DougLeary

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• Posted in thread: How to warp a door to fit a warped frame on 02-20-2012 at 11:53 AM
  After remodeling my basement I noticed that the hinge side of a new bathroom doorway (built by
  me) is almost 3/4" out of alignment at the bottom. I must have kicked it or something before
  attaching it...

• Posted in thread: house lifiting on 02-20-2012 at 11:33 AM
  I lifted my house about 8 years ago -- hired professional lifters and then did most of the
  inside work on the new rooms myself. They used an air jack system to do the actual lift, and
  used 8x8's for c...

• Posted in thread: Cinder block house-need some help on 02-20-2012 at 11:27 AM
  This is just a general question. I always thought a bearing wall bore a load above it, for
  example a wall on a lower floor that has an upper floor wall on top of it or crossing it. How
  can a wall unde...

• Posted in thread: Lifting my house on 10-02-2011 at 01:20 AM
  Russell -- In my house the joists originally rested on 8x8 horizontal timbers spaced about 8 ft
  apart. So if I were lifting my own house myself (which I definitely would NOT recommend doing
  except as ...

• Posted in thread: Lifting my house on 09-27-2011 at 12:39 AM
  But others contemplating a house lift might benefit from my photos. We had our 100-year-old
  house lifted 3 ft about 8 years ago to convert a crummy low-ceiling basement to nice clean open
  living space...