Many people find it difficult to understand exactly what house releveling is. This is especially true when it comes to all the technical terms used in explaining it.
Our guide will help you understand what is meant by “releveling a house” and will shed some light on the basics of this process.
What Does Releveling a House Mean?
Simply put, releveling a house is about getting it back into the position it used to be in when it was built.
A house is releveled when its sub floors, which have sunk for whatever reason, are mechanically lifted to adjust their positions. Hydraulic jacks are placed under the house to raise and relevel the foundation back to its targeted level and height.
Releveling, it must be mentioned, is different from house restumping and actually serves as a prerequisite to the restumping process.
Releveling your house’s foundation includes elevating and adjusting its floors hydraulically. Restumping on the other hand, is about removing deteriorated timber stumps and replacing them with newer ones.
Additionally, the purpose of releveling is just to adjust the level of the house. Restumping, however, is done to strengthen your worn out house foundations and repair the structural damage