lifting and reblocking
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:37 pm
Hi ALL , i am new to the forum and MH ownership. I live in the province of NEW BRUNSWICK in eastern CANADA and bought an older , early 70 ? mobile about a year ago for a summer cottage. It is 12X60 not sure of the make or model as it has been completely redone inside and out over the years
I want to lift the home up about 10 -12 inches next summer as it is to low right now for me to fit under it and move around very much to inspect or work on anything. I will also be putting some 3/4 crush stone under it as i get some water pooling under it at times , mostly because the ground around it was filled in over the years and it is low under the trailer.
My plan is to remove the decks ( they are not attatched to house ) and skirting and put the stone under and level it , then i will put a 24" sqaure cement pad and use cement blocks 3 high for my peirs, it only has wood blocking now and some of it looks pretty poor condition so it needs to go anyways.
My questions to all of you are 1) how many peirs should i put ? it has about 8 on each side now
2) how should i go about doing this , one side at a time ? jack the whole trailer up at once ? with 8 - 10 jacks or start on one end and work towards the other end ?
3) should i replace all of the peirs that are under first and then take it up the extra height?
Any help and advice will be greatly appreciated
I want to lift the home up about 10 -12 inches next summer as it is to low right now for me to fit under it and move around very much to inspect or work on anything. I will also be putting some 3/4 crush stone under it as i get some water pooling under it at times , mostly because the ground around it was filled in over the years and it is low under the trailer.
My plan is to remove the decks ( they are not attatched to house ) and skirting and put the stone under and level it , then i will put a 24" sqaure cement pad and use cement blocks 3 high for my peirs, it only has wood blocking now and some of it looks pretty poor condition so it needs to go anyways.
My questions to all of you are 1) how many peirs should i put ? it has about 8 on each side now
2) how should i go about doing this , one side at a time ? jack the whole trailer up at once ? with 8 - 10 jacks or start on one end and work towards the other end ?
3) should i replace all of the peirs that are under first and then take it up the extra height?
Any help and advice will be greatly appreciated