Mobile Home Leveling in Corrigan, Texas

Deep timber cover and what it does to a crawl space

The tree canopy around Corrigan is dense. Shade that never lifts keeps ground damp and keeps the crawl space humid most of the year. Two consequences follow. Wood shims in a permanently damp environment compress and deteriorate faster than they would on an open lot, and concrete block sitting in constant moisture is more prone to spalling at the base of a stack.

Root systems are the second factor. Large pines and hardwoods close to a home pull significant moisture from the soil on their side, so ground under one end of a home can be measurably drier than the other. That difference is enough to tilt a pier grid over years.

Long tenure homes

Corrigan has a lot of homes that have been in the same family for a long time and have never been moved since they were set. Those are precisely the homes where the original pier grid, original shims and original anchors are all still in service. The failure mode is rarely dramatic. It is a series of small movements that eventually show up as a floor that slopes noticeably from one end of a hallway to the other.

What Corrigan homeowners should look at

• Shims lying loose on the ground under the home, a clear sign a pier stopped bearing.
• Block stacks with crumbling or flaking faces near the ground line.
• Trees within striking distance of the home, since limb impact shifts support.
• Standing water in low corners of the crawl space after a rain.
• Skirting that has rotted or corroded along the bottom edge from ground contact.

Connecting with a contractor in Corrigan

This site does not perform releveling or pier work. It passes Corrigan requests to independent local contractors serving northern Polk County, who contact the homeowner to arrange an inspection and quote their own scope and terms.