What goes into ‘lifting’ houses?

What goes into ‘lifting’ houses?

Raising a house is a slow process. At first the structural investigation is carried out by the expert who helps determine the mass and stability of the building, then the topography of the area is checked. Then the method of lifting is selected, so that the whole house including the columns and slabs should be raised evenly to desired level as mentioned by the client.

The methods used by company can be vary from country to country. If talk about India manually operated jacks, hydraulic systems and steel beams are used. An average Indian house may need 200250 jacks to lift and separate the house from its foundation. This may take 15-20 days

What you should be known before going approaching the company?

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Age of the building.

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Number of floors.

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Kind of construction.

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Your neighbor.

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Problems like water logging.

Technologies can be used: There are many types of technology used today, from which some use manually operated jacks, others trust to use hydraulic systems and some use steel beams that go under the property to pull them.

Basically,they relocate the house/your building to a level where the sewage water does not enter.With current technology, you can easily raise the level of your home. And that too without any risk at all.

Why the house raising is better than other method?

Cause the other options like reconstruction is costly and too much time consuming methods. The whole process of House raising takes 45 days to complete and cost is a lot less the rebuilding a house. That’s why beneficial.

Any company you reach will take responsibility for any cracks formed during the work. The Ganpati house lifting is a verified and certified company in Asia . Agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency advise raising houses in susceptible areas to a desired Flood Protection Elevation and also determine the point to which owners should elevate their homes by calculating the base flood elevation

Methods of house lifting •

Modern methods

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Traditional methods

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