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• Posted in thread: Need to raise my house... on 01-08-2007 at 06:51 PM
  None of this will get to happen. City officials held a meeting tonight and they're going to
  tear down the house. It's been idle for six years but when I try to go in and fix it up they
  decide to make ...

• Posted in thread: Need to raise my house... on 01-04-2007 at 08:28 PM
  I think I'll keep it open, then... and you're saying the roughly two feet of clearance should
  provide adequate ventilation, yes?

• Posted in thread: Need to raise my house... on 01-04-2007 at 04:35 PM
  It's a low area, but the house didn't flood during the hurricanes. There is no insulation on
  the under side of the house, but I do plan to add some once it's raised and leveled and I'm
  finished with a...

• Posted in thread: Need to raise my house... on 01-04-2007 at 03:41 PM
  What's all this about ventilation? I was planning to just run a lattice type of trim for
  skirting... most of the houses in the area don't have anything... can you give me links to
  something like what ...

• Posted in thread: Need to raise my house... on 01-03-2007 at 01:42 PM
  950 gross living area. 950 square feet. GLA is what we used when I worked in the appraisal
  department for a bank. Habits die hard, yes?The raise and level will be done by professionals.
  It's just that...

• Posted in thread: Don't mind me... on 01-03-2007 at 12:11 PM
  I'll be lurking a lot and asking questions when I can't find the answers.I've recently acquired
  a 40s-era pier house that needs a LOT of work. I've been wanting to do something like this for
  a long ti...

• Posted in thread: Need to raise my house... on 01-03-2007 at 11:58 AM
  I have a (roughly) 950gla house that was built in the 40s. I don't think it's ever been raised
  back to original height or even professionally leveled. I was out there last weekend and gave
  it a minor ...