Recent content by helio905

That makes me feel better. So would you say that the house is stable? What I mean to ask is I have never seen the suddles walls like this before. And I didnot want to go jacking whithout asking. Do you know how this kind of structure works. What keeps it from just falling right over?

ok toolguy, i went to photobucket and uplaoded my pics. I am not good at links so just go to there home page and search for helio905. I just put what I thought would be useful to you but I have alot more pics of the house. If you need a pic of something spec. just let me know and I can run over...

yes toolguy, the bottle jacks are directly on the 2/6 joist also they have some car stands on the joist. To me it looks like the silinders on the 3 joist busted and the joist fell. Plus they busted one of the joist with the head of the jack. Do I put new brick and release the preasure on the...

Thanks for the reply toolguy. But I can not afford a pro. I can pull the subfloor up to keep from getting crushed. I am just wondering is there a danger of the walls and roof caving in? Only the middle needs raised the footing and 2/6's are level at the ext. walls. I have pictures but the forum...

hello everyone, I have just bought a home. It has fire damage and owners before me have pulled eveything out of the house. It is a 1.5 story home with alot of work to be done. I came to this forum to aid me in the rebuilding of the home. Thanks to everyone in advance for all your help.

hello everyone, I have recently bought A home. It hase fire damage but is still a very nice home. Now that I have bought it I realized the mid of the floor has sunk about 4". After looking undernieth I saw several botlle jacks on the floor studs. This is a box house so how do I jack the floor...