Amazing video thank you so much. We have an 1892 farm house that slopes pretty severely from north to south and we're trying to figure out what to do. Most of the rim joists (what remains of them) are below grade and very rotted. I think I'll have to dig down in order to get jacks underneath whatever remains. Far as I can tell there are no floor joists. It looks like they just laid wooden beams on the ground and put floorboards directly on top of them. Any particular tips for that situation? BTW this video is severely under-viewed! Should be in hundreds of thousands!!
Thanks for taking the time to show the video on how to be safe and work smart. I have two questions. How deep was the footing ? Can a 20 ton bottle jack lift an outside corner up two inches on a townhouse ? Thanks
So technically that would be a structural load question depending on the weight of your house and the solidity of your soil. So I couldn't say 100%, but that being said in most cases as long as your footings aren't too far apart 24 in down seems to work unless you're in mud or sand. Also I think it's really good to widen the base of the post so it's like an elephant foot really wide at the base so if you're using a 12-in tube cut open the bottom to be more like 20 or 24
@@TheRegenerativeHome Thank you for the information. this is going to be in The Florida sand I don’t think my problem it was as complicated as yours. It’s metal poles going to the Sand that has settled so I think I have to do a separate the floor from the pier going down and put some shims. in my perfect world lol
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Thank you! This is extremely helpful. I have an old house from the 1840's and I will have to do this at some point in the near future.
Awesome. Glad it was helpful l!
Amazing video thank you so much. We have an 1892 farm house that slopes pretty severely from north to south and we're trying to figure out what to do. Most of the rim joists (what remains of them) are below grade and very rotted. I think I'll have to dig down in order to get jacks underneath whatever remains. Far as I can tell there are no floor joists. It looks like they just laid wooden beams on the ground and put floorboards directly on top of them. Any particular tips for that situation? BTW this video is severely under-viewed! Should be in hundreds of thousands!!
Thank you! Digging out is the answer
Thanks for taking the time to show the video on how to be safe and work smart. I have two questions. How deep was the footing ? Can a 20 ton bottle jack lift an outside corner up two inches on a townhouse ? Thanks
So technically that would be a structural load question depending on the weight of your house and the solidity of your soil. So I couldn't say 100%, but that being said in most cases as long as your footings aren't too far apart 24 in down seems to work unless you're in mud or sand. Also I think it's really good to widen the base of the post so it's like an elephant foot really wide at the base so if you're using a 12-in tube cut open the bottom to be more like 20 or 24
@@TheRegenerativeHome Thank you for the information. this is going to be in The Florida sand I don’t think my problem it was as complicated as yours. It’s metal poles going to the Sand that has settled so I think I have to do a separate the floor from the pier going down and put some shims. in my perfect world lol