A home in Florida raised due to flooding the previous year
by Adrian_985
A home in Florida raised due to flooding the previous year
by Adrian_985
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This just in: Florida man gets a raise.
looks up to code for a Florida home..should be fine.
That first step out the front door is a doozy
Such a simple structure. Seems like it might be less expensive to demolish and rebuild.
It’s like the milk cart challenge during covid
House of Jenga
How do they accomplish this? Do they just jack up one part a few inches, stick a crate under, jack up another part 6 feet away, stick a crate under and repeat around the house adding a new layer each time around?
I really could’ve used one of those 4x4s today. Damn
How much cribbing? YES.
With pallets from the local hardware store
Moldly interesting
Plans said 24” contractor read 24’
Legit thought this was 200 pallets at first, and legit thought it must be since it is Florida after all. They don’t call it the Freedumb state for no reason.
I forgot were FL coasts artifically expanded and now that stuffs goin back into the ocean?
This is such a normal thing to see in Australia. I lifted mine 2years ago for a build under and to avoid flooding- which is very common. We use “Stys” or “Cribs” which look like Jenga blocks. They use hydraulic truck jacks to do the raising.
Gonna be hard to park in that garage.
Check out this one in the Houston area near NASA Johnson Space Center, [https://maps.app.goo.gl/JWygGN284WE1EEBu7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/JWygGN284WE1EEBu7)
Exactly what thai people have been doing for centuries to deal with floods (https://thailandfoundation.or.th/ruean-thai-understanding-traditional-thai-houses/)
Damn, Florida homeowner insurance must be nuts if this is a cheaper option
This is just the “cribbing” to raise the house while they build the new structure underneath.
I always dreamed have my house like this built n a ship hull nestled in the ground. When it floods, the hull will float the house and yard on top of the water with anchor chain giving slack so it don’t floating too far away.
What I don’t understand is, what’s the end-game here? Are we adding fill and the house is going to stay up there? Or what?
Telling the pizza guy to toss it up should be fun
You really can do anything with old pallets
Knowing Florida man the cars are probably still in the garage.
bit hard to get into the garage now
lol held up with pallets
At what point do you acknowledge that maybe this isn’t the best place to have your house?