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Thanks for the advice. I opened up the wood by the brick columns and there are anchors every few feet so it is attached in some way. The sill plates were so badly rotted that at certain location with a leaf blower it got blown off leaving the studs in the air. The structure is very solid so...

Hi everyone, I've been a member since 2012 and had signed up to learn to fix my previous garage which also had sill plate issues. The previous one, I used jacks and lolly columns to lift and everything worked out great. So I purchased a bigger home two years ago and I have a detached 2 car...

Thanks guys for your responses. I definitely want to restore this garage because aside from the lean and the bad sills, the structure itself is in very great shape. The roof is good, vinyl siding is somewhat new and the garage door just got serviced. I also had my electrician run an electrical...

Hi everyone, new user here. I love this site already; its very helpful. So I bought this house 2 months and I have this nice big garage to work and complete. Problem is that it looks like its leaning if you look at the right side back wall and another problem I have is I believe the old owner...