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Jacking Up a House
Oct. 2nd, 2015 11:38 pmOne of the things we have had to do this summer was to jack up the back end of the 2-family Italianate house that we have been working on. The land behind the house slopes down toward the back wall, and over the years soil was deposited against the back wall causing it to rot away at the bottom. The back wall had sunken down about 2 inches and was weak and unsupported. Inside, the floor pitched like a roller coaster. This was a problem that desperately needed correcting.
1.
Soil is deposited against the bottom of the back wall of the house, and a thin concrete berm was poured against the siding to try to correct the problem.
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The architect recommended lowering the ground level directly behind the house and sloping it away from the foundation. This meant digging down about 18 inches in an area 5 feet wide by 25 feet long. There were lots of tree roots that had to be cut and removed. We piled the dirt up in the back 12 feet of the yard and leveled it out. This meant that there was a difference in height of more than 2 feet.
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1.
Soil is deposited against the bottom of the back wall of the house, and a thin concrete berm was poured against the siding to try to correct the problem.
2.
The architect recommended lowering the ground level directly behind the house and sloping it away from the foundation. This meant digging down about 18 inches in an area 5 feet wide by 25 feet long. There were lots of tree roots that had to be cut and removed. We piled the dirt up in the back 12 feet of the yard and leveled it out. This meant that there was a difference in height of more than 2 feet.
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