| New foundation; corner of house "stuck up" / won't level...
Forgive me if I've placed this in the wrong forum. This seems to be the go-to foundation forum, though in reality this is more of a framing problem.
We're undergoing a massive foundation reconstruction for a 1920's two-story + basement lath, plaster & stucco monster.
Prior to the work, the house was out of level by as much as 8". We lifted it on steel beams, and yesterday set it down on its new, level foundation.
The problem is that one corner is sitting about four inches off of the foundation plates. Maybe 20' in each direction (from that corner) are hanging in the air before touching down.
It seems that after decades of sagging in the middle, this corner has formed a "memory" and is quite happy where it is.
The contractor is thinking of using all-thread to pull it down, but this would be pulling on the joists and the subfloor, but not the walls above. I'm worried that this may cause more problems, by pulling the floor away from the first-floor walls.
Another option is to let it be, and shim the foundation up to meet the house in this location (leaving the floor out of level).
Or we can search for other creative solutions, but contractor time is money and that's something we're short on.
Any sure-fire solutions we should shoot for? Barrels full of water? Circus elephants? Spent uranium?  |