New Way House Moving is available to lift your structure to protect it from flooding, add a basement/level, add headroom to your existing basement, or for commercial renovations. The hydraulic jacking pump synchronizes the pressure to the jacks so that the whole building will lift evenly without racking. This keeps the cracks in the drywall or plaster to a minimum and sometimes non-existent.
FLOODING:
Each year different areas of the country get more rain than what the local rivers, canals and storm drains can handle. If you’re home or local business is in one of these areas and has been flooded once or many times, we can help. You will need to find out from the town where the 100 year flood plain is for your property. Lifting above this level will give you added protection from the big storms and many times will cut your flood insurance drastically. Sometimes houses need lifted just one block (8 inches) and sometimes they need 12 feet or more. No matter what height you would like to lift your structure, New Way House Moving can handle your project with ease and support it in place while your mason builds the foundation up underneath.
ADDING ANOTHER STORY:
Many people don’t realize that adding a second or third story under a lifted house can be a viable option. This option means that you don’t have to waste time and money in removing and rebuilding a perfectly good roof as well as cleaning or remodeling the story under the roof. New Way House Moving can lift the existing structure up 9 feet to 12 feet to just above the new desired height. A new wood floor system is then built on the existing foundation walls and exterior frame walls set in place. Once all the bearing points are in place, New Way House Moving will return and set the house down onto the newly constructed first floor.
ADDING HEAD ROOM TO YOUR BASEMENT OR CRAWLSPACE:
If you live in a house with only a 6 foot basement, a partial basement or even just a crawlspace, then this service could be an excellent choice for you. In this case, there are two different options or combinations that are available. Option one is to raise your house to an elevation that gives you the desired head room in your basement area. Option two is to support your house right where it is and excavate below it for the desired basement space. Any combination of those options is also a possibility and we would be happy to discuss those options with you to figure out what the best solution would be.
COMMERCIAL RENOVATION:
When your business needs more space there are several solutions that we can help with. We can lift the roof of your structure up to give you added height. Whether you have a residential type building or a large warehouse roof, we have the expertise and the equipment to lift the roof up 1 foot or 30 feet to give you as much space as you need.
CONCRETE SLAB FLOORS:
New Way House Moving has lifted and moved many structures along with their concrete floors. For a residential or business, we can lift the slab floor right up with the building. Once lifted, there must at least a 4 foot crawl space built under it and permanent steel beams set under it every 5 feet for support. The alternative to lifting the slab floor would be to lift the house up off the slab. This would require the entire lower floor of the house to be emptied (lower cabinets, furniture, appliances, bathroom fixtures, etc.) and the steel lifting beams to be installed through the frame walls at approximately 3 feet to 4 feet above the floor. Once the house has been lifted, the foundation walls can be built up and new wood floor system built. Then the house will be set back down onto the wood floor system. This will require a significant amount of remodeling (dry walling, painting, etc.) to be done on the lower 4 feet of walls.