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Posted by ransley on April 24, 2008, 11:50 am
> I have a second floor dormer/room that had dropped a few inches on one end=
> (before I bought the property) due to a poor support design. =A0I now have=
it
> supported from underneath and I want to try jacking it up a little at a ti=
me
> using a 20-ton bottle jack on each of the two exterior corners. =A0It actu=
ally
> needs to go up about 4 inches in order for the dormer/room floor to become=
> level again. =A0I don't know if that will be possible, but I want to try
> jacking it up a little at a time and see if that will be feasible. =A0I ex=
pect
> cracks etc., but I am redoing the house so that is not an issue or problem=
.
>
> My question is, what can I put on top of the bottle jacks to spread the lo=
ad
> out over a larger surface area. =A0I assume I can look for and buy a coupl=
e of
> small steel plates to put on top of each bottle jack, but I am not sure.
> Or, is there something that is made for this that is available?
>
> Thanks.
>
> P.S. -- =A0I tried posting this 3 times yesterday, and tried to attach two=
photos each time. =A0It doesn't look like any of those posts appeared. =A0I=
am using Outlook Express for a newsreader. =A0What do I need to do to be ab=
le to attach or include photos?
A screw jack is cheap and will help with control, you want to do it
over weeks or more.
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