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I have the saggy and most unlevel home in the entire mobile home park. But after watching this, I can't wait until spring to fix it. Thanks Drew!!!!!!!!!
You can do it you can level up the whole house from underneath
This is the best dang channel for learning how to repair! I'm so glad I found this amazing resource and so very glad you fella put all this out here! Thank you!
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Can't wait to see the owner said drew's l love your work and you did a great job well done. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you Tom
Paul looks square-away now, good look Paul...txs for sharing
Thank you
I love Paul’s laugh. Lol!
Paul is absolutely hilarious I have known Paul since he was 15 years old. He is always happy I rarely ever see him mad. As a matter fact I only seen him get mad one time and that was when a fellow worker borrowed $100 and said he would pay it back on Friday and did not pay it back. Paul don’t play when it comes to his money. He was nice enough to loan it and then on Friday the guy didn’t want to give it to him. He flipped out just a little other than that Paul is an amazing guy I enjoy working with him. I enjoy taking vacation with him. He is always a joy to be with. Whether the job is easy or hard Paul has a great attitude about it. I love Paul as a great friend. I am so lucky that Paul is in my life. If I have a bad day all I have to do is talk to Paul for five minutes and it’s not a bad day anymore. Thank you for your comment. You should meet him in person he is amazing. Not to mention his daughter is also amazing
Great video. Did a great job. Lots of skills
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Keep up the great videos
You do great video's and explaining thank you much Appreciated
I hope it helps you I’m glad if it does thank you for watching
Sorry folks don’t mean to be a wet blanket but unless you have a concrete footing under those 2x4s it will be unlevel again after a few rains. All that work will be for nothing. It looks good … for now.
It’s been there for over a year now it seems to be doing OK
Yeap had too redo mine
Bullshit
Thanks for answering my question, before I asked.
I went there yesterday. The place looks amazing.
Great explanations this is another great video brother
Thank you Road hog
@@Drewsroofingandhomerepair your very welcome
Great work sir
Thank you so much
I'm going to do mine somewhat similar to this but will put 1x1' cement blocks under the pressure treated bottom board(s) and will use a farm jack to lift the edge of the home up until the floor is level inside. I'll also use 4x4 posts instead of 2x4s.
Such a good idea
I Used The Vinyl skirting That Slides Together From The Top Then Locks In The Lower Track but Before We installed Them We Put 2 Inch Thick Foam on the Back Side using Liquid Nails you Just Have To Make Sure It Doesn't Inter fear with where They Slide together stops Cold Air Alot Better and I Got The 4X8 foam sheets Free Always A Bonus to Stop Blow outs They Have Rods That Slide Down Between Panels came Out Great and The 2 inch Foam Makes Alot Of Difference great Video also Guys if Your Going to Use Non treated Lumber You Can Coat It With polyurethane lacquer over varnish I actually prefer coating the bottom of it with beeswax
Everybody seems to think that the wood we used was not treated and I’m not sure why it can be deceiving in the video but I can tell you that every bit of that wood used was treated. It sounds like you did a great job on yours. thank you for the compliment.
Instead of having the bottom plate wood in contact with the ground what are your thoughts on using patio blocks (cement 18x18x2 inches thick) on leveled ground, then put the bottom plate on these blocks? A trailer 70x14 feet would need about 112 blocks , This might help prevent the bottom plate from rotting as well as keep some of the critters from digging under Plus, if the outside walls started to sag, the extra width of the patio blocks verses the regular wood might provide more resistance to the sagging. Thanks for considering this.
That is actually a good idea. To be honest I think the treated wood will last year’s and years to come. But I do like your idea
Definitely the way to do it. I'm not sure the cost of the blocks, but you could also pour a footer with quick-crete. We pour ours extra wide to stop the critters.
That is such a good idea. I love it. And this will last him for years to come
Probably fine in NC. But if you are in a frost prone area the skirt needs to be off the ground. It's a little harder work, as you need to brace the skirt to the underside of the Mini home. Then rodent proof the bottom.
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That’s a good way to fix it for a day
Only a day. It’s been almost 2 yrs. Still looking good
It supports your home better.
Yes it will
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Drew your boy up north Joey from mass awsome freaking video I gotta do this too glad you showed how one question someone said even thou your using pressure treated wood it will rot on the ground?? Do you paint oil base under the boards first then build the frame? And what I wanna do is screw 1/2 inch plywood the a thin silver barrier then thin stone like vinyls siding what are you thoughts brotha kickass job wish I could hire u guys but am sure it’s a lot lol 👍😎👍
Anything you put on the ground will rot overtime, but it will last a lot longer
We have a single wide manufacturer home in a park; which they didn’t leave the ground therefore it’s definitely unleveled. I love to do this.
