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To: Theoria

So, rebuild the foundations. The houses, unless they have collapsed, should be sound enough to withstand the house being jacked up and for the foundation to be rebuilt in place of the old one.


8 posted on 06/07/2016 4:37:01 PM PDT by mia
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Repairing the homes requires replacing the entire foundation at costs that typically range from $100,000 to over $200,000.

17 posted on 06/07/2016 4:42:51 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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Back in the day my grandfather and I jacked up the house and repaired the foundation.

He was a boilermaker :-)

I was astounded that we could actually lift the whole house with those jacks and beams...didn’t even crack the drywall :-)


20 posted on 06/07/2016 4:45:25 PM PDT by Bobalu (Government treats you like a milk cow. If things get tough, they will treat you like a beef cow)
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To: mia
So, rebuild the foundations. The houses, unless they have collapsed, should be sound enough to withstand the house being jacked up and for the foundation to be rebuilt in place of the old one.

Yes. Have you seen what they are doing in London with the multi-million dollar 3 floor basements? There's a 50ish minute youtube video about it.

70 posted on 06/08/2016 5:47:23 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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