FailSafe House Lifting & Basement Replacement
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- website: www.failsafehouselifting.com
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phone: 306-540-7302
This video features Fail Safe's process when constructing ICF basement replacements. FailSafe utilizes our own ArrowLift Structural Lifting System, which is the safest and most efficient system for lifting houses available anywhere.
Please contact us today.
My house is starting to look saggy and could use a lift. Especially in the rear. Other houses find it unattractive.
Thats nice and all, but you will get the best bang for the buck with a new upper deck and front porch!! LOL
Hey now, some houses are into the older generation of construction! I hear Ranch houses tend to be drawn to Victorians.... XD
Sometimes you just gotta accept the all natural look of an old fashioned Amish built house with wild shrubs. Occasionally they have red roofs too...
Lol
Very nicely narrated by the lady presenter and generally a very impressive promotion throughout,
This is very cool - I suspect the cost of what they showed to be north of 100k - house lift 20-25k - basement demo 10-15k - new basement 30-40k - site prep and site finish 10-20k
Reminds me of the people paying millions of dollars to build mega basements in London- there will always be a market location that can justify any cost to add more square footage! Especially if the locality doesn't permit adding additional floors to the top due to historical codes or etx
@Getmadmaybe? -- This issue is not necessarily that they don't have land as it is that people insist on living in the areas that are already heavily developed...
Probably a very good estimate… if not 150 - 200k
couldnt be said any better. unless you REALLLLY need that new basement it would be cheaper to dig a cellar next to the house.
worth it if the house is worth over $300k. Because it will become worthless if the house caves in
How do they get away with using "Redheads Anchors" in wet concrete...? Concrete needs to be solid/hard for them to be used. Should be L - bent anchors in wet concrete...!
I wondered. I thinlk the photo was out of context
I think the wrong photo was shown.
It costs $20,000 just to have a concrete slab braced with galvanized steel piers driven down into the soil to bed rock. Based on that, the cost of this must be more than the value of the house.
That wouldn't make financial sense don't you think? No one would do something like this just to lose money.
@@squidusn71 That's what im confused about
Unless insurance ate it up
home insurance my bois
@@throlyhd9448 home owners insurance doesn't cover foundations at all, so I highly doubt it covers lifting a house to rebuild basement
Wow, that's impressive. I work in Land Surveying and was on a site shooting the flooding levels of this 3 story house, that they planned to lift and repair. I wondered how they could do it without ripping the house into pieces, and now, I can see that this company found a way to make a standard safe method while improving the dwelling when the work is completed.
@@fritzsmith3296 i havnt repented yet.. still not dead.
I think you need to know what anchor to use the ones you show in the advertising are quick bolts and are not used in fresh concrete
The bill for this has to be as heavy as the house.
I wish I knew what it was though.
I wonder why when such projects are shown, they never say how much that project had cost.
At least 100k
Try $175K! I'll be paying for mine for the next 30 years in the form of another mortgage!! Picture the house from Home Alone in size..that is what I have..$
@@chrisreed26 If you paid that much, you got burned. They must have seen you coming. Our total bill was $47K to lift a two story 2,250 sq. ft. house, take out the original block basement walls and slab, put in Radon mitigation and 9' ICF walls, and pour the new slab. All I had to do was finish landscaping at the end. Plus it was done in 3 weeks instead of 2 months, which is what it would've taken going the traditional way.
I worked for a waterproofing company in high school that would jack houses up off of their slabs, basements, or crawl spaces to repair damage. Some insurance companies will cover it because it’s an investment in the home. And this was long before actual home jacks were developed. It’s an amazing process to see.
Insurance covering "investments"? umm what company? how do i contact them? where have i been?
you mean people do this stuff for free? under the impression they will make the money back?
all i know is I was nearly homeless to "invest" in an old car thats only going up in price? how on earth does someone get that for free?
You, you must have some cool stories.
This reminds me living in New England I used to live on the shore. This area has a chain of small off shore islands, many with homes on them. Some cottages and some rather large. I went to work one morning enjoying the view of the shoreline drive. When I returned 10 hours later the same ride home, there was a 5,000 sq ft three story home on this little island that wasn't there before. I later found out the thing was floated in on a barge completely finished. Sheetrocked, electrical, plumbing, siding, windows, paint, cabinetry and furniture.
Wow.
