Give Your House A Lift

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Elevating your home is no big joke. There are many factors that you have to keep in mind while messing with the foundation of your home. You have to make sure that it is done in the hands of experts who use specialized equipment to lift your home. You should not even try doing this on your own. This is again a very slim possibility because there is a lot of specialized equipment and training required and this is not something that can be done by reading things off a manual or a guidebook. In any case, if you somehow have come across a book that will show you how to life your house up, the wisest choice would be to not attempt it all.

This is because lifting your home is not as simple as just operating some hydraulic equipment which is complex in itself. There is a lot of wiring and re enforcing work to be done that needs to be carefully attended to. Therefore this is best left in the hands of the experts that have experience in such matters. You can get in touch with such experts with a quick search of the internet.

Most of the times lifting your house is done to protect it against floods. If your house is in a low lying area that is prone to floods, your house becomes very susceptible to damage. Therefore in such cases, lifting your house becomes mandatory. However, doing this to your house would cost you a lot of money. The good news is the government realizes the need of the people and it has allocated fixed grant money for you to be able to lift your house.

With the help of this, you dont have to spend anything from your pocket in order to lift your house. You can make sure that all the expenses are taken care of by the government. You have to fill in some paper work for this of course. 

Most of the times, the lifting company that you call will help to fill and clear up your paper work. Also these companies would offer insurance against lifting so that any damage that may occur while lifting your house would be covered by the policy. Therefore you can raise your house with total confidence that all your expenses are taken care of.

Most of these professional companies have certified people working on the lifting process. They also have specialized hydraulic lifts that are placed in strategic locations to be able to life your house. After your house is lifted, the foundation is re enforced for the stability of your home. This will make sure that your house is steady even after the entire process and will last this way for years to come.

House Lifting

How to Lift a Home

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It is not uncommon to lift a house to remodel, adapt to a high-flood area or move one's house to a different location. Leaving this job to the professionals may seem like the easiest route, but it can get very expensive. There are some steps you can take to lift a home in the event you are considering taking on this task yourself.

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Hydraulic jacks
• 4-foot timbers
• 50-foot I-beams

 

• Turn off all utilities, such as gas, water and electricity. The last thing you want is a gas line to break during the process.

• Move into the crawlspace below the house to remove any water or gas pipes that are in the way.

• Remove any plaster, concrete or other material that is connecting the home to the ground or foundation.

• Place the I-beams into position under the home. The I-beams should be raised using hydraulic jacks, one at the end of each beam.

• Raise the house using the hydraulic jacks no more than 18 inches.

• Insert enough 4-foot timbers in the space by cross-stacking them. This cross-stacking is sometimes called cribbing.

• Raise the home 18 more inches and insert additional timbers for more cribbing.

• Continue to raise the home until it is about 12 feet off the ground or foundation. The final height will depend largely on the purpose of raising the home. If, for example, you want to build an additional floor underneath your house, you may need to raise it even higher.

 

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