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How to persuade a wall to get back where it's supposed to be. An 8 ton and a 5 ton bottle jack. Each day I shove it just a little farther into place.
Then I'll grout the crack shut and walk away. I'll be dead before it moves again.
@Bliss 1938 house, and this portion added by homeowner later, straight pour, no rebar obviously. Shrink-swell clay soils make foundation issues here on the west side quite common.
@FireMonkey a straight pour 🤯
@Bliss
Brings to mind, there may have been whiskey involved.
@FireMonkey
I don't fully understand, but it feels pretty bad ass! 😉
@KittsMotto
No earlier photos, but the upper left wall - it used to stick out a couple of inches into the stairwell. Several days with tons of pressure has moved it back into place.
@FireMonkey what caused the shift?