Folks, finally got some very non glamorous work done in the basement. Added another tele post.
Some time in the distant past they decided it would be a great idea to dig out a section of our basement. Not a big deal if not for the fact they knocked out part of two load bearing foundation walls. As the picture shows, I think it may have been done in two phases. The first to instal the heater runs for the first ever circulation heater, the second phase long after to bring in the water. The digging for the water I think was the biggest project.
Well any way, void of any structural support the floor had sagged over the years on the first and second floor about an inch or so. Just after we bought I placed two jack posts under the joist beam. Over the last five years I have been giving each a quarter turn, slowly lifting the floors up. That accomplished, it's time to move on to the second phase of this project.
This is a pic of the foundation wall in question (sorry for the dark pic). When they dug out the crawl space they under mined the foundation wall. Over the many years it was the only structure holding up the floor and two stories of plaster wall. It had developed one hell of a bow as it settled onto the void under it.
This weekend I installed a third jack post to take the loading off this little bit of joist beam.
My plan is to slowly lift the joists off the dodgie section of foundation and replace with a jack post. The goal is to make this section carry its load once again.