What are Longitudinal and Lateral Stabilizer Devices

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What are Longitudinal and Lateral Stabilizer Devices and do I need them on my mobile home?

There are several answers to this question depending on where you have it located at whether your mobile home is new or used. More importantly how old is your home because homes installed prior to 1997 in Florida do not have the new systems installed.

In the state of Florida all new homes are required to have longitudinal stabilization but not necessarily specific devices. There are alternate methods which are in use and that comply with the state requirements in Florida 15-c

Used home are required  longitudinal devices or actors attached when the hole is installed. The type of stabilization will depend on the year of manufacture and whether side wall straps are installed every five foot four inches along the side walls.

According to Florida code stabilizer devices can only be installed call home with side wall straps attached every 5 foot 4 inches installed at the factory.

These side wall straps which are then attached to galvanized anchors do not require stabilizer plates to be installed except at the location of the stabilizer device.

Used home that do not meet this requirement all required 2 have longitudinal actors and plates installed each side of the end of each "I"beam. Straps are connected to the beam using gator clamps.

Single wide mobile homes will require a total of 8 longitudinal anchors while a double wide home will require 16.

Homes which have the required number offside wall connections will have stabilizer devices installed. Only devices manufactured to State requirements and appearing on the approved product list will be allowed.

The number and location of these devices will depend upon 3 things:

• Firstly the length of the home.
• Secondly the width of the home. (number of sections)
• Thirdly the pitch of the roof.

As an example double wide mobile homes less than 52 feet will require four systems with lateral arms. However, an  80 foot double wide with a 6-12 roof pitch will require 8 devices in Florida.

Regardless of the age or condition of your home its ability to survive in strong wind conditions will be improved with the addition of longitudinal and lateral stabilizer devices.

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How to install a mobile home anchorInstalling mobile home anchors208 tools that you will need number one post hole diggersShovel24 inch 2x4Materials you will need1 4 foot anchor with a 6-inch helixNote new line only mobile home installer can install a mobile home in the state of Florida.We are only talking about the installation an extra anchor where needed.Marks the location of the anchor on the ground directly below the attachment point on the homo shed.Mark the ground 6 inches behind this First mark this point will be the center off the anchor and Willmar sea location of the alcohol head after installation.Using your post hole diggers stop to dig U-Haul that’s an angle of 15 degrees two words to home.Dick down approximately 2 feet removing the dirt as necessary. You may need to widen the access to the top of the hole in order to effectively use the post hole diggers.At this point you have a 2 foot hole into which you place 2/4 foot anchor.Take the 24 inch 2 by 4 and place it in the slot in the anchor head. Next you will need 2 turn the anchor in a clockwise Direction applying thumb pressure in a downward Direction as you turn.Sometimes and Chris will go in really easily but sometimes it can become difficult if it does turn the anchor half a turn in the opposite direction to loosen up the ground comma then proceed as before.When the bottom of the anchor is level with the top of the hole stop turning. The bolt holes in the anchor head should be parallel to the side of the home.Now take the shovel fill in the top of the hole tamping down the soil every 6 inches to make sure that the ground is compacted and firm. Continue this procedure until the hole is completely back filled.Your anchor should now be slightly under the home in line with the strap attachment on the home or shed.

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The post How to install a mobile home anchorInstalling mobile home anchors208 tools that you will need number one  post hole diggersShovel24 inch 2x4Materials you will need1 4 foot anchor with a 6-inch helixNote new line only mobile home installer can install a mobile home in the state of Florida.We are only talking about the installation an extra anchor where needed.Marks the location of the anchor on the ground directly below the attachment point on the homo shed.Mark the ground 6 inches behind this First mark this point will be the center off the anchor and Willmar sea location of the alcohol head after installation.Using your post hole diggers stop to dig U-Haul that’s an angle of 15 degrees two words to home.Dick down approximately 2 feet removing the dirt as necessary. You may need to widen the access to the top of the hole in order to effectively use the post hole diggers.At this point you have a 2 foot hole into which you place 2/4 foot anchor.Take the 24 inch 2 by 4 and place it in the slot in the anchor head. Next you will need 2 turn the anchor in a clockwise Direction applying thumb pressure in a downward Direction as you turn.Sometimes and Chris will go in really easily but sometimes it can become difficult if it does turn the anchor  half a turn in the opposite direction to loosen up the ground comma then proceed as before.When the bottom of the anchor is level with the top of the hole stop turning. The bolt holes in the anchor head should be parallel to the side of the home.Now take the shovel fill in the top of the hole tamping down the soil every 6 inches to make sure that the ground is compacted and firm. Continue this procedure until the hole is completely back filled.Your anchor should now be slightly under the home in line with the strap attachment on the home or shed. appeared first on Level My Mobile Home.

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How to Build a Mobile Home Pier – “I” Beam Support Foundation.

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From time to time you may need to re-level your home, straighten out a pier or even put extra support under a bay window, a pool table or a large bathtub. In any of these case you will need to know how to properly build a support pier to take the weight and spread the load.

It is important to build these support piers correctly so that the load is transferred to the ground. To this end the piers need to be constructed of the right materials. The support needs to be square to the beam, the components stacked firmly and the pad should be flat on the ground.

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What you will learn in this article:

 

• Safety considerations.
• What tools do I need?
• What materials do I need?
• How to prepare the ground.
• What type of  base pad to use.
• How to level the pads.
• How to stack the blocks.
• How center the pier.

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Safety considerations.

What tools do I need?

What materials do I need?

How to prepare the ground.

What type of  base pad to use.

How to stack the blocks.

How to level the pads.

How center the pier.

Conclusions what you have learnt

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