A soft or spongy spot in the floor
As the property gets back on track, most manufactured homes are decked in particleboard, which swells and loses its bond once it stays wet.
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Our guided-recovery team removes water and dries lightweight floors, walls, insulation, and underbelly materials commonly affected in mobile homes.
Signs to look for
With clear direction, if you notice any of these problems, call us before water has more time to spread into nearby materials.
As the property gets back on track, most manufactured homes are decked in particleboard, which swells and loses its bond once it stays wet.
For a smoother recovery, panel walls are joined with battens over the seams instead of taped and painted like drywall.
As the property gets back on track, vinyl covered gypsum panel walls sit directly on the decking, so they wick water upward from the floor.
With clear direction, the seam where two sections join is the most common water entry point on a multi section home.
From cleanup toward a fresh start, older homes with low slope metal roofs pond water at seams, vents and the edges.
With clear direction, the furnace and water heater usually share one interior closet sitting directly on the decking.
What happens
Our guided-recovery team adjusts the work to what got wet, how far the water traveled, and which materials can be saved.
For a smoother recovery, we note the home's age, whether it is a single wide or a double wide, and what the deck and the walls are actually made of.
From cleanup toward a fresh start, particleboard decking that has swelled or lost its bond does not come back, and drying it longer will not change that.
For a smoother recovery, panel walls come apart at the battens and the bottom course, which lets us dry the wall cavity without wrecking the whole room.
From cleanup toward a fresh start, portable extractors and compact submersible pumps come through a 30 inch doorway and up a set of steps.
With clear direction, many manufactured homes run a 100 amp service, which limits how much drying equipment the home can actually carry.
As the property gets back on track, water that reaches an in floor supply duct sits there and gets blown through every room.
Talk with a restoration specialist
Describe the source, the impacted rooms, and when you first noticed the damage.
What to expect
As the property gets back on track, here is how we usually handle mobile home water damage near the United States.
With clear direction, tell us the approximate age, whether it is a single wide or double wide, and where the water is showing.
Your callFor a smoother recovery, close the fixture valve, or the main at the lot pedestal if it is above ground and safe to reach.
+5 minutesFrom cleanup toward a fresh start, keep people and heavy furniture off any soft area, because wet particleboard loses strength quickly.
+15 minutesFrom cleanup toward a fresh start, we confirm the deck material, the wall panel type, the marriage line if there is one, and where the ducts run.
On arrivalFrom cleanup toward a fresh start, water comes off hard flooring and out of carpet and padding, and contents get lifted and blocked.
First hours on siteWith clear direction, we tell you which decking sections, wall panels and cabinets are coming out and which are staying.
Same dayWith clear direction, equipment is placed and the amperage counted before anyone drives away, so your service is not overloaded overnight.
Before we leaveUnderstanding the cost
With clear direction, we explain the recommended work and price before you approve the job. With clear direction, these examples show what may change the estimate.
| Common situation | What the estimate may include | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| One room of a manufactured home, clean water, extraction plus three to four days of drying | For a smoother recovery, national estimate. From cleanup toward a fresh start, a supply line or fixture caught quickly, with little or no decking replacement. | $900 to $2,500 |
| Most of a single wide affected, clean water | For a smoother recovery, national estimate. From cleanup toward a fresh start, includes extraction, padding removal, wall panel bottom course work and five to seven days of equipment. | $3,000 to $8,000 |
| Double wide with several rooms and decking replacement | For a smoother recovery, national estimate. With clear direction, water across the marriage line, two duct runs and significant decking and panel replacement. | $6,000 to $18,000 |
| Particleboard decking replacement, per square foot | With clear direction, national estimate for removing and replacing failed floor decking, before the finish flooring above it. | $3 to $10 |
| Wall panel replacement, per square foot | For a smoother recovery, national estimate for vinyl covered gypsum panel sections including batten work. With clear direction, older patterns may not be matchable. | $2 to $6 |
| Manufactured home work priced by affected area, clean water | For a smoother recovery, national estimate. For a smoother recovery, handy once someone has measured the wet area and given you a number. | $3 to $7 per square foot |
| Belly wrap drained, wet insulation out, underbelly repair coordinated | National estimate. Priced and detailed on our under house water removal page, which owns that recovery guide. | $800 to $3,500 |
| After hours or overnight dispatch charge | For a smoother recovery, national estimate. With clear direction, one charge on the first visit, for nights, weekends and holidays. | $100 to $400 |
What the deck is made of
From cleanup toward a fresh start, particleboard decking that has swelled has to be replaced, and that is labor plus material plus flooring above it.
