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by trixie3603
Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:45 pm
Forum: Ask The Manufactured Housing Expert
Topic: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up
Replies: 8
Views: 6048

Re: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up

And when I look at the blocking job from the side, it looks like on some of them, the frame is only resting on about 1/2 of the wood and the rest of the frame is suspended. I can right through it between the wood and frame.
by trixie3603
Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:08 am
Forum: Ask The Manufactured Housing Expert
Topic: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up
Replies: 8
Views: 6048

Re: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up

I will check into things on Monday. Meanwhile, I did a thorough check of the blocking and wood wedged between the blocks and frame just along the outside edge of home so far. I did find one block that looks like it's starting to crumble apart and also noticed that some of the wood pieces are startin...
by trixie3603
Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:23 pm
Forum: Ask The Manufactured Housing Expert
Topic: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up
Replies: 8
Views: 6048

Re: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up

Another question, is it common procedure to place insulation in between the marriage walls before butting them up together, because that is how the roof was done as seen from inside the house where the trimwork is not completed yet. In that area, what I can see looks to me like the 2 halves of the m...
by trixie3603
Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:12 pm
Forum: Ask The Manufactured Housing Expert
Topic: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up
Replies: 8
Views: 6048

Re: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up

Thanks for the quick replies. I agree about possible water damage, but does water damage usually show up within the entire house in spots, where for example, on the floors that have linolium, you can see a straight line along the length of the floor which looks to me like a seperate piece of wood in...
by trixie3603
Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:27 am
Forum: Ask The Manufactured Housing Expert
Topic: Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up
Replies: 8
Views: 6048

Severe settling and marriage wall not lined up

Hi, I had my used sectional home set up on a floating slab in the beginning of August of this year (2010) and the home has suffered some very extensive damage since then. First of all, I don't think the marriage wall is lined up correctly because there are spots where there are big dips on either si...