How to Level an Unlevel Tiny House Shed Step-by-Step DIY

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2 жыл бұрын

This is a complete video on how to level a shed / tiny house. From how to use a laser level, to forming up the piers, pouring the concrete, and finally attaching the permanent house jacks.
Here is a link to the jack stands that we purchased:
Vestil FJB-16 Basement Floor Jack, 12" - 16" Height Range, Maximum Height Capacity (lbs.) 9738, Minimum Height Capacity (lbs.) 9738, Red a.co/d/j3DQWI4
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@mariomalette4155 6 күн бұрын

Great job guys!✌️👍👍👍👍

@jholmesgt 3 ай бұрын

Bravo! Excellent video. Great job on camera work, instruction, explanations, and all around visual clarity. Exactly what I needed to see in order to help me raise and stabilize my shed foundation. Thank you so much!

@YouCanDoIt2 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching the video and leaving such a great comment! I'm so glad we were able to help you with your project, and I'm sure, save you a ton of money 💰 by doing it yourself 🎉

@carriebabb1577 2 жыл бұрын

I am so excited to watch the progress. You two make things look so easy. Thanks for always sharing‼️

@Never2Loud Жыл бұрын

Lots of great information and explained very well. Helpful. Thanks for sharing.

@SallyCofield 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for leveling this for me!!! Wow!

@tommyl1350 Жыл бұрын

Nice job, I have a shed in my back yard I need to do the same thing soon.

@stephaniepynes 2 ай бұрын

We are about to do a 10x20 building. My son is a plumber so he said I obviously gotta get it off the ground for him to plumb it.. I wasn’t sure if we could do the footers or hire it out- I’m hiring it out. 😂

@stevendiffy768 Жыл бұрын

Can you please give us a tool and supply list for this job?

@Cathooker2 9 ай бұрын

This is what happens when you rush to get something done. You have to pay someone to go back and fix things costing more money. For the 3 grand they spent Fixing the shed and the money from the gravel bed, cement blocks etc.. They could have poured a concrete slab for the shed to sit on.

@YouCanDoIt2 9 ай бұрын

That is very true. However, there is still a significant cost in pouring a slab...it might be a wash. Slabs require a gravel / crush rock base, rebar, cement, cement truck and a concrete finisher. This, in the end, might be more expensive than what we accomplished. Plus, if this were to be dropped onto a slab, you can forget about future plumbing as there would be no crawl space to work with. I totally agree with a slab if this were a shed only...but, as a tiny house, a raised foundation is most likely the best option. Thank you for watching a leaving a comment... always appreciated.👍

@Joel.Invictus 3 ай бұрын

An unfair castigation with likely zero consideration for what factors might have influenced the owners to pull the trigger on their project.

@stephaniepynes 2 ай бұрын

You have NO IDEA. You can’t plumb it unless it’s off the ground. You’d have to draw blueprints, rough it in, pour the slab, pull up the plywood floors, move the entire building and set it on top of the new roughed in slab. You’d have to rebuild the thing basically and do a lot of unnecessary demo work. This would cost way more than just leveling it. Wth are you thinking? 🤔

@stevendiffy768 11 ай бұрын

Great video! I need to level my portable garage up so I can finish the little things and the big thing...the floor. It was tuff to build a 16x32 building mostly by myself. I am not a young fellow and it was painful at times. I got the fat little jack and I have a self leveling laser. I will be following your examples as I get it leveled back up. Its not your typical shed design as I built it in a lean too style and with 2x6 studs and 2x10 rafters as these were cheaper at the time than the smaller stuff. lol. So its heavy and strong. But again...thank you! Much needed help in how to do it.

@YouCanDoIt2 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching the video. Slow and steady will get the job done! You Can Do It!! 👍

@Fjvillah 2 жыл бұрын

Saved my day, and my home. Thank you 😊

@YouCanDoIt2 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!!! Always makes me feel good when a video can actually benefit someone else. Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment. Always appreciated 👍

@arb6186 Жыл бұрын

I just found out about your channel. So beautifully done job. I wish you where here in Atlanta so I could use you for my project 18×18 detached storage that I want to turn it to new studio. If you know someone in Atlanta, please refer to me. 🙏🙏

@YouCanDoIt2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching the video and leaving such a nice comment, always appreciated 👍. I wish you the best with finding someone to do this for your project.