I would I need to start in back first?
You can start anywhere you want to I would recommend starting at the lowest point
I’m surprised you used fir 2x4 as your base board in contact with earth for framing your skirting. I have always used treated for ground contact. Other than that. Good video.
You didn’t notice we absolutely used treated wood for all of it. All the growing contact board was treated.
Hi! First of all thank you so much for this video! It's time to change out my skirting as I've neglected to take care of it. The wood has rotten out on the inside and the panels are shot from the rain and sprinklers here in California. I want to do it right and your video really helps me to get started. Just a few question so I get it right. Pressure treated 2x4s and do I need to put a primer on them as well? Also the framing you made had 2x4s already on top just under the mobile home. Did you put those there and how did you secure them? Screws? Thanks again and i appreciate your time!
If you go back to my videos and you look at the timeline of that video you’ll see we did several videos of this job and yes we added the top plate first and we used 3 inch screws on the outside of the wall on the bottom you’ll be screwing into the OSB or whatever is on that floor and the bottom plate of your wall screws 3 inch and I use pressure treated wood only and you do not have to prime it as a matter fact I don’t recommend it
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The video below is the one you’re looking for installing the top plate. Thank you for watching and I hope you hit the thumbs up and share this video.
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You can also use longer screws if you need to 4 1/2 whatever you need
I'm going to do a refit or reno on my mobile this year too so this was very interesting. I need to put a peak roof on my breadloaf mobile so do you have a video for that???
No we don’t do over builds like that
ok thank you
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I’m doing metal skirting today
awesome i like that
I’m not trying to down nobody’s work but treated would isn’t what it use to be. That wood is going to rot or termites are going to get it (yes termites eat the newer treated wood). Also if the hardie board touches the ground it going to suck up water and deteriorate like mfd board. Metal or brick skirting is the way to go.
I did paint the wood. Excuse me I did paint the hardy board all the way around with two coats of oil base paint. I know what you’re talking about though.
problem is, if the ground freezes, the ground is going to heave up. tipical vinyl skirting for mobile homes: the panels are cut short to allow for expansion and contraction
We don’t have ground freeze here. I live in Se Nc. Rarely ever drops below 30 degrees
Even after you do all of this, as time goes on, the dirt/ ground; will it not still eventually keep settling? Weather washing ground out etc ...? Will this stop all that from happening?
Yes we have had lots of rain since we did this job and nothing has washed away
How good does the 2x4 on the ground in terms of rotting from the moisture in the ground and rain?
Are use moisture treated wood only
How do you keep the animals from digging underneath the skirting ? Then getting into your insulation of your mobile home ? There's no videos on rat walls foundations skirting for mobile homes on RUclips.
I said you kill them before they come in Poison bait. If you have a rat problem poison bait
Question. What other skirting besides the vinyl skirting can one use that works well and last awhile?
I don’t use the vinyl I use hardy board
I used tin for my skirting. Frame it up an cut the tin an screw it on. Run it up and down
Framed the same way just measure the with of the tin witch was 3ft
What happens when the frost and ground freezes would this not crush or lift the home ? Great Videos for sure
Fortunately we don’t have that in Southeast North Carolina our lowest average temperature in the winter time would be around 24 to 30°
I check out the average temperature 428461 we haven’t had snow here for eight years
That's what I'm worried about the skirting on now has buckled due to frost. Positive thing is I only have to do one wall as the mobile home was built over and has an actual home frame on all other sides.
Is this a good idea to do in pa? Wont the ground freeze in the winter and push up?
There is a good possibility
We do not have ground freezing here in NC. I RECOMMEND using the plastic vinyl underpinning for your place
Any wood touching ground rots over time, even pressure treated wood. I think a better way would have been to pay some sort of concrete footer for that ground wood plate to rest on. so it won't rot as fast.
That very well could be as you know that was treated wood. Like you said even treated wood can go bad so if we can get this to last a good 1015 years, the customer would probably be happy. I think what they’re really looking to do is to Brick and mortar the underneath of the house so this is almost semi temporary
What’s the top board hooked to , the floor joists???
The outside band
Drew are you using pressure treated lumber sir for this j
Yes
How long will the 2x4 last with ground contact like that ?
I used teated wood. I’m guessing 20 yrs maybe longer.
I'm sure I missed it sir. But what are you using to pin or anchor it to the ground?
