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<blockquote data-quote="deleted member" data-source="post: 253303" data-attributes="member: 816">i sort of did this for my house when i remodeled the basement.&nbsp; mine has a support wall running down the center lengthwise and it slopes about an inch in 15 feet on the east and west sides.&nbsp; caused by the cinderblock bowing in.&nbsp; not quite the same as you cause my basement floor is level.&nbsp; but, if you are ok with the basement floor being unlevel for now, i would take a big old beam or two or three, run it (or them) the length of the sagging side.&nbsp; get some of those screw jacks take some pressure off the sagging concrete support wall, try to cut whatever it is that is connecting the sill to the concrete with a sawsall or something cooler like one of those big old concrete metal wet saw thingys cause i assume there might be some rebar or other anchors tieing the sill to the concrete, jack it up until level and insert the necessary wood to fill the gap you created.&nbsp; remove braces and jack and set it down.&nbsp; problem with that is you are going to have a pie or triangle shape gap running at the ends from one end to the other that will be hard to adequately fill to provide true support for the sill and the concrete.&nbsp; a long triangle piece going from 2 inches to nothing over the course of 10-20 feet will be hard to cut.&nbsp; but not impossible.&nbsp; this is assuming its done settling.&nbsp; also, would have to figure out a way to tie the new stuff to the sill after setting back down.&nbsp; but, figure some metal strappy thingamajjiggers would work..&nbsp; &nbsp;on mine, all i had to do was take the pressure off the existing walls and put an interior wall up to support support the existing weight and prevent future bowing of the wall.&nbsp; have fun!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deleted member, post: 253303, member: 816"] i sort of did this for my house when i remodeled the basement. mine has a support wall running down the center lengthwise and it slopes about an inch in 15 feet on the east and west sides. caused by the cinderblock bowing in. not quite the same as you cause my basement floor is level. but, if you are ok with the basement floor being unlevel for now, i would take a big old beam or two or three, run it (or them) the length of the sagging side. get some of those screw jacks take some pressure off the sagging concrete support wall, try to cut whatever it is that is connecting the sill to the concrete with a sawsall or something cooler like one of those big old concrete metal wet saw thingys cause i assume there might be some rebar or other anchors tieing the sill to the concrete, jack it up until level and insert the necessary wood to fill the gap you created. remove braces and jack and set it down. problem with that is you are going to have a pie or triangle shape gap running at the ends from one end to the other that will be hard to adequately fill to provide true support for the sill and the concrete. a long triangle piece going from 2 inches to nothing over the course of 10-20 feet will be hard to cut. but not impossible. this is assuming its done settling. also, would have to figure out a way to tie the new stuff to the sill after setting back down. but, figure some metal strappy thingamajjiggers would work.. on mine, all i had to do was take the pressure off the existing walls and put an interior wall up to support support the existing weight and prevent future bowing of the wall. have fun! [/QUOTE]

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