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Does My Mobile Home Need Releveling?

Twelve things that show up when a manufactured home has settled. Every one of them is visible from inside the home or on a walk around the outside, and none of them needs a tool you do not own. Tick what is true and the checker will tell you where your home sits, including telling you that nothing is wrong if nothing is wrong.

Worth doing the marble test before you start, because it catches what your feet cannot: set a marble on the floor in three different rooms and watch which way each one goes. Consistent direction in every room means the frame is low on that side. One room disagreeing with the others is more often a soft spot in the subfloor over a pier that has stopped carrying load.

This is a narrowing exercise, not a diagnosis. What it cannot do is get under the home, and pier condition, washout, and a torn belly wrap are only findable from underneath. That is what the free level check is for.

Self-check

Does my home actually need releveling?

Tick what is true in your home. Everything here is visible from inside or from a walk around the outside, and nothing needs a tool you do not own.

Where your home sits Nothing ticked yet Work down the list above.

A self-check narrows things down, it does not replace a water level under the home. The check itself is free and takes about half an hour in Myrtle Beach.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the marble test, and does it actually work?

Set a marble on the floor in three different rooms and watch which way it goes. It works because it is testing the thing you cannot feel: a slope of a quarter-inch over ten feet is invisible to your feet and obvious to a marble. What matters is consistency. A marble that rolls the same direction in every room means the frame is low on that side. One room going its own way is more likely a soft spot in the subfloor over a lost pier.

My home has one sticking door and nothing else. Do I need you?

Probably not today. One door on its own can be a hinge, a swollen jamb after a humid week, or a strike plate that needs moving a sixteenth of an inch. It becomes a settling sign when it shows up alongside other things on the list, or when the same door starts getting worse each season. Check again after the next wet stretch.

How often should a mobile home be releveled around Myrtle Beach?

Every three to five years on Horry County's sandy coastal-plain soil, and at the short end of that if the ground under the home stays wet. This is genuine maintenance rather than a repair, for the same reason an HVAC unit needs servicing. Anyone who tells you a relevel is permanent on this soil is selling you something.

Is the level check really free?

Yes, including the pier-by-pier readings and the written price, and whether or not you book anything. It takes about half an hour. We would rather spend thirty minutes telling someone their home is fine than build a reputation for finding an expensive problem under every home we visit.

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