R A Bennell wrote:
I am coming into this late (the story of my life) but I will add my 2 cents
anyway.
If you cannot lift the whole garage for either aesthetic or zoning regulation
reasons, then consider putting a
pitched roof on in place of the flat roof, and then do it with some form of
tru
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Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 12:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Lift vs. Pit
If you have a pit, make sure you have about $5 million in an umbrella policy.
You're going to need it when some one
falls in, and they will.
--
Peter
, 2010 1:29:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Lift vs. Pit
I think you'll find that most of the "connection" is gravity. Houses fall off
slabs all the time in earthquakes...
There are probably some nails, maybe bolts into the slab from the header board.
Wh
he problem...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:01:04 -0500
From: andrew strasfogel
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LOL! If you keep on promoting this I know I will get into trouble.
Out of curiosity, how
Usually there are some bolts embedded in the concrete to hold the whole
wall in place, you can unbolt the sill plate and it should lift off.
Or, nail a 2x6 or something similar down near the bottom of the studs
and just take a recip saw and cut the stud nails at the bottom of the
studs (the 2x
LOL! If you keep on promoting this I know I will get into trouble.
Out of curiosity, how does one disconnect the walls from the foundation
(slab) so the whole building can be raised?
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:
> We went through all
We went through all this before -- just raise the building up with some
hydraulic jacks and cribbing you can rent, put in a 4ft or 5ft knee
wall, and you have your whole deal sorted out. Cheap, fast, and gets
you what you need. You can jack the car up with stands to easily work
under it now,
Check your local building codes, pits are illegal here. Reason being, or a
big reason, fumes are heavy, and more than a few bought it while working in
a pit with the car running. Where allowed, and built property, they far
exceed $1600, to do one right. And if you do decide to move, much harder
My crusty old neighbor suggested busting through the slab of my detached
garage and excavating a pit vs. purchasing a scissors jack (I have a flat
roof so can only raise the car 45"). The dugout pit would be lined with
cement, with a couple steps down. Due to out high water table this would
proba
