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How to move an old house. What you should know before you move a house to a new site or disassemble an existing house to be reassembled elsewhere.
AMERICANA May-Jun 1981 (v.9#2) pg. 63

Moving a barn using a greased plank runway.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Apr 1985 (v.69#4) pg. 32

Jacking up a garage. How to fabricate flying buttress lifting jigs so that a garage can be lifted off its foundation using several hydraulic bottle jacks. How to extend the studs to meet the foundation.
FINE HOMEBUILDING #85 Dec 1993-Jan 1994 pg. 20

Tip: How a garage was raised and moved 150 feet across a yard using only planks and compressed sawdust "logs" for the rollers.
HOMEOWNER Sep-Oct 1983 (v.8#5) pg. 32

How to tear-down a house piece-by-piece and reassemble it somewhere else.
NEW SHELTER May-Jun 1981 (v.2#5) pg. 12

The relocation and restoration of an 1834 brick Greek Revival house in Rochester, New York. Detailed information on moving the house to a new lot.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL May 1978 (v.6#5) pg. 51

Do you want to move a house? A look at the pros and cons of moving a house in order to save it.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Oct 1981 (v.9#10) pg. 219

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