@todd8155 Жыл бұрын

It's not bringing the green line down, it's bringing the building up. The green line is the self-leveling stationary reference point, not the building. The green line is not moving in reference to the earth, the building is.

@3807shawn 10 ай бұрын

So do you have a link for the jscks ? And also i built a shed into a tiny home and the runner beams seem to be bowed where the center is higher than the outside how do i fix that will just jacking up the outside edge fix it?

@YouCanDoIt2 10 ай бұрын

Hi! Thank you for watching the video. I revised the description to include the link to the exact Jack's that we purchased for this project. As far as the bow ...you might be able to adjust that by pushing the outer edges upward with the jack stands...not sure about that. I wish you the best with your project.

@JamesDavidsonPhoto 4 ай бұрын

What does the platform add that just resting on the concrete pour doesn't? Is it more for weight/force distribution?

@YouCanDoIt2 4 ай бұрын

Good question! You are correct...the larger the surface area, the better the weight distribution...which will help with overall stability of the structure. Hope that this information answers your question 👍.

@vgundam21 Жыл бұрын

Hi! Question for you. I have a shed that's on blocks and may need to be leveled in the future. I have electricity running to the shed from the nearest pole, the wire is run through a conduit 18" under the ground and comes up and attaches to the shed where the breaker box is. What's the process for leveling a shed in a situation like this? I'm concerned that leveling the shed will put stress on either the conduit or the wire coming from the pole.

@YouCanDoIt2 Жыл бұрын

Hi. Thank you for watching this video. This shed was the exact same situation as you are describing. I ended up digging around the conduit that was coming up into the shed. It took some time, but I dug several feet of it out so that as I lifted the shed the conduit could reposition itself. This was somewhat lengthy in time, but helped to ensure that the conduit would not crack or the wire pull away from the panel. After the shed was leveled I filled the trench back in. Hope this information helps 👍

@vgundam21 Жыл бұрын

@YouCanDoIt2 that's actually very useful! I've been trying to figure out this problem for a good bit and had not considered doing that. TY!!!

@RobertKrummel 2 жыл бұрын

Could you tell me about how much this project costed this person for labor? I'm asking because I'm about to tackle the exact same project and was very curious. Also great video

@YouCanDoIt2 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin, thanks for watching and leaving a comment. We did this project and charged $3,000. Half was material and half was labor. There was quite a bit of hand digging involved as I had to dig several feet down and the building was in the way while doing it. The materials are not cheap anymore. Rebar, cement, house jacks, etc all seem to have gone up in the last year. If you are planning on bidding out this job, I would price out materials first. In just the last few months materials have almost doubled in cost and some are very hard to come by. Hope this helps 👍

@RobertKrummel 2 жыл бұрын

@@YouCanDoIt2 super helpful actually! Thank you for taking the time to reply I do appreciate it. Half in materials really? Wowsers I need to revisit this indeed, as I hadn't considered it anywhere near that much. Was a majority of it the jacks??

@YouCanDoIt2 2 жыл бұрын

@@RobertKrummel jacks were pricey and we used 8. I had a slight loss on that as I only charged for seven but ended up using eight. I used an entire pallet of concrete. There's quite a bit underneath this tiny house. Of course, the rebar and 2x4s aren't cheap either these days.

@isabellamaya5464 Жыл бұрын

Your so pretty missy🤍🤍

@retiredjetjock657 11 ай бұрын

Where'd you buy those screw jacks you placed under the shed permanently?

@YouCanDoIt2 11 ай бұрын

Hi! Thank you for watching the video. The jacks were purchased off of Amazon. Make sure to purchase the jack stands that have manual adjusting and not hydraulic. Over time, the hydraulic jack stands will bleed off. Also, make sure to purchase the appropriate number and load-bearing weight for your particular tiny house/shed. I hope this information helps 👍.