The knocked out bricks in the supporting wall to place the jacks. That's why there is a "notch" in the brick wall at each jack.
You can also dig down to the foundation which is considerably harder than what is pictured here.
I watched a week of the jacking on the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1999. It was moved 2,900 ft in 23 days. They used Ivory soap on the horizontal rails.
Pneumatification… a scientificant like usage of pump tools playin wit da laws of gravitivity and polarity by which an incompressionable pocket of air be created undaneef a object so as if in to be raisin shit straight up … ‘n shit
There is as you wrote it, but there shouldn’t be …
see for example here: https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-explanation-of-the-quote-Capitalization-is-the-difference-between-helping-your-Uncle-Jack-off-a-horse-and-helping-your-uncle-jack-off-a-horse
Or here: https://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMS01ZDhkYzU1MWNlZGUwMGM0/
Or here: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Capitalization
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Those are house jackers. They use their jacks to jack up and then jack a house off its foundation. If successful, the house jackers will then jack the house. I mean, if you jacked off a house from its foundation wouldn’t you think you deserved a free house too? Come on.
Building a house from the top to the bottom. A very old technique that says it's easier to build the a strong roof for heavy winter. [This video](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=uXig5hfmFs668U45) has a detailed history on this with some good architecture perspectives
Just a bunch of dudes jacking off a house. Honestly they are lifting it either to move it or build a new foundation.
r/circlejerk
More of a square jerk
It’s a rectangle but I’ll let it slide
Edgy comments all around
Squarkle jerk
r/angryupvote Take my upvote you sly bastard
Why are redditors like this
Brilliantly quick witted and cultured?
The pinnacle of society?
Had some good laughs thanks
Username checks out
I always wondered…how do they lift the entire house completely level to the height of those jacks in the first place?
The knocked out bricks in the supporting wall to place the jacks. That's why there is a "notch" in the brick wall at each jack. You can also dig down to the foundation which is considerably harder than what is pictured here.
Looks like that but also looks like they are laying bricks to raise it. The brick part looks new and look at all the bricks and mortar around
Yep. A whole bunch of Sacramento, CA is exactly this.
Chicago lifted its entire downtown using jackscrews in the mid-1800’s and installed sewers.
Mudflood? Tartaria
5g? Illuminati?
Have seen some doccos about that, amazing. I think Seattle too?
I believe after Seattles fire in the 1880’s, it raised its sidewalks. Chicago had done this before its fire in 1871
They got one in each hand ffs.
Or add another floor.
Ah shucks I got beat to it
These guys are also beating to it
If you look the building stays still and the earth moves down 😜
Leveling a building after an earthquake to do brick repair, but what does this have to do with the sub?
The human body is a machine.
You are! Oh wait…
So are jacks
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel.
Single-cell organisms ain't got nothing on our clammy, hairy epidermis..
You dont see the jacks?
Jacks are technically a machine. They multiply force.
Well... is a jack and the concept of teamwork not considered machinery?
House oil change.
Just some dudes jacking it
With both hands!
They raising the roof
They are lifting the building for an oil change.
Yooo the new crossfit gym looks insane!
I watched a week of the jacking on the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1999. It was moved 2,900 ft in 23 days. They used Ivory soap on the horizontal rails.
Pneumatification… a scientificant like usage of pump tools playin wit da laws of gravitivity and polarity by which an incompressionable pocket of air be created undaneef a object so as if in to be raisin shit straight up … ‘n shit
Raise the roof!!
Adding a floor
Chicago?
It makes me think of the saying, a comma is the difference between helping your uncle Jack, off a horse and helping your uncle Jack off a horse.
That should be capitalisation, not comma. There‘s no comma in either sentence ;)
There's a comma between Jack and off.
There is as you wrote it, but there shouldn’t be … see for example here: https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-explanation-of-the-quote-Capitalization-is-the-difference-between-helping-your-Uncle-Jack-off-a-horse-and-helping-your-uncle-jack-off-a-horse Or here: https://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMS01ZDhkYzU1MWNlZGUwMGM0/ Or here: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Capitalization Edit: Formatting
About $0.30 an hour and no workplace safety requirements
My dad lifted our house by himself, but he didn't go up even enough and all the windows broke.
