Projects — NW Structural & Shoring
Ballard craftsman lifted for a new daylight basement
A 1918 craftsman raised on steel I beams so a full-height daylight basement could be built underneath it.
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A 1918 Ballard craftsman sat low on a failing foundation with a crawlspace nobody could stand up in. The owners wanted a daylight basement without giving up the house they had spent fifteen years restoring.
What we did
We cribbed the house and lifted it on steel I beams, then dug down and formed a new foundation with full-height walls beneath it. The original structure never came apart — the family moved back into the same house, now sitting over a finished lower floor.
Details
- Full lift on cribbing, house habitable for most of the schedule
- New engineered foundation poured beneath the original structure
- Permitting and the engineering team coordinated by us
Thinking about the same thing under your house? See how house lifting works, or ask for Jeff and we will come look — usually the same day.
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Have a house with a similar problem?
Free site visit, honest assessment, written estimate — often the same day you call. Ask for Jeff.