garage is leaning
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garage is leaning
I have just discovered that my two car garage is leaning ever so slightly forward. My level told me this today. :-The garage is studded on all walls, so wonder what I could do to stop it from moving any more with time. Some ole boy told me I need to screw big eye bolts into the top header, then attach two come-alongs, one on each side, then go to back of garage and drill into cement floor, and insert two more eye bolts, and apply pressure to pull the garage backwards to "square it up". Any ideas on what to put on the walls maybe in each corner to stop it from leaning any more? You can only tell will a level placed on the studs inside, you cannot tell by just looking at it, its that slight. thanks.
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LEANING GARAGE
YOUR FRIEND MUST HAVE BEEN ON A INTERPLANETARY EXPO TO HOPPEDUPSVILLE. THERE ARE TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO.
1. ALL WALLS IN ANY STRUCTURE REQUIRE BRACING FOR LATERAL(LEANING) SHEAR. USUALLY A 1X6 IS NOTCHED INTO THE STUDS 3/4" DEEP. THIS BRACE RUNS DIAGONALLY FROM THE FLOOR TO THE DOUBLE TOP PLATE AND MUST CROSSOVER AT LEAST FIVE STUDS. USUALLY MOST BUILDINGS WILL SETTLE IN OR SHIFT JUST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. NO BIG DEAL. IF IT CONTINUES TO SHIFT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER GETTING OUT THE SKILL SAW. EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE EXTERIOR COVERING.
2. PAINT AND A WEEK. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THAT SEEM TO BE A MAJOR DISASTER CROP UP FROM TIME TO TIME. I FIND OUT THAT IF YOU CAN GIVE IT A FRESH COAT OF PAINT AFTER A LITTLE FIXING ON IT GOES A LONG WAY. AFTER YOU WAIT A WEEK, RETHINK THE PROBLEM. IF IT IS STILL BOTHERING TO YOU, FIX IT. IF NOT JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT. USUALLY SOME OTHER " LIFE'S CRISIS" WILL POP UP ON YOUR PRIORITY LIST AND THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM SEEMS MINOR, SO FORGET IT.
1. ALL WALLS IN ANY STRUCTURE REQUIRE BRACING FOR LATERAL(LEANING) SHEAR. USUALLY A 1X6 IS NOTCHED INTO THE STUDS 3/4" DEEP. THIS BRACE RUNS DIAGONALLY FROM THE FLOOR TO THE DOUBLE TOP PLATE AND MUST CROSSOVER AT LEAST FIVE STUDS. USUALLY MOST BUILDINGS WILL SETTLE IN OR SHIFT JUST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. NO BIG DEAL. IF IT CONTINUES TO SHIFT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER GETTING OUT THE SKILL SAW. EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE EXTERIOR COVERING.
2. PAINT AND A WEEK. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THAT SEEM TO BE A MAJOR DISASTER CROP UP FROM TIME TO TIME. I FIND OUT THAT IF YOU CAN GIVE IT A FRESH COAT OF PAINT AFTER A LITTLE FIXING ON IT GOES A LONG WAY. AFTER YOU WAIT A WEEK, RETHINK THE PROBLEM. IF IT IS STILL BOTHERING TO YOU, FIX IT. IF NOT JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT. USUALLY SOME OTHER " LIFE'S CRISIS" WILL POP UP ON YOUR PRIORITY LIST AND THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM SEEMS MINOR, SO FORGET IT.