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Joseph Meehan
 
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Alan McKay wrote:
First you need a solid concrete footing.


Got a good floor under there - concrete


Floors are not designed to handle the stress, you should put in good
footers. Exactly what is needed depends on the local soil conditions.


Dont use hydraulic jacks if
your jacking will effect diferent floors


What do you mean? If I don't have a concrete one?
And why are screw jacks better?


Use the screw jacks. They are cheaper and not likely to blow a seal in
5 years.


Is it just a
sagging floor or an unlevel area , how big.


Tomato, TomAHto. Aren't they the same thing?
Most of my main 2 rooms (small house - each room
is 15' x 15' roughly) sags towards a point near the
center of the two rooms


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