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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 28 May 2017 10:15am
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Just starting a generic thread for the ways to lift level and even raise cabins.
Things like special jacks, types of jacks, posts, cranes, hydraulics, whatever.
Also we once had a crane come in and lift our fairly large boathouse off our eroding beach and move it to the other side and back of the beach. It was fast and cheap. I'll post old pictures when I find and scan them.
Here's one:
House-lifting technology could save homes | Christchurch Earthquake 2011 | Stuff.co.nz
http://i.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/8260661/House-liftin g-technology-could-save-homes
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 3 Jun 2017 10:37pm
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water level
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sorOPOY_F2c
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 30 Jul 2017 09:27am
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Cottage Lifted and Leveled On Surprising Budget | Postech Screw Piles Winnipeg – The Blog
https://winnipegscrewpiles.com/2016/01/26/cottage-lifted-and-leveled-on-surprising-bu dget/
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creeky
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# Posted: 30 Jul 2017 12:09pm
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wow. that winnipeg job was cool. I might try something like that for my washroom. I was planning something more along. Brace it. Chainsaw the wood posts. Drop it to level. Nail some 2x4 straps onto the old post. Done. I have extra screwpiles left over from a deck and the winter bedroom. Hmmm.
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:02pm - Edited by: KinAlberta
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I've toyed with the idea of running extra long I-beams under our cabin and then building a deck / porch on the extra length. The extension would provide future access to the I- beams rather than having them under the building's perimeter walls.
As a quick temporary fix to our old outhouse (where the hole was caving in beyond the perimeter, and the bottom plate was rotting, I lifted the outhouse and slid under it 8'x8' PT framing. Then put 2x4 decking where the framing extended beyond the edge of the building but covered up the sloping soil which was exposing the pit.
Now I get to joke that our outhouse has a wrap around sundeck. With the bigger base it will be easy to just drag it off the old hole to a new location (ie on to a trailer headed to the dump)
Did the same with an old single size boathouse ~7'x14' that had originally been built without a floor (sat on a sandy beach) and then a floor was later set inside it on odd dimensioned hardwood skids (quasi joists) running widthwise.
I wanted to move it but couldn't skid it sideways so I needed new lengthwise skids under it anyways. So I just jacked it (and of course the floor started to drop out of it, but I managed to slide new joists to the old skids. This supported the floor. Then I just added new lengthwise skids and dragged the building to a new location.
Would have been nice to have the joists end under the wall (7') but that would have been s ton of work on an ancient shed. I used 8' and again created a weird 'building on a deck' look.
Bottom line. Fast one man one afternoon jobs that improve my flexibility for future levelling and moving these old buildings.
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2017 08:53am - Edited by: KinAlberta
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About 30 years ago I bought a basic water level and have no idea where it went. I'm sure it will still be in its original packaging at the bottom of some box somewhere.
So... I guess it's time to buy another. This looks interesting:
WatrLevel - Home Page
http://watrlevel.com/index.htm
Uses:
http://watrlevel.com/uses.htm
Anyone familiar with water levels? I like the idea of them going around corners (buildings, decks...) However this site mentions that the basic water levels can be problematic, hence their product.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 31 Jul 2017 10:03pm
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Make your own water level with a garden hose, fittings and clear tubing on each end. Or, do like the Egyptians and make a long trough and fill with water. Sections of gutter might work.
Professional house movers use hydraulic jacks that are all interconnected hydraulically, so they all act at the same time. Kind of cool- the whole house floating on hydraulic fluid.
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2017 10:28am
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Quoting: bldginsp Kind of cool- the whole house floating on hydraulic fluid
If a 747 can float on less than 1psi (differential), then floating a house on hydraulic fluid is a piece of cake. lol
Tim
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 2 Sep 2019 11:39pm
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I bought one of these last year but haven’t had a chance to try it out:
WL25 Water Level – Zircon Corporation
https://www.zircon.com/tools/wl25-water-level/
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 2 Sep 2019 11:43pm - Edited by: KinAlberta
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Corrected link:
Cottage Lifted and Leveled On Surprising Budget | Postech Screw Piles Winnipeg – The Blog https://www.manitobascrewpiles.ca/cottage-lifted-and-leveled-on-surprising-budget/Excerpt: “A lift to 6′ of a typical cottage will range from $20,000 to $30,000 and will vary based on size and landscape. Once a cottage is lifted or moved off the original foundation, a deep foundation can be installed. Because the cottage was built with X amount of original supports (likely posts) the same number of piles is typically required. With a typical deep foundation ranging from $6,000 to $20,000 for a cottage, very quickly the overall cost of a foundation stabilization project can hit $30,000 or more.†“Below is a slideshow of a project completed in 2015 where the customer’s cottage was lifted approximately 2 feet from original height and where the foundation was replaced with heavy duty screw piles installed from the perimeter of the building and two through the floor of the cottage. We have included before, during and after pictures.â€
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aktundra
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# Posted: 3 Sep 2019 12:33am
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Thanks for the link KinAlberta -
My place was build 37 years ago on railroad ties. Not a great foundation for movement and I need a way to adjust. Since the foundation doesn’t have solid beams underneath, I’ll probably dig, Jack it up, then put ibeams to stabilize it. That link gives me some ideas. Being off grid adds a little complexity.
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