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Need advice on raising/leveling my house
Posted on 7/28/15 at 11:13 am
Posted on 7/28/15 at 11:13 am
So I live in wild Metry, and like all places, my dirt shrinks and swells with the water table. This has caused my house to be all jacked up. Floors aren't flat, doors and windows don't close well, porch isn't level with the threshold anymore, etc.
It's a raised (1ft) 1300sqft house, and I want to get it raised another foot for access, and obviously leveled.
Can I do something like cable lock to prevent it from bending in half again? What kind of cost am I looking at? Any contractor recs around the area?
It's a raised (1ft) 1300sqft house, and I want to get it raised another foot for access, and obviously leveled.
Can I do something like cable lock to prevent it from bending in half again? What kind of cost am I looking at? Any contractor recs around the area?
This post was edited on 7/28/15 at 11:15 am
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Posted on 7/28/15 at 11:14 am to Hammertime
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Raising/leveling my house
Just adjust the air pressure in the tires.....BOOM, done
Posted on 7/28/15 at 11:15 am to Hammertime
Pier and beam is always going to need some leveling over time. Without pouring a substantial footing/foundation your going to have to level it periodically
Posted on 7/30/15 at 7:36 pm to Hammertime
So I found out that most of the joists are rotted out under my house, but the frame is still good. They're gonna have to dig a big hole under my entire house to replace them, and then they can jack up my house.
Got two quotes:
Cable lock = $80,000
Other foundation guy = $23,000
Moral of the story is not to waste your money on home inspectors. I had two look at my house before I bought it, and they missed multiple things, this one being the worst
Got two quotes:
Cable lock = $80,000
Other foundation guy = $23,000
Moral of the story is not to waste your money on home inspectors. I had two look at my house before I bought it, and they missed multiple things, this one being the worst
Posted on 7/30/15 at 8:20 pm to Hammertime
This guy did my old neighbors house. Came out very nice. He works all over the state.
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Posted on 7/30/15 at 8:32 pm to Hammertime
I've leveled a house before with a 10 ton porta power. But with only a foot of space underneath that probably won't work.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 8:47 pm to Hammertime
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Hammertime
No way you are a home owner
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