Jacking up a wall
Project:
One of our walls was sinking, and was approximately an inch and a half or maybe more out of level with the flooring around it.
The reason for the subsidence was that the entire wall was supported by just a single joist, it was unsupported from the basement, and that joist ran directly under the bathtub!
We bought two floor jacks/columns and rented a 20 ton screw jack. The whole process took about 8 hours and raised the wall by an inch.
The red level IS level, the stairs are NOT
Screw jack and a temporary column
An indestructable cheater bar I built out of a bicycle crank arm and some tubing.
The beam, supported by the jack post
Beam, joist, support block, column.
Plumbing is back in place and the wall is well supported
The foot of one of the posts
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