Outstanding Move
We know what you’re thinking. “Who in their right mind would try to place hoist a sagging joist beam with a car jack?” Believe it or not, using jacks to lift columns and beams up isn’t all that out-of-the-box. However, since car jacks are usually designed to lift 10 tons at most, and seeing as how homes can weigh anywhere from 20 to 100 tons, a car jack won’t cut it.
So, what’s going on here? This homeowner discovered one of the joists was out of place, so they whipped their simple car jack out of their trunk is used it to fix the problem once and for all. Outstanding move.