On 03/20/2018 02:04 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:11:10 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 03/20/2018 06:44 AM, wrote:
Hi My family is considering adding another level onto our house. A another idea occurred to me but im not sure if it is a real option. We have a crawl space that runs the length of the house. I know that houses are sometimes jacked up to repair the foundation, are houses ever jacked up in order to make a crawlspace a lower level? If the house could be raised that high, then the beams could be replaced with longer beams. Is that possible?
Thanks


When faced with that situation, my parents started digging.
As long as that doesn't produce an indoor swimming pool - - -


It did most springs or sometimes during the January thaw. When I was a
few months old my parents went to stay with my uncle when the water got
above the coal grate. You just learned to keep an eye on the creek and
start moving your toys to high ground.