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Q> House Jacking?
Anyone have any experience with house jacking. I'm going to be trying to
figure out which is cheaper, jacking up the house about 6 inches or having the basement floor excavated (It's about a six inch slab). What are the pros and cons of each? @charter.net (hlherron) |
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I'm going to be trying to figure out which is cheaper, jacking up the house
about 6 inches or having the basement floor excavated (It's about a six inch slab). Obviously you need quotes from local firms that do each type of work. Before you proceed, exactly what are you trying to accomplish? More basement head room? Seems to me that getting advice from a competent structural engineer is absolutely vital at this point. He may point out that digging up the slab exposes the basement wall footings and that could be a problem. FWIW, my gut instinct says jacking up the house will be a better deal. Don't have personal experience, but there are a several houses nearby that were lifted and moved to new foundations with great success as part of a road improvement. HTH Joe |
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You have to not disturb the footings but digging down should be cheaper.
You will also have the option of floor radiant heating and insulating under the concrete with foamboard. I just went with the insulation as I get to -15f. Raising the house will require redoing all utilities and you will crack walls upatairs. |
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