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Payne Building Movers has been helping customers since 1974, and during this time we have gained a reputation for delivering quality work and always meeting deadlines. Always check references on house-raising firms to make sure you are working with a professional building raising company.

Yes, we certainly can move masonry structures. We use a unified hydraulic jacking system which enables us to control the entire jacking operation. The jacks are locked together by a unifying system and will raise and lower in unison regardless of individual jack loading. This system can accommodate from one to thirty-eight 100 ton rams in unison. This system is essential when making large, irregular lifts during structure moving.

Buildings of all kinds are moved because they sit on land that is more valuable without the structure or because they are in the path of highways, railroads, reservoirs, or urban renewal. In some cases, the intent is to actually rescue the structure by relocating it to an area where its value is increased. House moving is also done in order to move a house from a flood-prone area.

This depends on the type of building and where the building is located in the state. In almost all cases, after a permit is obtained the building can be moved with proper supervision and stand-by equipment. Depending on the height of the structure, utility wires may have to be raised. In some areas, it is possible to move a house a great distance.

Poured concrete grade beams with poured concrete piers or block walls, timber pile foundations with no concrete, and helical micro pull-down piles are all available. In poor soil areas we could use a combination of all of the above.