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I guess that information is what I was looking for. I would have assumed that if there is not continuous footing under the “load bearing” portions of the home, that it would not serve a real purpose because essentially it’s not holding any weight of the home. So that is what lead me to believe...

Apparently my property was lower on one side of home vs other, so piers were said to have been leveled based on the slope of the ground. When I look at it, it appears that ALL of the piers on the perimeter of my home are way higher than the piers under my home. The piers around the porches...

What the goal is here is to find out if the continuous footing placed around the porches (non load bearing... I think) instead of the main home (load bearing portions) has anything to do with the uneven floors and problems. We are honestly having to measure doors to be installed at angles to...

It was something the contractor used during my home elevation. He explained to me it’s purpose but I honestly wasn’t paying close attention and have forgotten.

I apologize for the duplicate response. Ap crashed and didn’t show it had posted and I can’t figure out how to delete 😬

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Thank you for responding. I understood the first 2 sentences and not another thing. I am a travel agent. I will have to google the info included in your suggestions and will respond once I learn what the i9t is and how in the world they would “get back up to level”. Does this mean that something...

Hi all. I am looking for advise on continuous footing. Just general advise on what things are considered when deciding where to place a continuous footing vs just putting individual supports. My home is really unleveled and I am pretty sure that the continuous footings being around the...

Yes I was able to confirm the rot... it was definitely rotten. However when I asked why my porch was separating his response was it was inevitable and it wasn't in his scope of work to fix it. There were no steps taken to prevent this. I don't have the time nor the money to sue, so I am making...

Sorry, my picture order got messed up.

Ok. So my husband says that the CMU's are all different as far as spacing. We measured 2 on the very back and one measured 11' 3" between them and another measured 12' there are 2 tie downs both on each end of the porch. There are about 15 CMU's on the interior of the deck and they are spaced...

Sorry to be a pain, what type of metal brackets, and where would those said brackets go?

Snoony B- when you say lever it, are we talking like a ratchet strap?

My home was elevated 2 foot. The original posts under the deck were simply wooden post concreted in the ground. Most of those were cut off at deck level and replaced with concrete blocks. (Picture below). The concrete blocks are still not anchored or attached to the home at all. The tie downs...

Hi. I am in need of some advise. So during a recent home elevation, one side of my back porch started to separate. Forgive me if I mess up on the specific terms related to the framing, but from what I understand the facial board that our deck was attached to, was rotten and fell apart during the...

Hi all. Thanks for allowing me to be part of your forums. My family is in the process of rebuilding our home after the historic flooding in August of last year. We were one of the homes that were required to elevate due to being "substantially" damaged (more than 50% of our home's value in...