Mobile home anchors
Anchor Retrofits
anchor upgrades
mobile home Tie downs
hurricane ties
What are Concrete Tie Down Anchors? Concrete tie down anchors are a type of anchor essential for any mobile home on concrete. These anchors are made of galvanized high-strength steel, and they are attached to the concrete using expansion bolts to ensure that your home will stay in place. Each anchor has an up-lift rating […]
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What Is Braced Mobile Home Skirting? Bracing your mobile home skirting means the installation of a fixed structural support located behind the skirting panels. This support will usually be made of wooden or light steel studs attached to the home, the ground and the existing or new skirting. Bracing is often a FHA loan requirement.
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Introduction. Does your home need a mobile home anchor retrofit? Earlier this week I visited a homeowner in Lakeland to relevel his doublewide mobile home. Whilst under the home I noticed that his anchors were no longer attached to the straps. The anchor heads were so corroded that they were barely recognizable. The anchors in
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What Are Longitudinal And Lateral Stabilizer Devices? Following a string of hurricanes in Florida during the 1980s and 1990s caused extensive damage to many structures including mobile homes. Investigations were carried by the Florida DHSMV to determine why the current anchor systems had failed. Up to that point anchors were tied to the I beams
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How To Install A New Mobile Home Anchor. Locate the anchor position. Dig a 2′ deep hole with post hole diggers. Insert the anchor shaft into the hole then turn the anchor all the way down into the ground. Only the anchor head should be showing. Backfill the hole, connect the hook to the beam,
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Is your Home Hurricane Ready? Hurricane season began on June 1st which is significant to those of us who live in the southeast states of the USA in particular Florida, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana. Only a few days into the season and already we have experienced the devastation that is caused
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