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dan e 1980
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the weirdest thing. just saw it on pulse24. it's a brick house and thy're driving it down the street!!
talk about mobile home! :rollin
talk about mobile home! :rollin
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GeekyBoyTO
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I wonder is it is going to be yet another house in the "heritage subdivision".
What an atrocious idea, particularly when taken en masse in Markham.
GB
What an atrocious idea, particularly when taken en masse in Markham.
GB
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dan e 1980
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yeah, that's the location.
it's a shame but better than demolition.
it's a shame but better than demolition.
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building babel
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Rather than relocating all these old buildings to the Heritage Estates Subdivision why not just wheel them slowly around Markham all day? Take heritage to the people.
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dan e 1980
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:rollin
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dan e 1980
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Dwelling Drive
Moving from one abode to another is a major event, but the Loney family of Markham took it one step further and relocated their heritage home Tuesday to another spot down the street.
Seeing an entire house loaded on a rig and moved down the road is an unusual sight, and the process of lifting the structure from the ground and shipping it somewhere else takes months of planning.
There are companies that specialize in this careful procedure, including CDS Building Movers based in the Ottawa area. Len Shean, who’s an estimator with the company, said a crew of five to 10 people is all it takes to get a heritage home off the ground.
To preserve the brickwork on the house, workers make sure they take part of the foundation so the blocks don’t fall off or crumble.
“If there’s no foundation underneath it, what we do is we tunnel, I’ve actually tunneled by hand, through underneath it so they can put beams underneath it ... then at one point they’ll be able to actually lift the house up off the ground,†he explained.
Then a series of beams are placed in the space the workers have dug out. Once that support system is in place, the crew uses what’s called a unified jacking system to lift the home off the ground.
Shean said the lifting system could include as many as 12 jacks. This process ensures that each part of the structure is raised at the same time.
Before the home is lifted, crews band and cable it, and Shean said because of this process, the brickwork of the old structure may look even better when it arrives at its new resting spot.
“The reason is by banding it together and cabling it you start pulling all the brick back together if there was little cracks and that in it the brick, it sort of pulls them back together and when you get there there’s no bricks that have moved,†he explained.
Planning could take anywhere from three months to a year to move a home. Crews must check with utility officials and check the delivery route to make sure they can clear wires and cables hanging over the road.
* Shean said his company moves anywhere from 50 to 60 homes a summer. Owners need to relocate for a number of reasons – perhaps they want to build a bigger home on their lot, or sometimes the structures have to be moved because of municipalities wanting to widen roads.
Moving from one abode to another is a major event, but the Loney family of Markham took it one step further and relocated their heritage home Tuesday to another spot down the street.
Seeing an entire house loaded on a rig and moved down the road is an unusual sight, and the process of lifting the structure from the ground and shipping it somewhere else takes months of planning.
There are companies that specialize in this careful procedure, including CDS Building Movers based in the Ottawa area. Len Shean, who’s an estimator with the company, said a crew of five to 10 people is all it takes to get a heritage home off the ground.
To preserve the brickwork on the house, workers make sure they take part of the foundation so the blocks don’t fall off or crumble.
“If there’s no foundation underneath it, what we do is we tunnel, I’ve actually tunneled by hand, through underneath it so they can put beams underneath it ... then at one point they’ll be able to actually lift the house up off the ground,†he explained.
Then a series of beams are placed in the space the workers have dug out. Once that support system is in place, the crew uses what’s called a unified jacking system to lift the home off the ground.
Shean said the lifting system could include as many as 12 jacks. This process ensures that each part of the structure is raised at the same time.
Before the home is lifted, crews band and cable it, and Shean said because of this process, the brickwork of the old structure may look even better when it arrives at its new resting spot.
“The reason is by banding it together and cabling it you start pulling all the brick back together if there was little cracks and that in it the brick, it sort of pulls them back together and when you get there there’s no bricks that have moved,†he explained.
Planning could take anywhere from three months to a year to move a home. Crews must check with utility officials and check the delivery route to make sure they can clear wires and cables hanging over the road.
* Shean said his company moves anywhere from 50 to 60 homes a summer. Owners need to relocate for a number of reasons – perhaps they want to build a bigger home on their lot, or sometimes the structures have to be moved because of municipalities wanting to widen roads.
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adma
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I don't mind the idea of Heritage Estates, as long as I take w/a grain of salt the idea of it being an oh-so-perfect solution re What To Do With Our Heritage. It's one solution. It's better than some. But I'd only endorse it w/a whole slew of caveats...
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Jarrek
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It's a shame Mississauga doesn't do this and DESTROYS all its heritage buildings.
Shame!
Shame!
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dan e 1980
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the guy paid 8 grand for the house!!!
it cost him over 100 grand yo move it.
by the time he was done, i wonder how much he spent in total. if it saves you a ton of money when buying a home and alot of people knew about this, every vintage home that was slated for demolition could be moved and saved. if you end up saving 100 grand doing it this way, rather than buying a new home - and get a wicked house out of it, giddy up!
it cost him over 100 grand yo move it.
by the time he was done, i wonder how much he spent in total. if it saves you a ton of money when buying a home and alot of people knew about this, every vintage home that was slated for demolition could be moved and saved. if you end up saving 100 grand doing it this way, rather than buying a new home - and get a wicked house out of it, giddy up!
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dan e 1980
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i remember they tore down a victorian home around weston & 401 to build a condo.
if i had the money, i would have bought thoe home for a low price (10 K) - which would have cost the developers money to destroy and dispose of, and i would have moved it to a nearby lot.
the developers would have saved demolition costs and disposal costs + they make a profit.
the only problem is there is too much stuf in the way of the move. can you pay hydro to move powerlines?
i wonder if you can use a helicopter? like the one they used on the CN tower. it may be cheaper then moving hydro lines
and getting around bridges. just gotta keep people from going underneath the path.
if i had the money, i would have bought thoe home for a low price (10 K) - which would have cost the developers money to destroy and dispose of, and i would have moved it to a nearby lot.
the developers would have saved demolition costs and disposal costs + they make a profit.
the only problem is there is too much stuf in the way of the move. can you pay hydro to move powerlines?
i wonder if you can use a helicopter? like the one they used on the CN tower. it may be cheaper then moving hydro lines
and getting around bridges. just gotta keep people from going underneath the path.