Toughest part of this house was the main support beam was sagging in three spots. It was in much worse shape than I had thought and it has to be addressed.

 These pictures show the first part of the job of redoing the supports for the main house beam. I will finish the second and third part at different times. 

So I bought 3.5 ton rv jacks because the space from the ground to beam was only 6.5 inches. Unfortunately this was no where near enough weight to lift a section of a house. 

Small spot where previous owner dug out enough space to sit up and work. Silver box is old in floor furnace, still deciding if i want to mess with removal?

Main support beam left side of the house. I need to put a secondary support there because the beam is sagging there a full inch. Hard to tell in the photo.

First jack is 6 ton. Not enough I would soon find out. 

Found a black 20 ton stubby jack at Lowes so I bought a couple. Worked like a charm! These two jacks lifted that beam around an inch.

New 6 x 6 Support post is in place. 

Hard to tell but that is a cement block on a poured cement pad. This is one of two primary supports that need to be raised. The scissor jack is no match for this project.

So this a stubby jack on the right side of the primary support.

You can see in this picture the new solid concrete block and wood shims I put in place of the old primary support.

Another picture of one of the primary supports I replaced.

JJJ

Last pic of new support. In the background you can see the two jacks. That is where I put the first secondary support post.