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What you need to do before the House Elevation project begins.

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Top 5 Tips to Prep for Home Renovation / House Elevation Project

The best way to prepare for a home renovation project/ house elevation: assume the project will be messy. Plan accordingly or at least try to learn from our mistakes. We’ve been living in our flood mitigated/ house elevated home for almost three months. The remnants of construction dust continue. How can that be? Haven’t you been cleaning like mad? An emphatic “yes” to that question as … Continue reading Top 5 Tips to Prep for Home Renovation / House Elevation Project

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Prepping House for Elevation: Chimney Chase Remodel and Design

Before the House Elevation One of the first steps in this house elevation project was to remove the chase of a superfluous chimney. As all of our mechanicals had already been relocated to another area of our house, well above the threat of any flood, this chimney was no longer needed. As such, it had to be removed prior to elevating our house. As the … Continue reading Prepping House for Elevation: Chimney Chase Remodel and Design

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Top 7 Reasons Why an Elevation Project Drags On and on and on …

WEEK 14: There’s a chill to the air, my children are back in school, and I’m starting to see Halloween candy for sale in the grocery store, yet too little progress on my house. When we moved into our temporary apartment in June, we had hoped to move home by the end of September. Our builder, who had experience with these types of projects, felt that … Continue reading Top 7 Reasons Why an Elevation Project Drags On and on and on …

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House Elevation: Choosing an Architect

CHOOSING AN ARCHITECT Starting any major renovation project can be overwhelming. Who you choose to help you with that project will impact you for months to come. When the task is to elevate your house, you’re going to need an architect. Choose wisely. Like most service providers, going by word of mouth is a good place to start. You also want to make sure they have … Continue reading House Elevation: Choosing an Architect

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House Elevation: Sewer Line to be Buried 4 Feet Under

SEWER LINE CLEAN-OUT Yesterday we had a team of drain specialists come by to effectively power wash our sewer line. Although this service call does not directly have any relationship to our elevation project, it was paramount that we determined the integrity of our sewer line prior to burying it under 4 feet of cement. The only reason we are investigating it now is because … Continue reading House Elevation: Sewer Line to be Buried 4 Feet Under

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Staircase Design on Elevated House: Architectural Pitfalls

WE’VE HIT A SNAG The biggest snafu we’ve encountered with our project to date is with the design of the new front staircase. The number of steps required is dictated by building codes based on the height of the house, but the design aspect allows for some creativity. This process is usually a collaboration between the homeowner and their architect. But what happens when your architect turns … Continue reading Staircase Design on Elevated House: Architectural Pitfalls

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Preparing the Property for a Lift

Several necessary first steps had to be completed prior to the initiation of the construction phase. Here sits our house before any lift has occurred. The white picket fence in front, grass on the lawn, a visible chimney on the roof. All of these things will disappear before the house project can even begin. Above the fence has been removed as well as all of … Continue reading Preparing the Property for a Lift

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Upside to Downsizing: Why Temporary Housing Isn’t All Bad

Moving from a house to an apartment has a few unforeseen advantages: #1 Downsizing to an apartment required me to bring only the essentials. Not that much really. I realized how much extra stuff we’ve accumulated over the years. For example, those boxes collecting dust in my attic for the past 10 years are mostly just taking up space. If I haven’t had a need … Continue reading Upside to Downsizing: Why Temporary Housing Isn’t All Bad

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House Elevation Step One: Chimney Removal

Today marks the official start of our “operation house lift” project. It has been almost a YEAR in the making with many details, reports, surveys, blueprints, and bids to sort through. The planning phase has been very involved and tedious. Our house has endured several flood events. Opting to elevate the hosue was not our first  line of defense, but it will be the last. … Continue reading House Elevation Step One: Chimney Removal

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Flood Proofing Day One: Movers, Builders and Plumbers – oh, my!

Ordinarily, a move is a one-way transaction: A to B. But, in this case, to flood-proof our house, we are only moving out for a few months. So our goal was to keep it as simple as possible. Walking through the house with the movers, I pointed out what pieces I wanted them to load into the truck. For example, we took mattresses, but no bed … Continue reading Flood Proofing Day One: Movers, Builders and Plumbers – oh, my!

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