Serving Lakeland and Polk County
Lakeland sits on I-4 between Tampa and Orlando in Polk County, whose county seat is Bartow. Polk is one of Florida’s largest counties, full of lakes and small cities, and we serve homeowners from Lakeland and Mulberry to Winter Haven, Auburndale, Haines City, Lake Wales and Davenport.
With so many 55+ communities, family parcels and parks across the county, Polk has a wide range of home ages. Older homes often have original straps and Type I anchors from before HUD adopted its July 13, 1994 wind standard; newer homes have a manufacturer’s setup manual that spells out anchor loads and tie points. We work to whichever standard applies to your home.
Polk County wind zone & storm notes
Polk County is in HUD Wind Zone II. Every Florida county is in Wind Zone II or III, so even inland homes are built and anchored for high wind. Polk County knows what back-to-back storms can do. The National Weather Service notes that in 2004 Polk, Hardee and Highlands counties were hit by a third storm in just six weeks when Jeanne followed Charley and Frances across central Florida.
Wind zones: 24 CFR 3280.305.
A tip for Lakeland homeowners
Polk County has a lot of lakefront and low ground. If your home is near a lake or in an area that holds water after a storm, have the anchors checked for corrosion at the strap connection, where rust often starts first.
Mobile home services in Lakeland, FL
- Tie-down retrofits and tie-down replacement: re-anchoring your Lakeland home to Florida’s Rule 15C-1 standards.
- Mobile home releveling: resetting piers and shims when the home has settled.
- Insurance tie-down inspections, including Citizens tie-down inspection repairs.
- Tie-downs for buying and selling, ready for the engineer’s foundation certification.
- Hurricane tie-down checks before the season and after a storm.
Communities we cover near Lakeland
- Winter Haven
- Bartow
- Auburndale
- Mulberry
- Haines City
- Lake Wales
- Davenport
- Lake Alfred
Don’t see your town? We serve all of Florida. Call (352) 339-3543 and we’ll get you on the schedule.