Gravel under trailer?
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 1:55 am
We bought some land and had a mobile home moved on. The land is on the mountain side, with lots of water running off the mountain over the property, plus several springs on the property so its very wet. The folks that installed the mobile home lay gravel and put a heavy plastic under the trailer and told us we should divert the water so it doesn't flow under the trailer and we would be fine. My husband, though, had other ideas. He was convinced that the water flowing under the trailer is not the problem, rather the lack of gravel on top of the plastic! This in spite of several different local folks that know trailers looking at our mobile home and all telling us the same thing--that we do NOT need gravel on top of the plastic but we do need to divert the water.
Well, this week when we were looking at our property and discussing what needs to be done, suddenly my husband said the FIRST thing we need to do is divert the water--like yesterday! so of course I agreed and we found a contractor to do that for us immediately and I'm so relieved to have that done finally.
However, my husband is still insisting that we put gravel under the trailer.The highest quality gravel. He is sure that we will still have a bit of water under the trailer and says he needs the bed of gravel underneath in case he ever has to crawl under there for some reason, so that he's not lying in water. Not only am I concerned about the needless expense when we barely have the money for all the truly needful projects but I wonder if gravel might puncture the plastic or have other undesirable consequences.
Is there anything I might say to him to convince him not to lay gravel right now, or is there anything you can say to me to help me be more comfortable with it? He does not believe that metal skirting will keep the water out, nor a small gravel berm right at the trailer. He does not agree to a bed of sand instead. He's insisting on gravel all underneath the trailer!
Well, this week when we were looking at our property and discussing what needs to be done, suddenly my husband said the FIRST thing we need to do is divert the water--like yesterday! so of course I agreed and we found a contractor to do that for us immediately and I'm so relieved to have that done finally.
However, my husband is still insisting that we put gravel under the trailer.The highest quality gravel. He is sure that we will still have a bit of water under the trailer and says he needs the bed of gravel underneath in case he ever has to crawl under there for some reason, so that he's not lying in water. Not only am I concerned about the needless expense when we barely have the money for all the truly needful projects but I wonder if gravel might puncture the plastic or have other undesirable consequences.
Is there anything I might say to him to convince him not to lay gravel right now, or is there anything you can say to me to help me be more comfortable with it? He does not believe that metal skirting will keep the water out, nor a small gravel berm right at the trailer. He does not agree to a bed of sand instead. He's insisting on gravel all underneath the trailer!