Any construction people? How much would it cost to raise/elevate a 1400sq ft ranch home like 2 feet?

Above the water wrote:

I lived in Tucson in the 1980's and people were building in the riverbed, which was a 100 year flood zone. There was a 100 year flood and all the homes were wiped out, completely gone. They all rebuilt. A few years later there was another 100 year flood. Why anyone would buy a home in a flood zone is a mystery.

A 100 year flood is not a storm that occurs every 100 years. It is short term for a storm than has a 1/100 chance of occurring. It is very possible to have multiple 100 year events in a single year, as well as possible to not have such an event many years in a row.

1 in 100 wrote:

Above the water wrote:

I lived in Tucson in the 1980's and people were building in the riverbed, which was a 100 year flood zone. There was a 100 year flood and all the homes were wiped out, completely gone. They all rebuilt. A few years later there was another 100 year flood. Why anyone would buy a home in a flood zone is a mystery.

A 100 year flood is not a storm that occurs every 100 years. It is short term for a storm than has a 1/100 chance of occurring. It is very possible to have multiple 100 year events in a single year, as well as possible to not have such an event many years in a row.

What does very possible mean? Something is either possible or impossible, that's it.

Very possible means not impossible. But there are always idiots like you who don't under stand that a 100 year storm event is not something that occurs every 100 years. So when two 100 year events occur in a single year you think it is a catastrophe.

Now go buy a cheap home in a 200 year flood plain and enjoy your life.

1 in 100 wrote:

Very possible means not impossible. But there are always idiots like you who don't under stand that a 100 year storm event is not something that occurs every 100 years. So when two 100 year events occur in a single year you think it is a catastrophe.

Now go buy a cheap home in a 200 year flood plain and enjoy your life.

I'm not an idiot. I know what a 100-year storm is, even though I only got a B in Hydrology. I would certainly never buy a home in a floodplain, but I would say that while possible, it is unexpected that a 100-year storm occurs twice at the same location within a few years.

Wrong. It is storm that has a 1:100 chance of occurring. There is nothing that precludes two such event occurring even on consecutive days. Or not occurring at all for many years in a row.

1 in 100 wrote:

Very possible means not impossible. But there are always idiots like you who don't under stand that a 100 year storm event is not something that occurs every 100 years. So when two 100 year events occur in a single year you think it is a catastrophe.

Now go buy a cheap home in a 200 year flood plain and enjoy your life.

You're the only one here who suggested they happen once in 100 years.

Therefore, you are the idiot.

Mom, can you make me some tater tots?

This is the right forum for this.

Where I'm from, after hurricane Sandy anyone that wants to do major work on their home has to raise it 5 feet. Demolish it and build again or raise the existing home, the drawback of living on a barrier island.

1 in 100 wrote:

Wrong. It is storm that has a 1:100 chance of occurring. There is nothing that precludes two such event occurring even on consecutive days. Or not occurring at all for many years in a row.

Well yes there is. Two days is not long enough to divide a storm of that magnitude into two separate storms.

Typical LR'r wrote:

Need more information:

How old are you?

Male or female?

How long have you been running?

What are your PR's?

How fast do you run your Tempos?

What's your weekly mileage?

What's your stride frequency?

Do you heel strike?

Once you provide all that we can tell you to get a few bids from qualified contractors.

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The expensive part isnt jacking the house up. It's as easy as going to the store and buying a bunch of automotive bottle Jacks and lifting the house slowly and evenly. The expensive part is fixing the gaping 2 foot hole that you now now have around your house, fixing all the drywall that cracked, doors that don't close right, plumbing that went underground and had to be cut and now repaired. Each of those things will probably cost about $87, so the total bill will probably be about 87 billion dollars. Maybe more if you live in a city that pays the labor well.

It would be much easier to just remove 2 feet of dirt around your house. That will make it look like you jacked the house up 2 feet.

$30k estimate is a good one. Think about why's involved and how much time and equipment is involved.

2 days to isolate disconnect utilies: $5k

2 days for beam placement and rigging: $5k

1 day for the lift: $10k

2-3 days for block work: $10k

That is dumb wrote:

fluff fluff fluff wrote:

Why ask here? Bids are FREE. Call a company who provides this service in your area and get a BID. Then you have a real number not some made up number provided to you by some 12 year old pretending to be a contractor. If you want to know if that bid is a fair price get multiple bids and compare. It's something humans have been doing for a loooong time.

Contractors are not going to give you good deals when you don't know what you're doing, and they'll all give you the same types of high bids.

I swear most humans are complete morons.

Yes, and you're proof of this.

I am a contractor. People on this board can give him any number but the price will still be what the contractor bids which is why he should call a contractor. Get a bid.

Fluff fluff fluff wrote:

That is dumb wrote:

Contractors are not going to give you good deals when you don't know what you're doing, and they'll all give you the same types of high bids.

Yes, and you're proof of this.

I am a contractor. People on this board can give him any number but the price will still be what the contractor bids which is why he should call a contractor. Get a bid.

Well then what's the problem of him asking on here? We have doctors and apparently contractors on here too.

What you're looking for is a good rigging company. Best ones are in large cities or port areas.

$30k estimate is a good one. (BUT GET AT LEAST 3 BIDS) Think about WHAT'S involved and how much time and equipment is NEEDED.

2 days to isolate disconnect UTILITIES:

2 days to isolate disconnect UTILITIES: