A house can go somewhere else
Structural house moving in Pink Hill, North Carolina. Whole buildings lifted, carried and set down on new ground.
(910) 298-4710What has to be true first
Whether a building can be moved is decided before anything is lifted. It comes down to the route and what is in the way of it.
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The route
Every foot between where the building is and where it is going has to be wide enough and tall enough for it. The route is the first thing to walk, and it decides the rest.
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Overhead lines
Power, telephone and cable cross the road at heights that were set without a house in mind. Anything crossing the route has to be accounted for, and the utilities have to be spoken to.
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Trees and limbs
Branches that a truck passes under are a different matter for a building. Trimming usually comes before moving.
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Services disconnected
Water, sewer, gas and electric all have to be disconnected before the building leaves, each by the trade that handles it.
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Somewhere to set it down
A new foundation has to be ready, level and cured. A building can be lifted long before the ground is ready to take it.
Two ends of the same job
Every move is a building at one end and a prepared piece of ground at the other. Neither is any use without the other.
Lifting, carrying, setting down
The building is taken up off what it stands on, carried, and let back down onto something new. Each of those is its own piece of work.
Buildings worth keeping
Some buildings get moved because the land is wanted for something else. Some get moved because the building is worth more than the spot it is standing on.
