Working near the Connecticut shoreline is its own kind of job. The houses can sit close together, the roads can be tight, and the weather can turn on you fast. With House Lifting in CT, coastal work usually takes a little more planning because the site gives you less room to work with. At High […]
Most of the homeowners that we talk with are very happy staying in the house they currently reside in. This is because they like the environment, have many years of memories there, and are comfortable with their neighbors. In most cases, the only thing is that the house they live in may be very low […]
When people think about House Lifting in CT, they usually think about flood protection first. It does make sense, particularly on the shoreline of Connecticut. However, there is another aspect to this that is often left out. It makes the house very desirable when you go to sell it. Buyers like seeing a home that […]
Sometimes a foundation crack is just a crack. Other times, it is the house trying to tell you something bigger is going on. We have walked plenty of properties where the homeowner thought they only needed a patch, then we found floors that were dropping, walls pulling apart, or parts of the house sitting lower […]
Older beach cottages have a lot of charm, but they were not always built with today’s flood rules in mind. Some sit low to the ground. Some have older foundations that have taken years of salt air, storms and wet weather. That is where house lifting can make a real difference. At High Caliber Contracting, […]
Sometimes the best move is not adding more house across the yard. It is using the height you have already gained. We see this on a lot of House Lifting in projects in Connecticut. Once the home is raised, homeowners start looking at the open space below and thinking about what it could become. Storage […]
Not every house is an easy lift, but a lot more homes can be raised than people think. That is one thing we see all the time with House Lifting in Connecticut. Some homes look simple from the street, then once we start checking the framing, foundation, and support points, the real story comes out. […]
If you have never hired a company to lift a house before, you are probably wondering where to even start. We understand. This is something that most individuals only do once in their lifetime. Given the specialist nature of house lifting in Connecticut, it makes sense to take your time and ask lots of questions. […]
A slab home is a different kind of job. When you’re dealing with House Lifting in Connecticut, a lot of people picture a house with a crawl space or a basement under it. A slab-on-grade home is not built that way. The concrete slab is right there under the house, and many of the utilities […]
This was a big one for us. High Caliber Contracting recently handled a large House Lifting project in Darien, CT, and this home was a whopping 5000 square feet. It was an direct waterfront property, so flood code was a major part of the job. The house needed to go up 7 feet, which is […]