How much of the home is wet
For a smoother recovery, pricing follows affected square footage.
Single section or multi section
For a smoother recovery, a double wide is roughly twice the area and adds the marriage line as both a leak path and a drying boundary.
How clean the water was
For a smoother recovery, supply line water is the least damaging case and saves the most material.
Wall panel count
For a smoother recovery, panel replacement is priced by area and by how many batten lines have to be opened.
Duct involvement
As the property gets back on track, clearing and drying in floor ducts is straightforward.
Why timing matters
As the property gets back on track, water can keep moving into nearby materials even when the surface looks dry.
For a smoother recovery, once the panel swells and its bond fails, it stays swollen and weak no matter how long you dry it.
As the property gets back on track, the vinyl film on these panels is effectively a vapor barrier on the room side, so moisture cannot escape toward the air you are drying.
With clear direction, small air volume means moisture saturates every room within hours, so there is no comfortable dry side to retreat to.
For a smoother recovery, standing water inside a supply duct or the crossover duct gets pushed through the home each time the system runs.
Helpful service information
For a smoother recovery, start with the short explanation. As the property gets back on track, open a card if you want a little more detail.
With clear direction, floors are typically decked in particleboard over relatively shallow floor joists, glued and stapled as a system.
From cleanup toward a fresh start, manufactured homes are built to the federal HUD Code, which produces a very different set of materials from a site built house.
As the property gets back on track, that film behaves like a vapor barrier on the room side, so moisture in the gypsum core cannot escape toward the dry air you are creating in the room.
With clear direction, the vinyl face on a panel wall is the detail that catches inexperienced crews. As the property gets back on track, that film behaves like a vapor barrier on the room side, so moisture in the gypsum core cannot escape toward the dry air you are creating in the room.
With clear direction, a single section home holds a fraction of the air a two story house does, so evaporating water pushes relative humidity up very quickly and evaporation then stalls.
With clear direction, air volume is the quiet variable in a home this size. With clear direction, a single section home holds a fraction of the air a two story house does, so evaporating water pushes relative humidity up very quickly and evaporation then stalls.
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Get a Quote: (866) 736-0707Common questions
As the property gets back on track, it depends entirely on the deck material. With clear direction, most manufactured homes use particleboard decking, and once it has swelled or lost its bond it does not recover, so those sections come out.
From cleanup toward a fresh start, as a national estimate, one wet room with a few days of drying commonly runs $900 to $2,500.
With clear direction, three reasons. From cleanup toward a fresh start, the decking is often particleboard rather than plywood, and the walls are vinyl faced gypsum panels joined with battens rather than taped drywall.
For a smoother recovery, the bottom few inches are usually the problem, because panels sit on the deck and wick water upward.
For a smoother recovery, that is a separate recovery guide from the work inside your home, and our under house water removal page covers it in full.
For a smoother recovery, extraction usually finishes in one to three hours. With clear direction, drying then takes about three to five days for a typical loss, sometimes less because there is less material.
For a smoother recovery, yes, and it is one of the most commonly missed steps. For a smoother recovery, supply ducts run inside the floor and the crossover duct links the sections on a double wide, so water sits in them and gets blown through the home.
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Describe the source, the impacted rooms, and when you first noticed the damage.
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