Re: owners cut into framing to increase door height-help needed
- From: "tracy.thode" <tracy.thode@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:46:07 -0000
On Jun 30, 9:07 am, "David Martel" <marte...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tracy,
I don't quite know what to make of a home inspector who is no longer
qualified to be an engineer but even so I think his point is valid. Find
another house. The obvious fix is to replace the cut floor joists and jack
the entire house up to give you more head room in the basement or to dig the
basement lower. That's really expensive. I really don't see any DIY
solutions here.
Dave M.
Interestingly, my husband I and I just were having this
conversation. He wants me to see how much it might cost to do
something like this: jack the house up, rebuild the basement/bottom
floor. We could repour the foundation at the same time. Though I
loathe the idea of being displaced while the work is done, he seems to
like the idea of knowing what it would take to do it. This would fix
both this door problem as well as a spot in the stairwell to the
downstairs bedroom/basement where my husband will always have to
'duck'.
Any clue what 'really expensive' means in this light? I realize an
'in person' estimate is the only way to really know, but if you'd have
a wild ballpark....like 75K, 125K, 200K? etc
Tracy
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