I don’t even own a house but watched the whole video
I don’t know I watched this either but I did too
Me too lol
Same here😂😂😂
unfortunately i own a house and i have to watch this video....
No One cares
Idk why the algorithm brought me here but it's good to know things like this exist.
Some settling of the contents may occur.
for those saying this costs more than the house is worth. well what if the house is in san francisco or toronto or some other high cost city. a 1000 ft sq house could cost a million bucks easy in those locations. so spending 100 - 150 k to redo it or add a floor can easily pay off.
While this looks nice on paper, one should recognize that each lift is completely different and some might not even be feasible depending on the shape of the structure. Also, due to changes in the weight distribution points, internal trim and tiles might experience cracking or popping due to change in the direction of stress. I'm sure all these caveats will be explained in the contract. Overall, I'd say this is an awesome solution to a house that requires a new foundation. And then of course, there's today's lumber prices. Don't get me started.
Right here in Colorado Springs, a building permit requires a soil test to be performed and passed , for the design/use. I've seen many foundations pushed in, towards the center of the square delineated by the edges. Lots of clay. The soil is unstable: it swells when it absorbs water. It also loses its structural integrity and basic hardness. Houses sink, basement walls crack etc.. the rain pours down every few years. Houses are washed away (such as after the Waldo Canyon fire). Or after a saturating rain, the temperature drops. The wet clay loam/soil which is already swollen. So freezing it compounds the expansion. The worst examples are houses that were built over 100 years ago. I've seen houses basements pushed inward while the 2x4 walls do not move. So the framing eventually rests on the dirt.
yeah I was just going to say that this is a very weak presentation for the TRUTH of those Lifting units. They have to be on Stable and Secure ground. NONE of which is even talked about in that presentation.
Does anybody use the system in the United States yet?
What if the existing floor joists have settled and are no longer level or straight, are they just shimmed in place or is there an effort made to level the existing structure?
Cam I pay extra for you to put a basement under my basement so I have 2? 😂😂
I would do this just to add an open first floor lol
Announcer has a beautiful voice so easy on the ear; I need to lift my house no basement
You aint never lying.
and this will cost you $250K
That's incredibly impressive...but your company should be used by people who build basements to show the reason for really doing the job right before putting a house on top.
Can you lift a 100 year old brick house?
Oh boy I'm not sure I wanna know how much all this costs 😅
100 to 200 K
You left off reconnecting the utilities.
Very cool, the cost of homes now days it's worth fixing basement and even making the new space to use or rent out to cover some of the cost.
What a well done video.
House lifting costs $10,000 to $40,000 just to elevate. The average cost to raise a house above the flood zone is $20,000 to $80,000 for piers or pilings. The average cost to lift a house and replace the foundation is $20,000 to $100,000, or up to $150,000 to put in a basement.
I'd spend that to get my house above the flood zone. It was above until the Harvey flood.
Do you work in the USA also? I live in Oregon.
I'd hire you to lift my cottage to have a second floor, that's if you can send a crew to Southern Ontario this spring/early summer. Maybe enjoy some fishing while you're here.
Heads up though, in early spring, because of the nearby lake, I can hit water 3 feet down, so accommodations for weight distributions for the Failsafe footings will have to be considered.
Fortunately, I have a brother who's a registered Civil Engineer who might shed some extra insight into local soil conditions.
What about my chimney?
mason hawkins chimney is removed and must buy rebuilt if needed after the Reno
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains...
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas...
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders...
You raise me up to more than I can be...
Had my house moved up to raise the basement floor to remove it from a high water table . Doubled the square ft. Then my company moved me . My boss said I must be bored to have that much time on my hands.
Wow. That's pretty awesome. I wonder if it is possible to lift the house and enlarge the footprint of the house with the ICF basement so that another addition could be built over the enlarged basement.
Peter Utman sure, why not.
They specifically mentioned that right in the video.
anything possible if you can get permits!
Peter Utman 500K dollers to lift a house ;-;
[The] White Rabbit WAIT WHAT
Slick system reminiscent of portable big truck/heavy equipment pier style jacking systems. Thanks to cheap construction methods house lifting has a bright future!
BTW cinder blocks are trash. All foundations should be poured reinforced concrete.
Doesn't this cost almost as much as building a whole new house?
