kittenfordinner t1_iwqycdi wrote
A lot of these answeres are good, but you really need to find out why it is sagging, and if the reason it is settling is finished. Like did something rot? Is it still rotting? Did the foundation settle? Is it stillttlig. As for jacking back into position, vs leveling the floor, jacking may fix other problems, or may cause other problems, and if you level rhe floor, then have to jack the house later, then the floor will be out again. Fun stuff! Also look outside then house, is there a broken downspout, or some other water issue out there?
Ivantroffe t1_iwrsy2b wrote
Do you know the best way to find out why it’s sagging? If I hired someone, I wouldn’t even know where to look.
kittenfordinner t1_iwsncqp wrote
It's hard to say, I would hire a builder, that's what I am. Someone with local experience, some of these things can get pretty regional depending on where you are. Where I live there is a section of town built on an old landfill, so sometimes the foundation under all or part of the house sinks. You have to do detective work, look for cracks, we're those cracks repaired? Have the repairs re cracked? Maybe it stopped moving years ago. Just jacked up a friend's house that settled, groundwater collecting under part of the house, it sand a few inches, buy no signs of recent movement, cracks not growing more
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