[poconojay]

Hello everyone long time reader new member. I am looking at buying this home. Double wide on crawlspace. I am familiar with foundations in general but this one is odd. Blocks pushed out of wall by themselves cracks in all four corners. I have never seen individual blocks pushed out of wall before with rest of wall basically intact. Anyone encountered this before. Any insight greatly appreciated.

 

[poconojay]

Here are some pics thanks.

 

[Msradell]

That looks really strange, I've never seen anything quite like that before. Can you get into the crawlspace and look at what's going on from the inside?

 

[poconojay]

Thanks for the reply. I went into the crawlspace and checked walls with a level. Nothing in depth but a general level check and all walls close to dead on. Double wide on foundation have what looks to be a larger I beam structure than tie down ones I have seen. Thought I beam structure might have shifted or foundation shift but did not line up with block dislocation.

 

[ZTMAN]

Must be water getting in the webs and freezing

 

[BigJim]

Must be water getting in the webs and freezing

That is what I thought or maybe they popped a block out to get to something, but you said it was ok from inside, it has to be water freezing then, that is all I can think of.

 

[joed]

That looks like it has been pushed out by something on the inside.

 

[Msradell]

I certainly agree with what the other guy said, it definitely looks like water got in the webs and froze cracking the block face off.

 

[griz]

Out here perimeter mobile home foundations, usually CMU's, are not structural.

Unit is self supporting with no perimeter support.

As you saw there are tie downs in place and usually two strips of concrete poured to set piers on.

 

[poconojay]

I know there are some soil issues evidenced by the other pics below. Inside the building all doors and windows open as the should. Unfortunately because the walls are boards and not drywall cannot find clear evidence of cracking.

 

[ChuckF.]

Look for problems in the structure above that area, like the siding maybe, that could lead to water leaking into the blocks. Also at the point where the structure sits on the block. Is there flashing on the siding or whatever is above the block, that extends below where the block begins, so water can't just roll off the wood and into the block?

 

[Mingledtrash]

I would bet that being as its a mobile there is no footing under the blocking for the skirt also when you paint/seal blocks it traps moisture inside which freezes breaking off the face as others have said.

 

[melving.crane]

Yes it's bit weird and I've never seen anything like this before. I think somehow water leakage causing such issue.