This question comes up more than you might think. People see pictures of a house sitting several feet in the air and wonder what happened to the roof. In many cases, the answer is nothing. The roof stays right where it is. With House Lifting in CT, we can often raise the house as one […]
Older Connecticut homes can have a few surprises hiding underneath them. A house may have started small, then somebody added a kitchen, family room, porch, or bedroom years later. Before you know it, one house can be sitting on two or even three different types of foundations. Part of it might have a full basement […]
Cribbing is one of those things most homeowners never think about until they see a house sitting up in the air. During House Lifting in, cribbing is what helps hold the home up while the work is going on. It is made from heavy wood blocks stacked in a careful pattern. You can think of […]
Most people know we handle all types of structural Lifting in CT, but not everybody realizes a house can sometimes be lifted and moved to a completely different location. That surprises people when we bring it up. Maybe the house is worth saving but the lot is changing. Maybe a homeowner decided to purchase new […]
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 house is already leaning a little before we ever touch it. Maybe one corner settled years ago. Maybe the foundation moved. Maybe the floors have had a slope for so long that the homeowner barely notices it anymore. We see that kind of thing with House Lifting in CT, and it does not […]
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, […]