This residential project involved modifying an existing single story home with a basement, resulting in a two story building with a crawlspace. Having learned a great deal about lifting houses with the Cauchon projects, we endeavored to resolve a number of technical flaws with the original construction of the home by reinforcing the foundation system, filling in the basement with gravel, and building a new main floor at grade in order to provide the home occupant direct access to his home from the driveway. The occupant, who is mobile through the use of a wheelchair is now able to engage his yard with vistas from the second floor spaces rather than small basement windows.
