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   Guest_ | May 18, 2000 09:08pm | #1

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   I was right with you right up until you said Brick. Maybe someone will have an idea but Brick doesn't flex like wood. I'd leave it alone.

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   Guest_ | May 18, 2000 11:02pm | #2

   *Yeah I dont know anything about bricks either so I guess one question is if you're willing to fix the brickwork if you screw it up in the process. If you are, my advice, besides the obvious safety stuff about blocking, exploding windows etc, is use your own jack and do it slowly. Maybe bring it up an 1/8" of an inch block it and let it settle for a few days.Seems like if everything can come down 3" over a period of time without coming apart, maybe it can go up the same way. Brought up one corner of my 1910 2 story farmhouse 6" this way without breaking either of the large windows located there. Expect to hear alot of weird sounds in your house at night if you do this. Great time to be telling the kids ghost stories or not. Man am I starving. Good luck.JonC

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   Guest_ | May 19, 2000 12:28am | #3

   *professional building movers can lift the whole thing, bricks and all..let them do it and you'll save their fee in the masonry repairs..they can jack it and catch it and then a mason can come and and plut solid masonry for the permanent repair...b but hey , whadda i no?

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   Guest_ | May 24, 2000 05:11am | #5

   *H.M. take a look @ this site http://www.ramjacksystems.com

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   Haruki_Murakami | May 24, 2000 05:11am | #4

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   The foundation of my house broke in two places (at 15 feet on one side and 20 feet on the other side of the corner) leaving the affected corner 3 inches below the rest. The cracks were repaired seven years ago by the previous owner using rebars and epoxy. The foundation hasn't moved since.

   Can I raise the house by jacking the structure from the interior and adding some concrete to level the foundation ? The exterior of the house is in bricks... how will that react ... Am I crazing trying to pull a stunt like that ...