Serving Palatka and Putnam County
Palatka is the county seat of Putnam County, on the west bank of the St. Johns River. Putnam County is lake and river country, from Interlachen and the lakes on the west side to Crescent City, Welaka, Pomona Park and San Mateo along the river.
Homes near the water and on low ground live with damp conditions underneath, and moisture is hard on steel straps, anchor heads and the shims under a home. When we inspect in Putnam County we pay close attention to corrosion at the strap-to-anchor connection and to piers that have settled into soft ground, because those are the two things that let a home move and go out of level.
Putnam County wind zone & storm notes
Putnam 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. Putnam County sits between the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, so it can feel storms from either side. Long rain events matter here as much as wind: saturated ground under a home can let piers sink, which shows up as sticking doors and cracked panels afterward.
Wind zones: 24 CFR 3280.305.
A tip for Palatka homeowners
After a wet season, check your doors and windows. If they started sticking after heavy rain, the piers may have settled into soft ground. Mobile home releveling in Putnam County often includes replacing undersized pads so the home stays level the next time the ground gets soaked.
Mobile home services in Palatka, FL
- Tie-down retrofits and tie-down replacement: re-anchoring your Palatka 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 Palatka
- Interlachen
- Crescent City
- East Palatka
- San Mateo
- Welaka
- Pomona Park
- Satsuma
- Hollister
Don’t see your town? We serve all of Florida. Call (352) 339-3543 and we’ll get you on the schedule.