Thanks for the pictures, Hal.
This type of problem is not all that unusual when you jack up a house.
Keep watching all the windows and doors all over the house. It's
really easy to mess them up severely. Keep checking them every day
for a few weeks after a lift. The house will continue to resettle
back down on the new foundation and things can get out of whack.
If a load bearing beam cracked during the lift, major problems can
hide and then show themselves very quickly. If you see something
starting to sag, you'll need to quickly create some kind of shoring
support structure to hold it up while you figure out what happened.
Broken water feed?
Yeah... that's annoying, but it sounds like you caught it before it
became a flood and caused a lot of damage. You're doing very well if
that's the only problem you've had. I'd rather fix a broken pipe
than a cracked or broken beam any day.
You're moving tons of house around. Stuff is bound to happen.
Stay Safe.
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Hal wrote:
I added more pictures of the foundation fix. See
http://www.flickr.com/photos/halschmidt/sets/72157605880299140/
I just uncovered another problem today, the water line going into the
house leaks badly. I turned the water on and check the changes I made
inside, and all was OK. I went to lunch and came back, checked the
meter and it was running. I then found a big mud puddle next to
where the pipe enters the house. Start digging and or call a
plumber. Good bye $$$
Hal
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