The Woodside farmhouse is now high enough off the ground for a bobcat to drive under, according to the Woodside renovation blog, A Farmhouse in the City.
The house’s owners have had to lift the house (built around 1850) to replace its original foundation.
Next is to dig out the original foundation and excavate for a new one, then pour the new foundation, then lower the house back down.
From the blog: “I make it sound very simplistic but in reality house lifting is an extremely complicated process that involves a lot of beams, piers, bobcats, a hydraulic pump and a truck with gauges that measure all sorts of things like pressure and weight. From beginning to end, we estimate the house will be up in the air for about 4-6 weeks.”
Read the details and see lots of pictures of the house-lifting in the blog entitled, House Lifting.
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