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, […]
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 […]
When we talk with homeowners about House Lifting in Connecticut, one question comes up a lot. How do you keep the house level while it is being lifted? That’s a good question, because nobody wants their home lifted unevenly or rushed. At High Caliber Contracting, we take that part seriously. A house may look solid […]
One of the first questions people ask about House Lifting in CT is what happens to the plumbing and electrical during the job. That makes sense because nobody wants to hear the house is getting lifted without knowing what happens to all the important stuff connected underneath it. At High Caliber Contracting, we walk homeowners […]