flooring?

[Eddie Woods]

Bought a single wide clayton home 20x78' anyways the floor in the kitchen is starting to squeak, and is going into the living room same area about three feet from exterior wall. Is this due to shifting? or improper leveling. and how do I fix this without causing damage to floor coverings?

Thanks Ed Woods

[Mark Bower]

When floors start to squeak, generally the first thing you want to try is tightening the bolts along the frame. If you look underneath the home along the big i-beams, you'll see bolts. Tighten these bolts in the area of the squeak along both sides of the i-beam. Don't overtighten as you don't want to strip them.

Mark
You gotta see my repair manual!

[RJ]

Mark,

If the floors are becoming unlevel is some areas of MH, along with squeaking, what casues this problem?

[Tom]

There can be more than one cause. Floors in MH's do squeek, its almost universal. The home being unlevel is one cause, slight shrinkage of the flooring wood. Missed nails or screws, ect. The natural shifting of a MH, particularly during the winter/spring thaws can also cause them. Tom