Jacking must proceed slowly.
How to jack up a wood floor.
Keep an eye on the girder so that it does not get out of position and try to roll.
Jack up that portion of the house and place new footers.
As with other structural repairs jacking must also be done appropriately.
You cannot jack up a house in one day.
It took a long time for your floor to sink so you can t push it back up quickly without causing cracks and stress in the building.
Stack 8 x 12 blocks two wide in a criss cross pattern until they as close to the bottom of the girders as possible.
In this series i am taking an old 10 x 14 foot pre fab shed and making it a finished office and.
Slowly jack up the floor.
Anything involving 20 ton house jacks will take time.
You cannot simply put a screw jack under the lowest spot and start turning.
Once the floor is at the right level jack it up just a little bit higher.