Sep 30, 2010 · I have always used screw jacks for leveling. Raise the jack about 1/4 turn every few days or once per week. You just can't get the gradual precision with any other kind of jack. Snatch it up with a bottle jack and something's going to …

Feb 21, 2020 · I have a couple of 50 ton hydraulic jacks I used for lifting when I had to level some floors in this house. I picked them up for a farm supply store of all places. But remember, you are not lifting the entire house at once. Only a very small portion. I've some lift a section with a 4 ton hydraulic jack. That is a little too small for my preference.

Nov 28, 2017 · I use 2, 20 ton bottle jacks for this job. I set the jack on a short piece of 2 X 12 to spread out the load and I made up a simple 4 X 4 piece of 1/2" steel and welded a short piece of of steel pipe to set on the piston to also spread out the load so it does not just crush the end grain of the 4 X 4 I'm using to do the lifting.

Jan 25, 2017 · My plan is to get things leveled out over the next year. I have house screw jacks and a self-leveling laser (a whole Bosch setup with detector and all), and a significant amount of 4x4s and 6x6s to use as cribbing. I do understand that I may need to/want to re-pour some footings, and replace some piers, and do some seismic bracing.

Nov 18, 2014 · The house I'm buying is 1 bad storm away from a teardown. My budget is small, I'm on a fixed income. You may think a $5000 footer and pier system is a good idea, but believe me - as an ex-resident of New Orleans, even stone piers can support the weight of …

Nov 5, 2010 · This is usually done by very slowly lifting the beam with a series of jacks, usually screw jacks because they can be closely controlled. The beam is usually jacked a bit further than level, since it is going to settle back down after the jacks are removed. Jacking is not rocket science, but it is difficult to avoid damage to the house.

Feb 10, 2007 · We removed a load bearing wall on first floor of two story house. Using two 1 3/4 x 9 1/2 LVL beams nailed together for the 10 foot span. We will use the screw jacks only in the crawl space since they will be short. We were scared off from using the jacks to support the beam inside the house because of all the negative comments we heard.

Jun 1, 2023 · You need to use hydraulic jacks to raise that house. Probably (6-10) 40 ton jacks and wood 6x6s placed on solid rebar reinforced concrete footers. Jack them all up slowly. Make sure the new footers are large enough, 2'x2' minimum so there is room to place a permanent support column under a beam to hold the house up, next to the hydraulic jacks.

Feb 5, 2010 · Then you've got both jacks available to setup the second beam while the 1st is in place. This should really be the case if one side of the beam already has the next joist upto it's final height. When you take the 1st beam down after the 2nd beam is in position, the "next" josit to work on should pretty much be in position.

Oct 16, 2010 · - Put bottle jacks on top of pillars - put the 4x4x16' on top of bottle jacks - use long drywall screws to screw 4x4 into floor joists, to hold 4x4 in place while jacking - Jack house until level - Use simpson strong tie metal shims to shim the low spots. Stack/weld together where more than a couple are needed