House Lifting and Leveling in Rayne, LA - LA Foundation Repairs

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In the initial foundation repair inspection, I drove from our office in Lafayette, LA to meet with the family and take a look at the home in Rayne, LA.  The home was very low to the ground and suffered some severe foundation failure.  The bathroom addition was literally touching the ground and the sills of the pier and beam home were beginning to decay.  

We measured up the home and realized that we needed to add two support beams along with 10 blocks to support the beams.  These beams were added because there was a noticeable bounce when walking in the center of both the living room and the bedrooms.  After visual inspection we noticed that there was only one main beam down the center of the home.  The home was a small one, but was almost 22 feet wide, meaning that the 2 by 6 floor joists were spanning nearly 11 feet before being supported by the center beam.

In addition to adding two rows of piers and beams to the home, we agreed to changing 60 lineal feet of exterior sills that had been chewed up by termites and water damaged over the years.  

We took the house off the ground and lifted and leveled the home to be placed on new 3"- 16" by 16" pads with 20" concrete house piers.  Check out some of the pics of our finished product, and call us if you need your home to be lifted and leveled.  337-451-1900

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The raised home came out nice in the end, but their was some interior damage to the paneling, crown molding, etc.  Some of the doors needed to be adjusted, and the floors weren't totally flat.  Some of the blocks weren't touching because the floor joists were that warped. The plumbing pipes that were cut and broken out to perform the lift were being taken care of by the homeowner as we left the job.  With the new height, steps and handrails were being ordered, new inspections for the front porch railings were in order, etc.  Some of the ground wires needed to be extended, and a few phone lines got trashed because of the positions they were in when performing the sill replacement.  These incidents are typical when dealing with a lift and level.  Be sure to have some money in the budget for the repairs and the retrofit!  Give us a call if you want to get your home lifted and leveled! 337-451-1900

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