Uplifting News

Most people have never seen a house lifted before.  I had never heard of the process until I moved to the East End of Long Island 20 years ago.  The house renovation and addition that just commenced last week began this way.  The general contractors, Seifert Construction hired Dawn House & Building Movers to do the job.

There were 15 hydraulic lifts, supporting 6 temporary steel beams synchronized by controllers located on two separate trucks that raised the house incrementally.  This house will be raised four feet to allow the masons to add to the existing foundation.  It will then be lowered back down 2 feet to its final resting height. 

The owners wanted to raise the house higher than the code requires to minimze the risk of another storm event like Sandy.  According to FEMA regulations, this house will not have any mechanical equipment in the crawl space.  In case of flood, the smart vents that I specified for the foundation wall will allow the water to flow through the crawl space rather than damage the wall and undermine the stability of the house.  

Incredible view of Peconic Bay from the back of the house