Leveling the Farmhouse Floor | Fixing Sagging Floors

Today we're getting started on yet another "small" project. The floors in our kitchen are sagging really bad. So we're going to take what we learned from the crew that leveled our living room floors and attempt to do the same with them. We plan on doing the lifting over the course of the next month or so, but today we'll get all the structural beams in place and get the process started.
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[lindapoe]

The entire time I was nervously watching and thinking that you should have had some extra hands to help you. Kudos to you Todd! Great job.

[roxannesampley]

Sometimes our head knows how and what to do, but our bodies have difficulty with the plan. That's where we are now. Glad you still can follow through. Listen to your body.

[mobile_noble]

Love your storm door exit! Glad you didn’t hurt your back. Cut up a pool noodle to put on the corner of the beam… no smashed heads!😂

[KoniB.]

Todd, paint those black posts a fluorescent color or y'all will be running into to them if you go to basement in low light. (just like we did till we painted them!) It's one of those fill a boring day with something. Great job getting them up by yourself.

[Mandela]

My husband and I live in an old church converted to a farmhouse built in 1905 and we need to do the same thing. It's intimidating! You made it look less scary lol thanks for sharing!!

[daydreambeliever]

I felt a lot happier when you got the jacks under that beam.

[madmecyr]

Ooh, watch out for your back! Hubby did this in our 120yr old house too. Not perfect but better. Can't wait for Rachel to get back and have the two of you together again. Always enjoy your videos :)

[dirtroaddestiny]

You have a beautiful historical home ❤

[willow]

The things like this, that no one sees is such a huge improvement to a old home and structure. I have watched some pretty awesome do it yourself heavy duty structure builds and certainly intimidating till you see what is come up with to make it all work out . Nice job

[marcidevries]

Floor jacks, an essential part of old farmhouses! Our farmhouse is from the 1880s. We liked to roll marbles around the floor ☺️

[ebenezercottagegarden]

Really enjoyed this one. Glad to see you didn't do yourself any damage!

[mz.paulab.]

😊 Sir, I truly thank you for posting this, for I'm in the same situation.

[trishapomeroy]

That was nerve wracking! I'm sure glad you didn't get hurt!

[Delton]

Good move taking your time. The rest of the house needs time to lift. Great video

[gailosmond-jewers]

Good job! Just a bit of advice, if there is a next time use a couple of 2 by 4 screwed together as a brace. Measure the distance from the floor to under the beam and put your 2 by 4 in place. This way it will support the weight while your screwing the beam in place. I'm no carpenter just some advice to save your back. I love to do repairs and learned that trick from a friend, Take Care love the videos !!

[jackiehorsley]

you did a awesome Job doing doing that buy your self

[elysenapoli]

We've got to do the same thing in our crawl space. Good to see your process.

[lynsmith]

Great video Todd. A number of years ago James and I were doing some work on a neighbours house but it was a steel I beam and we did the same thing. It was 20 ft long and the ratchet straps worked great…however there was two of us. Great job 🇨🇦❄️

[jeanholdstock]

I love the way that you take everything in your stride, but I did keep thinking 'You're there on your own, please ask someone to help you'. But you had it all in hand.
I hope your family member is soon well enough for Rachael to be able to come home again. Until then, please take care xx

[judyabernathy]

Nice job. That’s such an important task. I would never tackle that one! Hats off to you. Rachel will be so happy when she gets home. ♥️🙏🏼♥️