The wonderful thing about money is, if you have it you can spend anyway you to. There are plenty of people that'll spend it this way or this company wouldn't exist.
How do I find a business who uses this technology in MA USA?
It says they do work in all of North America.
Why would they need rebar grid in basement floor pour? that floor isn't bearing any load.
In. India low laying areas try this and.safe guard their belongings and property during flood situation
Is there anyone out there know how to get in touch with this company please let me know
their web site is under the video.
My grandfather owned a house moves and rigger company back at the turn of the last century, they used teams of massive horses and manual labor, I have pictures and still have one of his business cards, if alive today I think he'd be impressed with the technology. My one hundred year old house has a brick foundation, in 1998 we had a perimeter drain installed with a sump pump, it made a big difference and has kept the basement dry.
Of the 10 homes I’ve owned over 27 yrs, only 2 (here in Dallas TX and In RTP NC), did not have 9’ or 10’ (block courses or poured foundations), with either natural walk-out or forced walk-out basements, with legal egress. My new home, in NW Arkansas, will 3k sqft above ground finished, 1.5k basement unfinished and 1.0k attic unfinished.
could you add a radiant heat floor to the basement? It would keep it warm and dry and heat rises, thus heating the upper level.
WOW! talk about getting it done right!
very VERY impressive
damn im on a slab would have loved a basement.
Can I get y'all cats to lift my home and put another story under it?
Slick ad. Concept taken from several already industries. Similar systems used in prefab concrete work and in the ship industry. Gantry is useful and worth the money in such industries, but in house lifting - not so much in my opinion. As you'll read in the comment section of vase experience, this kind of work needs to be weighed out as to its worth. Is it a historic home? How well made is it to take the stress (possible racking) etc. The cost is key. Tear down or moving may be just as costly. Legally, is there a lawsuit waiting to happen? Who inspected the soil type and authorized the build from the get-go? From an engineering standpoint this kind of thing is always fun. We all have cool ideas. Are they practical as a business? (JF)
If no one trys no one knows. Boy do I need to win the lottery so I can try more crazy ideas.
SO COOL! At least the money to fix basement problems would be solved with this method. Most basement fixes are a "patch" job at a HUGE COST, almost at a RIP OFF COST!
I would love to do this.
My 1940 house has had roads built around it. Now the house gets road water that runs by one side. The road is almost level with the house.
Yeah we had that problem in Bethany Oklahoma where I grew up. It's also a very real issue in Pearland TX. They just rebuilt all the roads in my sister subdivision to the north of me and several houses are now below the street level. I'd be a little upset.
Just I was shocked when I heard about lifting and shifting of structures 🙂
I'd love to do this to my house.
how do you do this when the house isnt a square or rectangle?
You use conventional house lifting gear and as many beams and jacks as necessary.
This should be a simple answer, what was the cost of job of the home you showed. Don't need the evasive every job is different to answer. Or another simple one, out of a 100 resident homes what was the average price, you know add up the 100 homes job cost and divide by a 100.
Exactly. Seems shady.
I'm sure it ain't cheap, but that's freaking cool
Specifically not pacifically .... You'd think they would know that much
what was the cost of the job in the video?
Might be cheaper to buy a new house
I have to wonder, I have a crawlspace but part of my house is on a slab. (It used to be a garage) what do they do in that situation?
You can check on TH-cam this is happening in India also even with brick and mortal houses.
That looks even more impossible.
I wish I could raise my little mobile home and put a foundation under it, I've been living in a hardship situation and all of a sudden they want a foundation or I have to tear it down because it is 1 of 2 buildings on the property. Tell how this makes any sense.
Necessity is the Mother of Invention. I worked with a guy that raised a mobile home with a large flat bed wrecker. We sat it back down higher than it was on concrete blocks. Surely you can move it, put down a 4" slab and move it back. It just takes the will and helping hands. My Church family would help me if I was in a similar situation... maybe ask your community for help. People need a cause that makes them feel good.
@@pearlandvelos244 One of my problems is I've built additions to the mobile, another is its age. I just don't understand why it can't remain as is, mostly storage and shop, not an actual residence with all the appliances, yet they want it either torn down or on a foundation of their approval put under it.
Do you do this in California
Where I do foundations we have slopes and various difficult hillside access. This is lovely with small houses and flat terrain..What it the maximum tonnage for this equipment.