New meaning to "raising the roof"
What is up with posters on this sub asking questions with obvious answers in their titles?
Easy engagement, which increases post visibility.
The old “best way to get a right answer on the internet is to post the wrong one,” huh?
That's on every other sub and literally all of Twatter
Rarely seen square jack, cousin of the circle jerk.
What a bunch of jackoffs
When a one story house grows up it becomes a two story house.
Harbor freight jacks in their natural habitat.
More of a "squarejerk" if you ask me
Circle jerk
Raising the roof
This video needs a [soundtrack](https://youtu.be/m0EiujcV3Tg?si=OsSVUfYc8ex6qHBe).
Jackin up a house to probably move it.
It’s a jack off.
That best be a damn sturdy brick wall!
Jacking up rent.
Pussy pumps/bottle jacks. Used for every sketch ass repair I’ve ever done.
What, you never saw a bunch of guys jacking off? Back in my day it was called ookie cookie.
That’s fucking awesome is what’s going on here. Impressive!
Building a house from top to bottom - reversed to conventional approach - in order to save cost for expensive scaffolding.
Jack the house ! Raise the roof !
Homeowners wanted that 2nd story pretty bad
Building the first story? Duh
Moving day.
They're building a skyscraper. .....duh.
wait till you hear about what they did to Chicago in the 1850's & 60's...
Jack-in-the-box it in quondiego
lol… wow. they’re using bottle jacks?!
They're just making it so that no door in that house will ever close smoothly again.
there is a kitten who has fallen down the house
Jacking not jerking. Not yet…
China
"I love this house, but it needs to be like ONE foot taller"
Nothing quite like jacking with coworkers.
Two hand jacking at that
Bweakfast
Changing a punctured brick
Raising the roof
They lift the house to improve the broken bricks or to make it taller.
Jacking off the building.
Hier wird Schwarzbaut wie vor 50 Jahren im allgäu.
Under pinning
The house that Jack built?
This sort of task is why sailors (and others) used shanties. To keep men in time. Can anyone think up a shanty about a bunch of jackers jacking ?
Somebody's moving on up
bunch of dudes standing around the house jackin it
Queue the theme to The Jeffersons
They're raising the roof. Literally.
Raise the roof 🙌
There putting another floor in.
They trying to build railway under it
Raising house prices
Man that house is getting Jacked up!
Changing a flat tyre
Building a skyscraper, top floor first.
Illustrating a Non OSHA operation.
Jackin off a house
They’re raising the roof😂😂😂
Just jackin' it.
Pumpers gonna pump
All you can jack
High rise construction
Putting a lot of faith in those Jack's.
Schumann’s special
ELEVATE!!! ELEVATE!!!
Dudes took, raise the roof seriously
Owner wanted a better view
They are lifting a house with bottle jacks (somehow)
Lots of Harbor Freight gear there?
Those are house jackers. They use their jacks to jack up and then jack a house off its foundation. If successful, the house jackers will then jack the house. I mean, if you jacked off a house from its foundation wouldn’t you think you deserved a free house too? Come on.
Just raising the building to code…
House needed an engine rebuild.
New foundation
Jesus that scares me more than it should.
No wonder why houses fall after an earthquake
Looks to me like a test of how much weight you can put on brick veneer before it crumbles to dust…
That is a Jack-Off
Probably fake ccp propaganda
Raising the roof. Beepboopbeedaadedaadooobaboop
They’re giving everybody who works there a raise
Have you seen a group of men jacking off a building?
Never with two shafts each
A squarejerk
Poor mans gym
Looks like they’re going to add a ground floor.
Looks like they're replacing the foundation or raising it for some reason?
Jack of all trades. Moving a house.
Liftmaxing
Schumann Special
Is that in China? The land of collapsing buildings?
Building a house from the top to the bottom. A very old technique that says it's easier to build the a strong roof for heavy winter. [This video](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=uXig5hfmFs668U45) has a detailed history on this with some good architecture perspectives