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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When we walk a house lifting job, we chalk the ground, measure clearances, and talk about two options in plain terms. Lift-in-place means we raise your home straight up, then a crew comes in to fix or build the new foundation, then set it back down right where it was. It’s the quick, clean route […]
When a home sits by a marsh, river, or cove, the rules tighten—and that’s fine by us. Before any house lifting in CT, we walk the site with the owner, note wet spots and tide reach, and talk with the town’s wetlands agent. If permits are needed from the inland wetlands commission or CT DEEP, […]
At High Caliber Contracting, we love when house lifting in CT does more than protect a home—it improves it. If we’re already elevating your house, this is the best time to add a real basement, a clean, dry garage, or a storage area. This provides additional space that can be used for storage, a home […]
At High Caliber Contracting, we’ve seen what big storms can do to Connecticut homes. Flooded basements, ruined floors, and foundations that just can’t take it anymore. House Lifting is one of the best ways to bounce back. By raising a home, we keep water where it belongs—outside—and give your place a stronger base for the […]
High Caliber Contracting lifted a beach house at Shell Beach in Guilford, CT, over 10 feet to meet flood code and enhance ocean views
At High Caliber Contracting, we recently completed a house lifting project in Guilford, CT. The house had been leaning by almost 10 inches because it was originally built on tiny brick piers without footings. This caused a lot of problems for the homeowners, so they reached out to us for help. Our team started by […]