Makes more sense to just move
is it going to be dangerously expensive for a 1080 sq ft one story house with 24 inch deep crawlspace?
This company started in Regina, are they still around? Its great stuff really.
When they did my house they just used one crane...
Why would FailSafeHouseLifting have the opening vt sequence of this video played in reverse....🙄🤔????
Did it with house jacks... but it was a bungalow on the beach... ;)
All for just $49.99
Trust the Americans to develop such a great idea. Here in Australia houses with basements are rare so it wouldn’t do well here but boy would I love to be able to lift my house and add one. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
FailSafe is a Canadian company
@@cameronwensel5720 N American
That's right blame Canada if it "fails". Lol
@@pearlandvelos244 Of course 😂😂😂
bet that cost more than the house lol
I'm wondering if this is cost effective, and how much is the average job, and how often they get work?
🇬🇧 A very clever way of improving property. 👍👍👍👍👍
Sounds like a great solution if you want more space, but don't want to move. The caveat, i'm sure, is the price. This has to be prohibitively expensive.
D LG Someone in the comments said it was 500k lol
crunch9876. Someone else said they looked it up and only 80k. Half million is crazy to just jack up a house and add a basment. Maybe 500k to do everything he wanted done to the house in total costs, not just lifting the house.
Hell no 500k is way too much even here in Southern CA where home prices are out the roof! I'd say 50 to 80k tops for a average 1500 square foot one story home
For complete project 80-100K (CND) is more accurate. I shot & edited this video. And know the company founders well. They are great at what they do, but tend to be too busy to monitor the comments on their youtube channel.
Shawn Fulton well they travel to Washington State?
I watched this whole video...and I don't even have a basement
Me too. I was searching house raising. Pretty cool though.
Legal fees $50.000
Love it , I need more info
Wow this is crazy looking!
Should the beams going under the house be on top of the beams going to the lifting towers ?
Can u do this system in the south and without a basement?
Wow, New Basement s and chimney's!
How much did that job cost
This is great! 👍🏻
I remember looking at an old house years ago. House was great but it had major basement issues. If I had this as a option at the time I might of bought it?
well getting the basement fixed using this would still be a major cost but would potentially increase the value.
What’s a price range for a typical 30x30 house in Rosemount there’s lots of houses with block basements in need of this including my own
one of the posters said around $80k (Canadian dollars)
That’s pretty wild. A few years ago a very old and very large barn was moved across the street and rotated 90°. I’m so amazed that a house, or any structure, can just be picked up and even moved.
Do the 4 pillars need to be set on the same plane as each other?
They probably use leveling jacks. Each corner has a big bolt that can be screwed down or up to get them level. But I would suspect the flatter the surface you start with the better.
How much did this cost?
If you have to ask....you won't want to know.
@@sjp6341 not true, price needs to be taken into consideration to value the process or choose another route. That type of mentality must come from rich people.
@@CustomWeldingandFab then they could give a range based on parameters, we all detest "call for quote" because it opens up price discrimination
Now how much would this typically cost?
Its like reatoring a classic car with a rusted out frame, it usually ends up costing more than makes sense, but I am glad people still save old cars and old homes some things just cant be replaced with modern stuff.
RIGHT!!!
could you also use this method to lift up a house to place it on stilts, for example in a flood area?
I too am curious about this. Olshan does it in Houston but not like this.
How much is the average cost for this kind of work?
one of the commenters said around $80k for the house lift. (Canadian dollars)
@@rupe53 Thank you for the reply.
damn this looks expensive, wonder if it's cheaper to just burn it and build a new one, haha
Awesome work!!!
I've always seen timber cribbing as flawed as if the top timbers break there is nothing stopping the inertia of the house breaking ALL the timbers. We don't have basements here in Australia but your system looks far safer when it comes just lifting a house.
I'm pretty sure you're using a picture of Roger Cook in your video from Ask This Old House. lol. Does he know?
imagine sleeping in on house-lifting day, rolling out of bed, opening the door to grab the mail and you look down. "Uh, I'll go back to bed"
Brilliant system 👌👀
What a strange place... all of the traffic is driving in reverse! Bass-ackwards, like this idea of lifting a home to dig out under it.
WHO IS THE BEST IN WESTERN QUEBEC?? MY COTTAGE HAS ONLY POST AND PIER..
This is very ingenious way to do work.