We live in Texas just outside of Houston. The house is supported by stacked cinder blocks on concrete pads (footers?) I'm not terribly sure of the terminology.
My roof has been leaking along the center line but no shingles are missing and I can't find any damage. Someone suggested that my house may need to be relevelled since it may be that the two sides are pulling away from each other. I have not crawled under there yet but plan on doing that as soon as the ground dries out from the rain we got a few days ago.
I stapled a tarp over the leaky area but it got pulled off during the last storm. Oddly enough, no leak this time it rained while I had a very steady leak the last time about a month ago.
Are adjustable steel piers better than the stacked concrete and are they intended for permanent use? If the home needs to be relevelled, should I add more piers, shim the current ones as needed or replace with steel ones?
Is there a preferred type of jack and do I need more than one to relevel with?
From what I understand, relevelling is something I can do myself with the right tools and information. I would love to pay someone else to do it but I can't afford to. I can probably indenture a few friends to help but I would most likely be doing all the work myself.
Thanks! Michelle
My roof has been leaking along the center line but no shingles are missing and I can't find any damage. Someone suggested that my house may need to be relevelled since it may be that the two sides are pulling away from each other. I have not crawled under there yet but plan on doing that as soon as the ground dries out from the rain we got a few days ago.
I stapled a tarp over the leaky area but it got pulled off during the last storm. Oddly enough, no leak this time it rained while I had a very steady leak the last time about a month ago.
Are adjustable steel piers better than the stacked concrete and are they intended for permanent use? If the home needs to be relevelled, should I add more piers, shim the current ones as needed or replace with steel ones?
Is there a preferred type of jack and do I need more than one to relevel with?
From what I understand, relevelling is something I can do myself with the right tools and information. I would love to pay someone else to do it but I can't afford to. I can probably indenture a few friends to help but I would most likely be doing all the work myself.
Thanks! Michelle