cinder blocks

Does Any One Know If It Is Leagal In Utah For Mobile Home Parks If You Are Having Your Mobile Home Moved And Its A Single Wide To Put The Mobile Home On Cinder Blocks Instead Of Level Jacks Or Mobile Home Jacks With The Jack Stand Pads ? It Seems The Cinder Blocks Would Not Be Sturdy Enough Please Help Me On This Matter That Is What The Contracter Is Doing He Said It Is Ok

 

Call your local building codes or inspectors office. That will be the definitive answer.

 

what you have are probably concrete block. I doubt if anyone setting a mobilr home would pay for cinder block in your area. In the SW, many cinders are used in split architectural block because of the color and texture.

Concrete block are commonly used. Make sure the cores (openings) run vertical, so the load is not on the face.

Usually a solid (usually 4" thick) is used on the ground and on the top unless 2x wood is used on top.

A trailer really does not weight much, so the loads are not high. The trick is getting it level, so all piers equally take the weight (and not just a few, which will settle).

Also, check to see if there is a requirement for tie downs. We have many deaths and total loses from mobile homes rolling in a big storm. They actually destroy adject homes.

Dick

 

there are no piers or stands it just sits on cinder blocks around the steel frame of the trailer my son bought the trailer and that how it was set up years ago in the trailer park i thought they were suppose to use stands with cement or wood pads to hole the trailer up not cinder blocks for support

 

I've worked on and owned MHs in several different S.E. states. Either concrete or cinder blocks were used - depending on local availability. The block piers must either set on solid block or a concrete footer. Some newer codes require the latter but generally anything that passed inspection earlier is ok as is. It is common for 1 or more pieces of wood to be used as shims at the top of the block piers.

If the MH has been there for awhile and hasn't noticably settled, I wouldn't worry about the cinder block piers. As Dick noted, I would make sure that it is properly tied down. There is usually a sticker @ or near the breaker box that tells how many tie downs are required for the area the MH was built for. Local codes always have the last say. Most insurance companies won't insure [or pay for damage] a MH that isn't properly tied down!