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Moving house
Or moving A house, in this case.
In a town with less than 250 people, this is an event.
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In a town with less than 250 people, this is an event.
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That is cool. I am lucky enough to have seen it done a couple of times in our small town.
One of the house-moving contractors told me a couple of years ago that you can leave a glass filled to the brim with water on the kitchen table, and with the auto leveling trucks they install under the house, nary a drop will be spilled.
Neither of the houses I've seen moved went more than a couple of hundred yards to make way for a shopping center or the entrance to a new development.
How far was this one moved?
One of the house-moving contractors told me a couple of years ago that you can leave a glass filled to the brim with water on the kitchen table, and with the auto leveling trucks they install under the house, nary a drop will be spilled.
Neither of the houses I've seen moved went more than a couple of hundred yards to make way for a shopping center or the entrance to a new development.
How far was this one moved?
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Although it is very cool to see!! I saw them move a house, locate it on the lot, then dig/erect a basement under it.
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I've got a buddy that bought a house a couple of years ago that had been moved onto the property. I think it was moved from about 5-6 miles away. Anyway, I'd always heard once a house is moved it never stops settling. He's seems to be pretty solid and there are any cracks in the sheet rock or sticking doors.
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I've got a buddy that bought a house a couple of years ago that had been moved onto the property. I think it was moved from about 5-6 miles away. Anyway, I'd always heard once a house is moved it never stops settling. He's seems to be pretty solid and there are any cracks in the sheet rock or sticking doors.
If the house is placed on a proper foundation, It should not have settlement issues!
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That is cool. I am lucky enough to have seen it done a couple of times in our small town.
One of the house-moving contractors told me a couple of years ago that you can leave a glass filled to the brim with water on the kitchen table, and with the auto leveling trucks they install under the house, nary a drop will be spilled.
Neither of the houses I've seen moved went more than a couple of hundred yards to make way for a shopping center or the entrance to a new development.
How far was this one moved?
One of the house-moving contractors told me a couple of years ago that you can leave a glass filled to the brim with water on the kitchen table, and with the auto leveling trucks they install under the house, nary a drop will be spilled.
Neither of the houses I've seen moved went more than a couple of hundred yards to make way for a shopping center or the entrance to a new development.
How far was this one moved?
my neighbor lives in a house that was moved 9 miles 30 years ago.
they paid $1000 to move the house they got for free, compaired to almost $50,000 to build a new one
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Wonder what it costs to move free house today??
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It was just moved across the street and down a little bit.
The guys that moved it are not professional house movers, although they sure did a great job. Last fall they moved one about 25 miles the same way, although it was not two story.
The guys that moved it are not professional house movers, although they sure did a great job. Last fall they moved one about 25 miles the same way, although it was not two story.
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If I find a solid older house. I'd move it to my land. A friend moved a 2500 ft home a few years ago to his land. Total cost was less than $2.00 a sq ft. I'd rewire & insulate it. They don't settle if you but the right footings under it. I want a tornado shelter in the middle of mine. It will be a gun safe & shelter built with 8 inch concrete walls.
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I imagine it is fairly critical that the house be transported as nearly perfectly level as possible to prevent stressing interior joints/ plumbing, and electrical connections.
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The way he explained it, the trucks underneath are kept in continuous level through the use of computer controlled hydraulics. Due to the very slow (measured in feet/minute) travel speed, it is possible to do it (his claim).
I imagine it is fairly critical that the house be transported as nearly perfectly level as possible to prevent stressing interior joints/ plumbing, and electrical connections.
I imagine it is fairly critical that the house be transported as nearly perfectly level as possible to prevent stressing interior joints/ plumbing, and electrical connections.
I do believe that is what he told you, I just don't believe it's possible (could be wrong)!! I can't even drive down my street with an open can in the cupholder without it splashing out!
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i would not say full to the rim and not spill, but you could fill the cup and not spill any.
the hydraulic jacks and slow travel speed are to keep the structure as level as posible.
about 15 years ago, we moved a cracking tower from a closed down cheveron refinery in Perth Amboy NJ 9 miles to a dockside so it could be loaded on a barge to go to Lousiana.
it took 36 hours to make the move.
at the end of the move, the sensors showed less than 1/16 inch deflection over the 175 foot length of the heavy mover unit, and that was when we went over the railroad tracks to get out of the terminal. the tower was 165 foot long, 14 foot in diameter, and weighed a little under 550,000 lbs.
this was the largest move i ever escorted.
the hydraulic jacks and slow travel speed are to keep the structure as level as posible.
about 15 years ago, we moved a cracking tower from a closed down cheveron refinery in Perth Amboy NJ 9 miles to a dockside so it could be loaded on a barge to go to Lousiana.
it took 36 hours to make the move.
at the end of the move, the sensors showed less than 1/16 inch deflection over the 175 foot length of the heavy mover unit, and that was when we went over the railroad tracks to get out of the terminal. the tower was 165 foot long, 14 foot in diameter, and weighed a little under 550,000 lbs.
this was the largest move i ever escorted.
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The house we live in was moved here. I can see in the attic where they cut it right down the middle and reconnected.
We are the first owners after it was moved here. We don't have settling problems, after the 8 years it has been here. But we do have some cracking in the plaster. I'm pretty sure any house with lathe/plaster from the 50's would have about the same amount. I think the renovation probably patched those like you might if the house had not been moved, and they open up again.
The city required the moved building to be upgraded to the current building code, so it has all new mechanicals, foundation, insulation, etc.
The house came from over 20 miles away. Across Los Angeles. You can bet they did not move it at a snails pace. It had to be done in one night, or maybe two if they had a mid landing spot.
We are the first owners after it was moved here. We don't have settling problems, after the 8 years it has been here. But we do have some cracking in the plaster. I'm pretty sure any house with lathe/plaster from the 50's would have about the same amount. I think the renovation probably patched those like you might if the house had not been moved, and they open up again.
The city required the moved building to be upgraded to the current building code, so it has all new mechanicals, foundation, insulation, etc.
The house came from over 20 miles away. Across Los Angeles. You can bet they did not move it at a snails pace. It had to be done in one night, or maybe two if they had a mid landing spot.
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As far as having a glass of water in the house during the move and not spill, I can believe it. The mover told me he had moved a house right before mine that had a two-story brick fireplace in it and he told me that they didn't even have to do any mortar repair on it afterwards.
As far as settling afterwards, I've had NO problems whatsoever. I can't remember what he said my house weighed, but I believe it was right at 25 tons.