House lifting
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Stumbled across this[^] article - a man here in Madras was concerned about his low-lying house, so he had it lifted. :wtf: I was slightly sceptical because there are no photos, not even an address. If they'd given an address, I'd have definitely gone there this weekend - Velachery is less than 10 km away. Then a colleague stumbled upon Mamchand.com[^] - the guys who apparently did this. They have a gallery, so it looks like it's true. :omg:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Stumbled across this[^] article - a man here in Madras was concerned about his low-lying house, so he had it lifted. :wtf: I was slightly sceptical because there are no photos, not even an address. If they'd given an address, I'd have definitely gone there this weekend - Velachery is less than 10 km away. Then a colleague stumbled upon Mamchand.com[^] - the guys who apparently did this. They have a gallery, so it looks like it's true. :omg:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
This seems to be fairly common in the USA, here in the UK we even get a TV series of such exploits called 'Monster Moves', or something similar. In these programmes they have raised some quite large buildings, lifted others (mostly, though not always, Timber-Framed) onto trucks and moved them several miles. One was even put onto a massive barge and moved from US to Canada. If you Google Monster Moves there are several videos.
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This seems to be fairly common in the USA, here in the UK we even get a TV series of such exploits called 'Monster Moves', or something similar. In these programmes they have raised some quite large buildings, lifted others (mostly, though not always, Timber-Framed) onto trucks and moved them several miles. One was even put onto a massive barge and moved from US to Canada. If you Google Monster Moves there are several videos.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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Many of them only using real horse-power to do so.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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This seems to be fairly common in the USA, here in the UK we even get a TV series of such exploits called 'Monster Moves', or something similar. In these programmes they have raised some quite large buildings, lifted others (mostly, though not always, Timber-Framed) onto trucks and moved them several miles. One was even put onto a massive barge and moved from US to Canada. If you Google Monster Moves there are several videos.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
They did this to the Belle Toute lighthouse not too long ago. It was in danger of falling off the cliffs into the sea so they moved it. Quite an achievement back in 1999.
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Stumbled across this[^] article - a man here in Madras was concerned about his low-lying house, so he had it lifted. :wtf: I was slightly sceptical because there are no photos, not even an address. If they'd given an address, I'd have definitely gone there this weekend - Velachery is less than 10 km away. Then a colleague stumbled upon Mamchand.com[^] - the guys who apparently did this. They have a gallery, so it looks like it's true. :omg:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
My house was built in 1873. The owner then moved it in the 1890s from its original location to its current address, a mile and a half away. The motive power was a very large team of mules.
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They did this to the Belle Toute lighthouse not too long ago. It was in danger of falling off the cliffs into the sea so they moved it. Quite an achievement back in 1999.
Yes, I remember now that you mention it. It was on the news, at the time.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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Stumbled across this[^] article - a man here in Madras was concerned about his low-lying house, so he had it lifted. :wtf: I was slightly sceptical because there are no photos, not even an address. If they'd given an address, I'd have definitely gone there this weekend - Velachery is less than 10 km away. Then a colleague stumbled upon Mamchand.com[^] - the guys who apparently did this. They have a gallery, so it looks like it's true. :omg:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
It's easier to move if you break it into smaller pieces, and move those one at a time. I'll be here all week, dispensing advice to anyone who needs it.
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Stumbled across this[^] article - a man here in Madras was concerned about his low-lying house, so he had it lifted. :wtf: I was slightly sceptical because there are no photos, not even an address. If they'd given an address, I'd have definitely gone there this weekend - Velachery is less than 10 km away. Then a colleague stumbled upon Mamchand.com[^] - the guys who apparently did this. They have a gallery, so it looks like it's true. :omg:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
Nothing new, in New Zeeland they sell houses that way. You ordering your house, they build it in their facility and delivered it to you with a huge truck/platform during the night. I’ve read a blog of one of the workers in such factory.
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Stumbled across this[^] article - a man here in Madras was concerned about his low-lying house, so he had it lifted. :wtf: I was slightly sceptical because there are no photos, not even an address. If they'd given an address, I'd have definitely gone there this weekend - Velachery is less than 10 km away. Then a colleague stumbled upon Mamchand.com[^] - the guys who apparently did this. They have a gallery, so it looks like it's true. :omg:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
One does't hear about brick houses being lifted very often, but timber frame homes get move up down and sideways all the time over these parts. Though the jacks we use here are slightly bigger. See the AcrowProp[^] Take care when using. If you get them even a little off centre, they can bend and propel themselves at quite impressive speeds just like when you bend a tiny twig between your fingers. A number of chippies I know almost lost limbs thanks to that. Fun times.
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Stumbled across this[^] article - a man here in Madras was concerned about his low-lying house, so he had it lifted. :wtf: I was slightly sceptical because there are no photos, not even an address. If they'd given an address, I'd have definitely gone there this weekend - Velachery is less than 10 km away. Then a colleague stumbled upon Mamchand.com[^] - the guys who apparently did this. They have a gallery, so it looks like it's true. :omg:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
I lived in an area with many Victorian style houses. The original houses were single story with a quarter height crawlspace. It was prime real estate so most of the houses were jacked up and turned into two story houses by building a new first floor under the old one. I guess this was cheaper as they didn't have to mess with a new roof. The one behind my house was lifted up with nothing more than small hand jacks, inserting a lattice of railroad ties underneath to hold it up after each step.
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Stumbled across this[^] article - a man here in Madras was concerned about his low-lying house, so he had it lifted. :wtf: I was slightly sceptical because there are no photos, not even an address. If they'd given an address, I'd have definitely gone there this weekend - Velachery is less than 10 km away. Then a colleague stumbled upon Mamchand.com[^] - the guys who apparently did this. They have a gallery, so it looks like it's true. :omg:
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
Moving houses was one of the jobs my dad did while working his way through college. He described the process to me years ago - simple, but it requires a lot of patience and a very large truck.
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