Mobile home leveling cost calculator for the Coachella Valley

Six questions, one range. The calculator takes the typical prices from our pricing page and fits them to your home: its type and length, how far out of level it seems, what you know about the piers, how easy it is to get under, and where it is, plus any extra work you tick. The answer is a range, not a quote. We write your quote after we have seen the home.

Getting the answers right

Home type. A singlewide rests on two main steel beams. A doublewide is two halves joined at the marriage line, with piers under that seam as well as under the outside beams, which is why it costs more to bring into one plane. A triplewide adds a second seam.

Length. A longer home has more piers to read and reset. If you are not sure of the length, pace the outside wall and choose the nearest band.

How far out of level. A door that has just started to rub is the low end. A floor where a dropped marble rolls away, or a gap along a doublewide’s ceiling seam, is the high end. The doors and windows sticking and floor soft or bouncy pages help you read the signs.

Piers. “Don’t know” is a fair answer if you have never looked under the home. If you have looked through the access door and seen leaning stacks, cracked blocks or loose shims, pick that.

Access. A low frame, ductwork in the way or a wet patch under the home slows a job. The valley’s sands drain fast, so a wet patch usually means a leak or a sprinkler; NRCS notes that perched water is common where Coachella soils are irrigated.

What moves the number

• Rebuilt piers. Each failed pier typically adds $150 to $400. A pier on a footing that has sunk into loose sand needs rebuilding from the footing up; more shims are not a lasting fix. See pier and pad repair.
• Tie-downs. If straps or anchors need replacing rather than tightening, tick the tie-downs box. Replacing stabilizing devices is part of California’s reinstallation rule. See tie-downs and anchors.
• Height. California caps piers at 36 inches, and if more than a quarter of the home is 3 feet or more up, the rules call for a foundation system. The calculator does not price that; we quote it after measuring.
• Earthquake bracing. Not included. It is optional, needs its own permit and is quoted separately; see the earthquake bracing page.

Before anyone starts

The range does not include a permit. Health and Safety Code 18613 treats altering or replacing a home’s supports as a reinstallation that needs one, pulled by the contractor (who must show a valid licence) or by an owner doing the work. Ask whoever you hire for their CSLB C-47 licence number and check it on CSLB. The California rules page explains who issues permits inside and outside parks.

Once you have a range

Send it to us with the quote form; your answers go along with it. We come out, read the frame at the piers, look at the footings and straps, and write you a price. If the home needs pier and pad repair more than a full relevel, the quote says so. If a past leveling job made things worse, read leveling done wrong.