Reliable House Lifting By Jacks at Affordable Cost

Overall, you can expect to pay between 30,000 and 10,00,000. We will touch on this in a second; the wide range is due to various factors that affect the final price (such as house size and foundation status).

Raising a house generally takes from one week to up to several, depending on the foundation types. We can give an estimate once we’ve had the chance to see your home.

The new floor can be a wood-framed floor like that typically found in houses with basement or crawlspace foundations, but it could also be an elevated concrete slab. The primary advantage of lifting the house without the slab is that this method makes for a lighter structure and therefore less difficult to lift.

The solution to sagging floors or damaged sill and joist ends that contribute to them often involves jacking. A common scenario is installing temporary jack posts and support beams, then permanent ones over new footings once the old has been repaired.

When the soil underneath a foundation starts to shift, various parts of it may sink into the ground. As a result, the foundation will no longer lay flat against the ground. Because of this, it’s not safe to assume that your house is settling simply because there are cracks in the foundation.

A 12-ton hydraulic bottle jack placed on a set of beams and lifting against a beam running perpendicular to the floor joists should raise one corner or side of a house. Work slowly, lifting only 1/8 inch per day—to avoid cracking drywall or plaster—as you do so.