I did not add or take away any of them
Is there a video of the board running along the bottom of the trailer? Is it attached to the siding?
We attached the top plate to the bottom plate on the inside of the house. We used 3 inch screws straight up into the bottom plate
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DREW if I put metal underpinning would I do it the same way?
As far as the framing yes exactly the same way and then just use screws. As you can see we used Hardie board I like Metal better to be honest. The only thing we had available here was plastic or hardy board the plastic we were worried about the weedeater chewing holes in it so metal would be nice yes I even like it more than hardy board. You might wanna make sure it has some good paint on it though so it doesn’t rust
If the ground is not perfectly level is that where you start? If not then you would be racking the frame of the home, correct?
You’re not trying to raise the mobile home you’re just trying to support the walls sir yes sir support only
@@Drewsroofingandhomerepair thank you for your quick response
You’re very welcome and actually thank you for the comment I love it when people ask me questions
The ground near the house that I’m working at is not level either where are you put the bottom plate you just try to smooth it out the best you can
When you lift the trailer you do not need to put wedges or shims on the blocks so that the blocks load the trailer as well as the boards??
The outside walls were sagging. So all we did was raise them up slightly to get some of the weight off of the outside walls we did not raise it off the blocks
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I had my skirting done exactly like this, atleast the framing.
Came out very nice and I love it. The only problem is that the wood is touching the ground just like in this video. Although my wood is pressure treated (just like in this video), I’ve been hearing alot of negative talk about how termites can still eat up the treated wood if it gets wet overtime with the rainy days
Give me some feedback. I really do not want to change my skirting. but I do spray pesticides around my house religiously
I’ve never had problems with termites and treated wood. And if you use pesticides on a regular basis you won’t have to worry about it trust me it will last for years and years
You could have laid plastic down on the ground first, then framed on top of the plastic.
I used ground treated 2x4s
@@Drewsroofingandhomerepair yeah, that to. Some will wrap that plastic up and then use the plastic to run across the framing and bottom. Then put metal over it all.
Like this fella here: ruclips.net/video/QfsoOYSss-8/видео.html
How do you support bottoms plate with the dirt u didn’t even explain that one yet
We packed it with a big hammer. I mad so many videos on this job. Drew’s roofing and home repair. Mobile home under pinning. You will find them if you type that in
Love the video but DO NOT use skirting as a footing. This will NOT hold or work. The building will sink and or break. The skirt framing is NOT a footer for the house
We went under this house and shimmed all the blocking once before we started and then once again after. So we’re not using the skirting as a footer. We are only making it tight for the good of discarding God is good I hope you have a great day
I hope there's no one out there that actually think that's skirting would hold your mobile Home digging holes feeling them full of concrete then setting blocks
Shouldn’t u use green plate for the bottom ?
Yes
You can't put a load on the skirting of a mobile home. It's only design is to nail the skirting on and keep it there, not for lifting or carrying the load of the building. You need to adjust the blocks to get your trailer back to level. The moment the ground loosens from rain it will slowly sink back down. The skirting of the house is NOT a footer. It's simply a patrician for nailing the skirt to.
We’re not using it to hold up the mobile home whatsoever and we got an engineer stamp for all the work that we did there it actually says rock on you’re doing a good job so we’re finished with that project six months ago or somewhere near that everything turned out great
Right. It will look straight for ten minutes. Also, the jack is being used incorrectly, and dangerously.
Well it still looks beautiful today I could bring you there and show you I sure wish I had you on my job you could’ve showed me the right way
All you have to do is make your first mark 15 1/4 then pull off that.
Exactly my friend. Good explanation
My biggest issue with this is the fact you have wood sitting on dirt going right up to wall plate of the home, it's gonna get eaten up by termites atleast the plastic skirting doesn't provide a buffet for them.
My other issue is you taken load off the houses steel I-beams frame blocks and shifted it to a part not intended for it when it was designed. The blocks are now more susceptible and prone to shifting raising risk of the house falling.
We did not take the weight off the blocks. And the wood we used is treated. I’ve never seen termites eat treated wood. Like I said the beams are still holding the house up we did not remove weight from them we just supported the outside walls so that we could put a rubber roof on top of this place this is not my first one that I have done I have actually done hundreds of them
Before we started and after we finished this product it was inspected by an engineer. He told me that we did an amazing job. He loved it
The house will never fall lol. This if anything will give the place another 30 years or survival by providing more of a Sturdy Foundation tosupport the exterior walls of the pplace snce there is a lot of leverage past the Steel Trailer fram. Termites won't eat on treated wood, on top of that gettin termite treatment around the place would provide a secondary source of protection.
