She is sinking.

But we’ve got this.
She has great bones.

So the old lady is sinking a bit. Just in one corner, and just 3-4 inches. But that is enough to have a pretty noticeable…tilt. Since my goal is to keep the old lady standing for at least another 120 years, we are going to fix it.

Contractor Nathan Scott stopped by to take a look and ended up spending almost two hours investigating. That’s a quality contractor. And he came up with probably the least invasive solution possible. And we got to see what’s under the front porch!

The process of jacking her up to install a new joist is going to be a long one. Nathan says the house will tell us when she’s had enough. Then we give her a week to settle again. Then jack her up a bit more. And so on. This will keep the plaster walls from cracking and give her time to settle before we do too many other renovations.

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