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  2. House raising - Wikipedia

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    A house raised and held on box cribs during foundation work. House raising (also called house lifting, house jacking, barn jacking, building jacking) is the process of separating a building from its foundation and temporarily raising it with hydraulic screw jacks.

  3. Box crib - