I just saw your video and had to write a comment. I'm a real estate investor. And the repair you did would have cost me between $12,000 to $15,000. I saved enough; using your ideas to replace all the sheet rock ceilings, refinish the floors and up grade a bathroom in a rental house. Thank you

Can’t believe you did the floor beam and stuff all alone. Very impressed. Good work!!

I've done quite a few jobs like this over the years (and in some tight spots like this too). If I had been doing this job, I would have started with re-securing the joist ends to the rim joist (joist hangers maybe). When you lift by the floor joists as you did you are effectively cantilevering the entire wall weight onto the ends of the floor joists until you re-support the wall (shim the gap) on the foundation. I also would have sandwiched (not sistered) that bearing beam with the rotten end for more strength/stability, as it is likely carrying a load-bearing wall above it. Two-bys on each side and carriage bolts all the way through. I also would have insisted that the plumbing be moved out of the center of the beam. If it leaked once and rotted out the old beam, it can leak again and rot out your repairs. The footings: I noticed some footings were not centered properly under the load. You don't want your support posts sitting out at the edges of your footing. Might I suggest a plumb-bob before digging the footings. For jack posts you always want a level, flat, smooth surface on your footings. It appeared no effort was made to accomplish that. Another trick I like is to line the footing holes with a garbage bag before putting in the concrete if the soil is dry. Dry soil can suck the moisture out of the concrete mix too fast which can lead to your footing cracking. As well, the newly moistened soil could soften and cause your footing to subside or lean shortly after applying your load, or heave if above the frostline. Then you're coming back to readjust jack posts. Materials: Not sure why you chose the 3X3 tube stock. Tube-stock is not meant for spanning like you did. You can use short pieces to build a hell-of-a truss or frame, but tube-stock is more for compression loads, not spanning loads. I would have used two pieces of 4 X 1.72 channel iron back to back and welded or through bolted together (creating an I-beam). With that you could have eliminated three or four of your support posts (and footings). You can convert those "temporary" posts to "permanent" by welding the base plate to the bottom of the tube and the screw cap to the top of the tube and anchoring the top and bottom plates. For the adjustable posts you need to weld where the top tube slides into the bottom tube. I noticed a foundation vent near your work location under the house. I would have used that to pass your beam through rather than dragging it through the dirt from one end of the house to the other. I also would have passed a 2 inch shop-vac hose through that vent and sucked out the dirt from your footings, rather than dragging it out on sleds. If you have a lot of holes and/or a long crawl to get there, call the local septic tank guys and have them bring out one of their vac-trucks. Don't carry or shove or drag dirt if there's a tool for the job. If you want to dig footings in crawl spaces like this (by hand), stop cutting up full size shovels. Go to the army surplus store and buy a couple "trenching tools" which are small folding shovels. They are great for tight spaces. Use them straight like a regular shovel or at 90 degrees as a pick-axe and scooping dirt from bottom of holes. I cut down a post-hole auger and adapted it so I could chuck it in a right angle drill for crawl space footings. If I had 21 inches of clearance, I could bore an 18 inch deep footing hole. My moto is: work less, do more.

As a Home Inspector, I approve. I wish more took this effort.

I didn’t think it was possible, but my respect for your knowledge, commitment and determination has reached a whole new level ! AND you did the camera work alone too. 👌 Boy, do I feel lazy ! 😂

Gosh, I appreciate you making this video. I know how hard it must’ve been to film this man that beam was heavy. I wish you would’ve had some help that day. Take care, be careful and keep making these great videos.

I'm just dumbfounded. Sitting here enjoying a biscuit and coffee, realizing how easy my life is. Is there anything you can't do? This was amazing... 😲😲😲Thanks Shawn. You're my hero. 🙂

Shawn, this particular job is my 1930 home now. Watching your video right now is exactly what I am going to do to save my under carriage of my entire home. I appreciate your video. 3/16/24

Shawn, I’ve learned more from you and Andrew Camarata on using simple leverage and basic equipment than anywhere else. Your editing skills of speeding up some of the repetitive parts really make your videos much more pleasant to watch. Your videos are quality and the narration is spot on. I did cringe watching you chop that craftsman shovel but it was worth it. Thank you for producing such great content!

Great job once again Sean! Way to power thru and take care of the customer even if nobody else shows up to help! Your work ethic is impeccable!!

Another great job and video Sean. I admire your work ethic and failure to complain about your employees when they didn’t show up. You just manned up and accomplished the job yourself. You have developed great video skills and your ending comments are appreciated. Keep up the great work and I look forward to your videos.

We tore off a roof one day. My help got paid on Thursdays, got drunk and no show on Friday. I spent that weekend tarping and securing the roof before rain the next week. Thanks guys!

What a great job Shawn. Solid! Zero corners cut, quality work.

I’ve learned more from you on using simple leverage and basic equipment than anywhere else, be careful and keep making these great videos.

Once I GOT THRU MY CLOSTAPHOBIA, I WAS ABLE TO WATCH ALL THE WAY. YOU ARE DEFINITELY ACES AT YOUR SKILL. THANK YOU SIR✌🏽

You never fail to amaze me with your problem solving skills. Thanks for sharing Shawn!

It's nice to see quality work being done. Good job. I learned a lot!

That was amazing to watch and yes, huge respect to you for getting it done in those awful, cramped conditions. So pleased to have found your channel.

It's incredible how entertaining it is to watch people do really hard work. Kudos to you for doing this and filming it! Very interesting.

I think this was one of your best videos yet. Great Job!

Your attention to detail honors your professionalism.

My hats off to you and your crew. I admire your thoughtfulness and calmness about doing this difficult job. It's a joy to watch how well you guys get along and do such a good job

The more I watch your videos, the more I wish I could get service like yours where I live! Excellent work!

I admired you when I saw you read a landscape and it’s flow. Now I have watched you single handedly jack up a floor while patiently explaining your thought process. I am beside myself with admiration, and definitely developing a KZfaq crush!

Wow - this video has so many tips and tricks in it. Incredible amount of knowledge transfer in this video. Thank you!

Most patient and knowledgeable tradie out there!!

Your attention to detail in the videos is very good and your explanation of things is very informative. Keep up the good work.

I watched this video and the French drain video with the rain event. Amazing. Thank God for people like you.

Great job Shawn and crew. That is definitely a tough job that not just anyone can do. The tight space alone makes it a hard job there's not much room to work. You all did a great job I know the homeowner is happy to have a level home again. Amazing how you recorded it all by yourself.

Another great video! Looking at the gap between the trim and floor afterwards really makes you appreciate what this was all about.

Thanks for taking us along with you Shaun. I’ve been under my house a couple times and I know how rough it is crawling around in there but you take it to the next level. I hope a lot of your stuff was able to fit thru the vents instead of having to drag it all under there

Your camera work continues to improve. Love the Angles! I feel like I’m being some what productive when I watch your videos because I learn so much! Makes me want to go into the drainage business

Mad props and respect to this dude. My mans chronicled a STRUGGLE and stayed cool as hell the whole time!

I am so jacked every time I see a video from you. The knowledge beaming from it, raising the bar on YT production... I am floored how informative you are.

Seriously you guys worked your tails off. Excellent job! We need more people in the trades!!

That was an awesome job you did there Sean! Very impressive - I don't think I have seen such a detailed and no-nonsense demonstration of lifting a sagging floor in such a tight space - till now. Thank you.

Absolutely insane. Well done

Another great job. You’re detailed and hard working and you do it consistently. That community is lucky to have you.

Great job! Especially by yourself on the last day. Thank you on another great video.

All I can say is, "WOW"!! Thanks for sharing. I learned quite a bit. I'll be looking at basements differently now during my house hunt. Thanks again.

You are one hard worker. Getting it done even with challenges.❤

Well done Shawn.

Yeah thanks for this video. This is a job i will have to tackle soon. You also answered a question i was trying to figure out about the jacks being temporary.

The amount of sweat and energy it takes to do crawlspace work is crazy. I'm very impressed. Way to go.

The saying goes where there's a will there's a way and boy you sure found the way to get the job done correctly, nuff respects to you Shawn, keep up the hard work. 💪

this is amazing to watch! about fifteen years ago i bought an old house with a crumbling block foundation and lifted it just like you’re showing. i poured about five concrete pads down each side of the house and put in a six inch tall I-beam on top of bottle jacks. your video shows me i did it right which kinda surprises me ‘cause i was just a dumb kid back then 😅

Thank for your level of excellence that you applied to this repair. It was very refreshing to see you take pride in your work. This is what’s missing in the world.

Very interesting work. Glad you got them sorted.

This channel is awesome for learning. Step by step by step by step. You can’t ask for more 👍

Thanks. We have the same issue with one of our houses. Nice to understand what's going on in the crawlspace.

Wow, that's just about the shortest crawlspace that I've even seen. Great job working in such a confined space!

Shaun can do it all, looks great!

Just blows me away your comment to your work your clients and your audience. Absolutely love watching your work. Great work yet again! Thanks heaps for your channel it has inspired me to get off my butt and be productive. You ROCK !!

Love the beam-cam shot 🙌

Shawn,I watched this video on television the other day but I wanted to comment. I'm in the same boat as you when it comes to getting in those crawl spaces and getting it done. I hadn't thought of that garbage can lid as a means to move materials and tools. Thats the thing about KZfaq: people like myself can learn from people like you and it's a helluva time to be alive. I love it when people tell me they've learned from one of my videos. I'm just here to show appreciation for what you do. Awesome video too!

Great informative pro tips. Your video shots are awesome. Thanks !

Great job Shawn, certainly a tough job.

Fair play Shaun, a real productive session, especially from yourself.

Your best video ever (I’ve watched them all). Mesmerizing!

What a job to do by yourself Shaun, well done 👍

Great job and very impressive that you did it all alone.

I've been crawling around on my belly under my new house, dragging stuff everywhere and feeling lots of pain. I'm glad I'm not the only one! Upmost respect to you for showing us the ropes and having the extra energy to film and talk. Super helpful and I owe you a ton of thanks!

Really surprised that one of your guys didnt show up. Really sorry you had to do this alone, you should have asked one of us, you know we would show up and help you. You are amazing as always

Nice work Sir. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

actually good to see someone struggle. So many videos make all this look easy. smiles, no sweat, clean clothes, no inner monologue. Finally seeing it done in reality.

Your an impressive guy to take part of that job on alone! I used Lowes jacks to jack up a 40 foot wall and then put a footer and block back in it. I also poured concrete for a couple of piers under the center beam. I sure enjoyed watching it and it brought back a lot of memories.

A multitude of talents and knowledge. Great video. Its a little concerning your help didn't show up, but as always you pushed on and got the job done. Thanks for a very informative video.

This video definitely deserves a thumbs up 👍🏾. I feel claustrophobic just watching you in that tight space. Good job done right.

Shawn, WTG great job that should take care of that problem as long as the house exist. Twas sad your crew didn't make it to finish the job but I have to give them some credit for getting it to a good start. Kudos 👍

What a job Shaun, especially doing that beam by your own, very well done 👍

The best video I have seen, I have similar issues in my living room floor and this video taught me so much, Thank you for such a great detailed video

Really liked your work! Thar was probably the the best fix for what you had to work with. You did a great job and really liked the use of the steel beam. Had a steel eye beam put through the center of my first house so it would be free of support post. Thanks again for the video.

Nothing but respect for you man! You aren’t afraid of hard work. Crawling from one end of that space to the other is hard enough work but doing what you did… I commend you.

Dang dude - 1 man show!! Good on you for toughing out a 2-3 man job alone!

We are really impressed with your mental toughness. Very good video, very informative and puts us right there with you, among the dirt and the grim. My wife and I live in southeast Louisiana, very wet. Our house is on piers, as we call them, about 18" tall. Most of these "crawlspaces" are not enclosed and anything can crawl in and set up housekeeping. A little scary. thanks for the insight and reveal of your work.

Job well done sir! I admire your work ethic and I like how you want to do the job correct the first time. There are so many contractors out there that don't care and do sub-par work. I feel that the persons you do work for are lucky to have gotten you. Keep up the great videos!

I was about to buy a house a few years ago, but upon inspection they had set the temporary floor jacks on top of 4x4 which were no joke- just in dirt. I noped out of that real fast. You do great work. Love the videos

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Shawn, you are Superman! You can lift a house all by yourself!!

kudos. been under a very large house on a california hillside and crawled 40 feet in to re-establish and re-connect the fireplace gas line that was abandoned when new flooring was installed. same in-and-out rope line for supplies with my customer helping from the outside. so spooky at first especially in earthquake country and beams about 16 inches off the dirt. your focus, methodology, and persistence all made for a great video.

I am new to seeing this kind of repair. Very informative.

Love your choice of paint! Can’t go wrong with Sherwin Williams Proclassic for trim!

Excellent job

Wow! Learned a lot watching this! Thanks

Awesome job.

Wonderful job solving your homeowner's problem, not high tech but rather patience and persistence due to the work conditions. Much admiration. Cheers to you. There has been snow here in Edmonton since the beginning of November without it really melting and today is minus 11 Celsius and going colder this week to minus 30 C. I wish I was where you are lolol.

G'day mate, big Thanks to you from Australia -- I have learned a heap from watching your videos -- when a property I own got damaged recently with storm water runoff, the knowledge I have gained here has helped tremendously in learning how to best change things to protect the property in the future.

Great video, really impressed with what you were able to do under there!

This brought back memories of working with my dad and grandpa over the summers while in college. We had a somewhat similar situation on one job. A floor had been sagging, homeowner had someone jack it up, and it was sagging again within a year. Come to find out most of the joists were eaten up by termites. We had to replace two rooms of joists, but also had to jack portions of the rest of the house. Very similar working space...some spots had about 10 inches of clearance. Did the same thing you did. Dig out and pour piers, jack it up using bottle and screw jack, scab new lumber to it. Also the sill plate had rotted, so we replaced it two feet at a time. Also we dealt with help not showing up. A few years ago I was in between jobs, and dad was doing a room addition down the street from me. In the couple weeks I had between jobs I helped out just to have something to do, and to give dad a helping hand. A couple days the other help didn't show or showed up hours late.

Great engineering work! I though it’ll be a boring video but I was glued the whole time! 👍 Using 5,000 year old tech to move the dirt was cool. Well done and it looked like hard work. 😉

Excellent video. Thanks!

Shawn.. what an awesome job being as though your help was awol. I have worked under a house's like that before and understand that feeling when you had planned on having help but had to do it alone.. That in my opinion was an awesome job, and you didn't have to pay someone that wasn't interested in showing up... I have much respect for the excellent information and learning about drainage around house, as I'm having trouble with my celler after buying this house ten years ago.. I knew there was a problem but didn't understand how much.... I know have emphysema and can't do much with it myself.. I'll have to get someone in here to do something... I'm just sorry it couldn't be someone with your integrity and honesty . Keep up the awesome videos and good luck with doing what you do ! Douglas Gordon

This was a very interesting and different video from what you usually make. Cool how you were able to raise the floor. That would have taken half the time if you had someone to help you on the second day but you still amazingly got it done by yourself. 👍

I guess what I've learned most from this video, as well as your other vids, is just how important prepping and optimizing a workspace is. Having the lights and fans set up to make a miserable job less so is such a good move. Plus it feels good to have some control of the environment you're working in. As a DIY homeowner, after watching your videos for a year + it seems like I spend half the time of a project prepping, planning and dealing with waste materials...but it makes the actual labor way less intimidating and more manageable. So, thanks for showing us the proper way to do things. Now go enjoy a coffee.

You preserved and made it happen. I don't have any sore mussels from watching you work...that's nice. I'm sure you used muscles that are rarely use otherwise. Nice video.

I am so proud of you. You did an amazing job. And you deserve the best for your work ❤. I couldn’t believe you were under there doing this alone. Greatness

Great job, doing the last part by yourself was hard work 👍 We don’t have a crawl space under our house, so they fixed our sunken concrete floor by using foam.

Excellent job. I never thought those were legal for a permanent fix. Good thorough explanation. I was under the impression an engineer would have to get involved to provide an engineered solution. I also like the idea of using a square tubing for low profile needs.

I think you did an amazing job with your expertise. I'm excited to see what the problem I'm facing with my sinking floor. And get it fixed. Thanks for the video!

Love the sled system!