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House Set
Below, you will see how we set a house over a foundation.
Then, site work is scheduled, such as a porch and garage, raising the roof with trusses, and adding shingles.
Your foundation must be poured, cured, and inspected by the Project Manager or Builder. Then, your new home will be put on a move schedule. The photo on the right shows a house being loaded at the factory.
Note: Sliding glass doors are covered to protect the glass (shown). The front part of the house shown here is where the garage will be added; thus, there is no siding (closest to the cab of the truck). Permits for utilities, county roads, and escorts are scheduled. The photo on the left shows lines being lifted to accommodate the height of the house.
After the I beam is in place, roll-over beams are lifted in place and adjusted over the foundation.
You can choose from a 10 lb beam or upgrade to a 30 lb beam (this eliminates some supporting post jacks from your basement, which frees up the basement's layout).
Post jacks are installed after the house is rolled over the foundation. Roll over beams are set in place over jacks to allow the house to “roll over” them to be set in place.
Hydraulic jacks are placed to help lift the house over the beams. In the center photo, a beam is lowered on top of rollers (four are used, two per beam) to glide along the roll beam (bottom). Jacks are also placed in the basement to lift the roll over beams.
The wench truck hooks to a beam and slowly pulls it across the rollers on top of the roll over beams.
The house is then moved slowly over the foundation.
The home is set in place over the foundation.
When the house is correctly placed over the foundation, the roll over beams are taken out.
Photos show the house being checked as it is lowered onto the foundation.
Final adjustments are made before the house is placed over the foundation (the photo on the left shows it inches away from being set). Clips (shown) or straps will ensure your house is fastened to the foundation. Site work can be scheduled after the home is set.
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