I agree 💯 the support we add and the treated wood. With some termite treatment. This house will stand a long time. We also put a rubber roof on it
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What was the total cost of this job as in everything, material and labor if you remember
I made lots of videos on this job. Lots of work. Diane Or Jim. Can you answer this. I do not remember the total. Are you talking about floors,roof, wall repair, everything?? Roof 8000 floors and walls 11000 underpinning 2000 something like that.
How come u don't use pressure treated lumber on the ground? Plus shouldn't the cancer blocks get shimmed up after raising the outside edge?
All the bottom plates are pressure-treated. I’m not sure what you’re looking at.
If you type in Drews Roofing and Home Repair Mobile Home underpinning you’ll see a bunch of videos on this same house. Start to finish.
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@@Drewsroofingandhomerepair I was just curious.. I'm going to be remodeling a double wide mobile.. it skirting is rusted out at the bottom ..plus it's sunk down around the edges.. so I was looking at videos.. thanks for yours..
Cinder blocks..not cancer blocks... Lol spell check
Type this into your search bar and you will see most of my mobile home underpinning on this particular job
Drews Roofing and Mobile Home repair underpinning.
I have a 14x70 what will this type of job cost. Also i live between Fayetteville and Lumberton NC do you service my area.
We’re not traveling anymore
Wheres the concrete footer for the bottom board. Wood will rot. The skirting will bow. Concre
Use treated and hardy board no worries
@@Drewsroofingandhomerepairhardie board doesn’t do well with ground contact
Why didn’t you use green treat wood.
Apparently, on video, the wood doesn’t look treated although it is traded I would never use white wood on the ground
I'm in NC mountains. Would love to contact you for some quotes on MH property i have invested in.
I live in southport Nc. I do not have a crew to travel with anymore. I love mobile homes. I have been working on them for years and years. I’m 60 now and I don’t have a crew to help me
Why didn’t you use treated wood on the ground.
We are. Everything were using his treated
Isn't it just going to rotten because its on the ground or water will wash away the dirt under it
And non pressure treated..
Everything is pressure-treated I’m not sure why you’re calling at nine treated it’s all treated
What are you talking about non-treated it is all treated everything were using is treated
Pressure treated wood. And the underpinned is harder board.
First
Thank you friend
What materials is needed for this drew?
Treated two by fours are used hardy board but if you use treated framing and plastic vinyl you can do it a lot cheaper and faster
@@Drewsroofingandhomerepair looking to level a house... I'm set on faux stone if possible
Shouldn't be installing a solid wall under a mobile home, because home will continue to sink in ground on those concrete blocks, unless you have concrete footing under the mobile home blocks ?
But as it sinks you will be pushing up on your mobile home walls, on plastic mobile home skirting it moves with the mobile home so it doesn't do damage.
Fortunately, the box are sitting on Pierce that is code here
Vinyl skirting will end up seriously disappointing you if you live in an area where there's frost heave. Don't ask me how I know. ☹
Fortunately it doesn’t freeze where I live
How do you know??
Are those 2x4'e treated
Yes anything you put on the ground needs be treated. The hardy board was painted with three coats of oil base paint
@@Drewsroofingandhomerepair Thank you
You would never want to put Whitewood down on the ground
Hope at least your bottom board is pressure treated because it's literally buried in the ground and won't last long
Yes it is actually 100% treated wood that would put on the ground
I've never seen anybody do underpinning like you do it and I tell you what ...since you're using pressure treated wood it should be very strong and last a good long time awesome job
I have done this a few times now. Treated is best for sure. That is all I would use. It will keep out animals
Thanks for commenting
Unfortunately as soon as it rains a few time all that leveling was for nothing 🤷♂️
Why do you say they? Wait till you see the finish job
@@Drewsroofingandhomerepair i love your videos they are inspirational. Unfortunately sometimes i dont even know where to even get started lol. Will wait on your next vid. Keep up the hard work
Pick a spot and start there that would be your best bet it doesn’t matter where you start all that matters is the ending start wherever you feel comfortable starting pick an end pick a bedroom no matter white start there.
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I can take my mobile home and put it in Beverly hills and it will blend in my home isbeautiful compare to these clunkers people tell me it dosent look like a mobile home my community won't accept junk
Around here, it doesn’t seem to matter
Do you have any contacts in Southern California?
No unfortunately I don’t I wish I did
😅that should be PT🙄
It is. Every piece is. I know it looks like it’s not in the video but it is.
Yikes
Everything came out great