Is it possible to relevel a home? When my parnents had the home put on the land, they did not have the land graded level so the front is about 5 - 6 high and the rear is about 3 feet high. I would like to have it lifted (a double wide) the land graded so that the home sits on the ground like it is suppose to. If so, who would I would look for to do this? The home has been sitting empty for the last two years, I just go there and check on it. I would like to fix it up to use as a get away place since I was told it would cost too much to move it from KY to MD.
Any advice or help would be appreciated
releveling a home
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Tom
Re: releveling a home
Most likely the home would have to be separated and moved off the pad to redo the grading. But, it would take a moving and set up company to come out and give you an estimate for the job. Look in your yellow pages under manufactured homes/service/repair. Tom
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Mark Bower
Re: releveling a home
It probably wouldn't cost much more to move the home than what you are proposing. The right way to do it is to move the home completely out of the way. But I suppose it could be jacked-up and dirt moved underneath.
You'd probably need a house mover to lift it up. The house mover has big long beams so the blocks won't be in the way underneath while bringing in fill dirt.
THEN -- once the work is done, you'll probably have a few years of nightmare reveling as the dirt settles. Unless you plan on putting in footings.
Mark
You'd probably need a house mover to lift it up. The house mover has big long beams so the blocks won't be in the way underneath while bringing in fill dirt.
THEN -- once the work is done, you'll probably have a few years of nightmare reveling as the dirt settles. Unless you plan on putting in footings.
Mark
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Mark
Re: releveling a home
You cannot sit the home on the ground unless you build a basement underneath.
All that plumbing has to go somewhere, and it cannot go underground. You need at least a 24" crawl space.
It would be cheaper to bring in enough fill dirt to raise the land around the home and have it graded gradually away from it. That would cover the blocks (assuming they can handle the side load!) and give the appearance that it wasn't so high above grade.
All that plumbing has to go somewhere, and it cannot go underground. You need at least a 24" crawl space.
It would be cheaper to bring in enough fill dirt to raise the land around the home and have it graded gradually away from it. That would cover the blocks (assuming they can handle the side load!) and give the appearance that it wasn't so high above grade.
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