Mobile Home Floor Bowing

The contractor told me all i needed to do was to staple the insulation to the floor joists so we did not replace the belly paper.

Mobile home floor bowing.

Most older mobile homes consist of subflooring made from particle board which is extremely absorbent and susceptible to bowing warping rot and soft spots. How to fix bowed floors. Still if you have a soft spot or bowing in any area it s best to replace the subflooring in a mobile home quickly before it causes further damage. Most every home with particle board subflooring will need to have their subfloors replaced eventually.

Just the smallest amount of water can cause damage. Bowing or warping of floor boards can occur for several reasons. However keep in mind that you may need to just tighten the screws on your door hinges or check to see if the hinges are bent. For instance more than one door will stick or swing or a window won t shut or latch properly.

I had a drain line burst under my home about a month ago though no water touched the insulation or floor boards as the line runs along the ground. We lived in our home for 22 years and recently noticed a hump in a floor between the kitchen and the living room. Newer mobile homes will either use a better particle board or oriented strand board osb. The home has a basement where we can see the floors and i cannot see anything.

Both of these materials used for flooring are much better in regards to water resistance. A few years ago i replaced the insulation underneath my mobile home. Newer mobile homes will have it a little better than older ones. How to level sagging mobile home floors.

Subfloors are an important subject in the mobile home world. Most newer homes now use a higher grade plywood or osb because it can withstand water better. If water has seeped into the boards they may swell against one another which can cause the bow. However even homes with these newer flooring materials the floors can still bow soften and warp.

This week in our ask a mobile home expert series we are covering questions about mobile home subfloors. If you have a noticeable hump in the floor however something. Now a month later my floors are beginning to. Newer homes are slightly better.

Normally when a home becomes unlevel you ll be able to find more than one tell tale sign. Since a mobile home is typically up on bricks or corner blocks there is a tendency for the floors to sag eventually. Because soil shifts and house frames settle there is usually a slight variation in floor level. Really though you may feel the floor sinking a signal that there s a soft spot in need of repair.