I just can't wrap my mind around the concept of raising a slab house up without the brick and/ or foundation crumbling? Is there any structural damage to this home?
Steve

 

stp57
It isn't a slab house, had a full basement. No real damage moveing down the road but when they were jacking it up they cracked off a corner of brick. Here is the 5 page thread. http://www.contractortalk.com/f48/no-one-wants-big-project-57585/

Thanks Meetre

 

What's going on there?

Magnettica - They hired someone who knocked on their door. He used some sort of caulk to make a cap and it ran all over the bricks. We are fixing that and doing the pointing on both chimneys.

 

Ok, good. I looked at it and thought, that's interesting.


I would post some pictures of my last job but other than repairing a shorted out circuit a week ago and installing a new closet fluorescent light, I have no jobs to show pictures of. It's depressing right now. I have one job next week for T&M that I may have to seriously milk just to pay the bills. I can't even believe I am thinking this way.

 

Replaced old corrugated plastic roof with 18' 4x4 header.
Surprised it didn't collapse under snow load.

Next is new windows and siding if hubby and wife can agree on color.

 

Owner wanted it to extend over stairs and no posts so had to improvise.

 

Did you use PT rafters?...if so why

Edit: nice work!

 

thats a nice add-on , I wish i knew framing.

 

Henderson County, NC. Today (Fri 9-18-09)

Finish up on a little piece of grab rail.

Putting up some entry gates I built this week.

Done, time to head out. Install took 3 hours. Will come back and touch up paint after the driveway gets paved. Carpenter and rock masons finish up rock work, electrician will take care of operators.

 

Started here

than after about 10 times more tear off then we could have imagined got to here...

notice the multiply siding choices, clapboards then shakes then vinyl, roof was 3 layers of asphalt then shakes. Thought the floor was alright oh god not a chance. The middle steep part thats gone here was double board when they added the 6 feet with the hip they made all that area underneath open kitchen then dropped a drywall cieling. they chopped the old gable wall off above the ceiling no header nothing. We took top off the gable and the floor dropped like 5 inches. So when we got the floor opened we found hardwood over subfloor over 2x4 sleepers trying to shim the original bow, then subfloor then 2x6 joists spanning like 14 feet then 2x4 dropped cieling then drywall.

It was a hoot trying to keep the kitchen ceiling from falling while we ran new 2x12 joists then tied the cieling back up.

Thank god got the bastard gable from our 8/12 into their 12/12 sided and the shingles on today. And yeah without fail its was out of square 6" on the diagonal.

 

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With the summer we've had here, you made out great the last few weeks!

 

Isnt it funny, we knew this job was gonna be a late august early sept start best case. Dealt with rain every week some weeks everyday all summer, didnt figure we stood a chance to tear a roof off and have a kitchen ceiling open for 2 weeks. But in 2 weeks all we had was some drizzle last friday.

 

Looks like quite the project kj,
Kind of makes you thing we should take core samples into side walls and ceilings to determine what's underneath.
Ain't remodeling great,lots of surprises,hardly ever enough compensation.

 

....and the after pic.... (before was posted a few days ago - we didn't do the before stuff)

 

Nice :thumbsup:

 

Just finished this job. It was a fire job that the GC bought. Compleate gut and build-out. We did all painting, inside & out. It was a well run job by the GC with a lot of good work by all trades involved.

 

Man, If you have to live in the city that is the way to go! Nice, nice place.

 

Some more

 

A few more...

 

And lastly...

 

Beautiful project. My compliments. :thumbsup:

 

It's not finished yet, but general picture you can see.

 

Over door.

 

Thats some nice work.

 

Hey Gene,
Very creative + thoughful piece. A much appreciated sight. Would love to see finish, installed pic(s).

 

Hey Resta, that plaster detail is awesome.

Have you ever been to the Demolition Depot?

They have a bunch of old stuff there. I've never been there but the place looks way cool, and place to go to find old stuff.

 

Magnettica, yes and no. I work at another gallery in Little Italy, when they where on Houston street. That time yes. After their building collapse and Blum move in to Harlem - no.

 

16' Block fireplace demo:sad:

 

Had a tough one today. An old friend who now works at the HD asked me to come by the house to give him a price on a few things. I had some time so I started by wiring and hanging this billiards pendant light. You can't see it too well in the picture but there were 2 copper water pipes in the way that I secured to a 2x4 brace, dadoed a 2nd 2x4 to fit under the pipes, drilled a hole for the wire through the double 2x4 bracing, installed a pancake box, checked for height and wired her up. Not seen is the new switch on the wall.

2 hours later we sipped a few beers and I had to kick the HO's ass at pool.

 

Maybe you can see it now...

 

Hey Leo,
You lit up that room better than an electrician!