how hard is it to jack up a house to fix the foundation?
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its damn hard... we had to do that to my mothers house and crack a bunch of drywall in the process and the real problem was that the seal plate was rotted to so there wasnt much to hold onto...
but we braced across the floor joists and evenly raised (with trailer jacks) the end of the house until it was high enough to rework the foundation and replace the seal plate about a 2 day job with lots of help
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You can buy screwjacks at any home store. If you're looking at raising the whole home off the foundation, that is complicated and expensive.
You can buy screwjacks at any home store. If you're looking at raising the whole home off the foundation, that is complicated and expensive.
Very hard trying not to damage the house
um, you best leave that to a professional
please don't try this yourself, call a professional.
the fact that you are asking should tell you how hard it is,
Omg That's alot of work Good Luck.You also need a permit when you do that
Are you trying to do it yourself? If so, I suggest you hire someone.
Are you wondering if your quote is bogus? Get several quotes.
Are you wondering what it will do to your house? I have no idea.
apparently, not too bad. my bf just did it to our house, so....
next to landing men on the moon AND bringing them back alive, not so hard (they probably did it on This Old House - check it out
if the foundation is messed up, think about a new house. otherwise its gonna be really really hard and/or expensive.
by your self very hard if u dont know what ur doin my suggestion would be call a contractor that does it 4 a living
very hard .get a pro to do that for you ,
i have some experience at raising homes, in my case it was to actually move the house, but in this case you only want to raise the house and you only have to lift it about six inches,so it would not be that hard. it really depends on the kind of house you have. some are easy and the majority are hard and you always run into unexpected problems. so without more info, not much else to add.