I paid $150 for a nice gentleman to level my home, because the siding is buckling bad and doing some sort of wave at the same time. The man leveled the home, he said the center of it (where it sits on metal beams) wasn't very off, and he only had to level 2 areas. I checked inside the home where the furniture against the walls has always been crooked, and no fix there. He checked the inside floor, it was level.
We went outside and he checked the very outside of the walls, where the skirting goes. Each side of the trailer was 1 and a 1/2 inches lower there than at the center of the trailer. He said that was the cause of the wave, buckling, and tipping furniture against the outer walls inside the home.
I asked him how we fix it, because he said he can't fix it himself. He told me to dig a 4' hole every 4 (or was it
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It's a 1995 MH a 16x80 - Not sure of who made it because that sticker or plate is missing as far as I can tell (looked everywhere you guys mentioned before for it and no luck).
He said my home (being the year it is) should have had better 'outside floor / wall' support.. but that for some reason it's drooping and needs the support.
Ok, now my question is does this all sound right, do you know how I am supposed to dig a hole when the hole has to be 4 foot deep and the trailer floor is in my way for digging, do you have any better or easier ideas for building a support for the walls/floor.. and any other advice, tips, etc on this would be a god send. I mean, I trust the man and all but I'm trying to figure out how to dig those holes with a trailer right over where I assume I need to stand with a post hole digger. And is a 1 and a 1/2 inch drop on both sides a lot? Could that really make the vinyl siding buckle and do the wave, and my roof also ?
Thank you everyone in advance!
Teresa Lynn (Michigan)