How are houses moved?
I’ve heard of houses being moved from one location to another, sometimes long distances…and I wonder how do they do it? And why?
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There are many reasons people move houses, for example a larger lot, sentimental reasons, etc., and the cost can vary from $10,000 – $125,00 or more.
As long as the foundation’s integrity is maintained with beams, it isn’t as difficult as it sounds.
Just jack it back up on the tongue (reattach the tongue if you disconnected it earlier for some reason), slap the axles back underneath where they belong and throw some old tires on, disconnect the two halves of the double-wide and put a temporary weather cover over the open side, and you’re good to go.
Mobile homes, we call them.
Years ago I had a large, two story house moved 15 miles to acreage. They cut it in half, moved it down the highway on a huge flat-bed truck then reassembled it on a hill. You never could tell it had ever been cut in half and I loved it. It was sort of “instant residence.”
Why crazy? Get a very big, 2 story house built years ago and move it onto a property for ten grand. Add cabinets in the kitchen, new carpeting/paint/ac and…instant living quarters!
Not crazy that it was done…just amazing that it CAN be done!
Oh; well, I guess they had lots of practice doing it. What’s crazy is that we never saw it being transported but friends did ! We were on the land waiting and that was fun watching it being brought up the hill.
What about plumbing? How does that work?
It isn’t all that complicated. The plumbing and electrical get disconnected, the house is jacked up on the beams, moved to the new foundation, and lowered into place. Then the plumbing and electrical get reconnected.
I didn’t watch closely but Adirondackwannabe has it right, I’m sure. (; And, btw, I just remembered that we added the second story. It just looked like it had two.
I know they moved a lighthouse on the south coast of England. It was a couple of metres away from the top of some eroding chalk cliffs. They somehow stuck it on to some rails, and slid it back from the cliff edges. There are some images of the move here
My Aunt and Uncle had a second hand house lot right next door for many years. The movers jack up the houses on platforms, move to the lot, and leave standing on the platforms up in the air, with palettes under them for months at a time. They were well built craftsman type homes that still had another 50 or more good years left in them.
Very carefully. I have seen it happen several times. Once they took the house in sections. The other times the house was actually put on a big bed with wheels. It’s getting to be pretty common in my neighborhood. The land values are very high. People want the land to build new homes on but have no use for the 1940s home on the lot. So, since demolition is so expensive, people just advertise—FREE HOUSE; COME AND GET IT. It works. Makes everyone happy.
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It will be long or short process, it depends on movers. The best way for a smooth moves is just hire a professional team & planning ahead is the most easiest way to move in new place. Planning means to create a checklist for every steps of moving such as packing, time of moving, moving truck and all.
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