Jacking must proceed slowly.
How to jack up a wood floor.
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.
It has to be jacked up slowly over days or even weeks to avoid cracking drywall plaster windows and even structural elements.
Stack 8 x 12 blocks two wide in a criss cross pattern until they as close to the bottom of the girders as possible.
Raising up a shed w a car jack and adding concrete blocks.
Anything involving 20 ton house jacks will take time.
As with other structural repairs jacking must also be done appropriately.
Jack up that portion of the house and place new footers.
Slowly jack up the floor.
You cannot jack up a house in one day.
In this series i am taking an old 10 x 14 foot pre fab shed and making it a finished office and.
Use a string to watch the floor come up.