Lifted the garage today. I have to say I'm a bit nervous to get that big puppy off the ground. None of the studs or corner posts are touching the ground.
Today I've cleaned out the concrete, dirt and debris. I've laid a frame for the concrete.
This picture shows the space created by the jacks--to bad I have to take the whole thing up five more inches! The one side has sunk almost a foot over the 92 years. Concrete will mend the space under the structure and give me a place to lay a new pressure treated sole plate.
The bottom of this two by has been eaten away. With a new footing and sole plate, new pressure treated two by studs should keep that side of the garage from sinking. That is if the thing doesn't fall in on me.
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Really thinking I would've just leveled the damn thing and had it look like an accident.
My insurance company came out to look. They gave me enough to replace the garage door. The leaning garage was not covered as it was due to age. The thing is if heavy snow or wind knocked the thing down they would have paid for it. I don't really thing that would have ever happened, naturally. My insurance company sent me a letter telling me I had to fix it, now that they saw it.
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