So uhh garage lift kit?

[muddinguy]

We have an offer on a house with a nice sized garage but it's kinda standard height (4 panel high garage door) wondering if it's possible to somehow lift the garage add a panel to the door add on some track for the rollers and frame out or block in under the walls..
I've got access to heavy duty tow trucks stores full of beer and lots of buddies we can get lift that ***** somehow

 

[ezover]

several folks on here have done it. sorry do not have links to threads.

 

[muddinguy]

Hmm I tried searching guess I'll look harder tomorrow..

 

[1grnlwn]

I engineered a garage lift aprox 2'. Need a lot of railroad jacks, lumber and clear skys.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

I lifted mine by myself with just a few jacks, some scrap 2x4s and plywood. A bunch of drunks with tow trucks would probably make a better you tube video.

 

[Jrican]

I lifted mine by myself with just a few jacks, some scrap 2x4s and plywood. A bunch of drunks with tow trucks would probably make a better you tube video.

I second drunks with tow trucks!

 

[38Chevy454]

What type construction on the garage? I believe the basic process is to lift the roof up and fill in the gap at top of the walls. The door you will do slightly different since you want to make a taller door. Probably have to remove the header and then build up the wall height and reinstall the header.

The new door and tracks is easy enough, essentially a replacement situation.

 

[Ross/Kzoo]

Do you want the added garage door height? If not you could jack up the roof 2' and add your height between the old trusses and the top of your old wall. that way the service door and window height would not change.

 

[kbs2244]

As said, it has been documented here.
You first decision is whether to lift the whole building and do the fill in at the floor or to lift the roof and to the fill in at the top of the wall.

Although it may seem scary, the lift of the whole building is the easiest.
The pro is that all the work is at the ground level.
The biggest con is if there are a lot of ground into wall connections.
(Electric, water, phone, etc.)
Often the fill in is done with block for water resistance at he wall/floor joint.

Lifting the roof requires working off scaffolds and tall/long jack supports.

All this assumes a detached garage.
If it is attached it is a whole new ball game.

 

[gungatim]

I lifted an entire ranch home up off the foundation due to rotted sills, ledgers, and floor joists. I wanted to keep the new roof intact. I used a number of small bottle jacks, concrete blocks (solid), 4x4's, and scissor jacks from several junk cars. just a little at a time all around until you can get solid blocking under to support it and then put your new wood in. In my case I had to go up about 6", but a foot high would be the same process. get under the sill plate, add studs or 4x4's in the wall if you can't get under a stud. If you can't get under a wall, build a stud wall under the trusses at the end and use blocks and jacks under those. just go slow and a little at a time evenly. Surprising how much work a few hydraulic jacks can do if properly placed and supported. And I did it all by myself, so you don't need a bunch of guys and beer...

 

[rieferman]

Let's see some pics before we go much further

 

[teamextreme]

I'm considering the same thing. I found 3 different youtube videos each with different approaches. Search "raising garage roof" or similar on youtube. Two guys raised the entire structure using a method like gungatim described. Another guy used a car lift to raise just the roof (no good details on this video though).