Garage Renovation question

[PA hayseed]

It's a stick frame building? Hire a house mover to pick it up and crib it. Do all your work you want to, then have him reset it. Shouldn't cost too much. I just moved my house, that had an interior chimney. It was much less expensive than what I thought it would be. If he can't move it further back, he could put it 9' in the air and you could run a skidsteer and a mini excavator underneath. Heck, once my rops were folded down, I could run my tractor under my house. It was cribbed up about 9'4" in the air.

may not be feasible for you, but thought I would let you know it is an available option.

 

[2manyrocks]

That would work, too.

But with BrentD saying the garage and a corner of the house have sunk since he has been there and saying there is an unground stream somewhere...I start to wonder how much $ he needs to invest in this or whether there is some homeowner's insurance to cover these repairs. Seems like there is a difference between gradual sinking and a sudden collapse in terms of normal policy coverage, but this is something to consider.

 

[BrentD]

Well, 90 percent of my posts in this thread have been me basically brainstorming and thinking out loud. The more I think about this the more I want to just put the place up for sale and go build a nice house and workshop on our land in the country.