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Nesgroup address: alt.building.construction - Date & Time for the message: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:39:43 GMT
/ Author of the message: "Cudaman" |
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Re: Help with judging estimates (Cross-post from alt.home.repair)
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After being in the business for over 30 years, I have had my share of jobs that sound similar to this one. Jacking up the floor is an option, but depending on how much the floor has to be raised to be leval is something that has to be taken in consideration. Some of the problems that haven't been mentioned are: Door Openings. After a house settles over a period of time and goes through several owners, doors get cut down, resized, shaved here, shaved there. When you go to jack up the house, these doors begin to jamb shut. I have also seen windows crack because of there new found locations. Maybe, you might jack up the floor only half the distance and use some other method to finish the rest of the leveling. Sleeper flooring comes to mind, but it can be labor and material intensive. About the bounce in the flooring-- mid span girders--if this is a basement situation. If you have 14' of span from outside wall to center of building, then just |
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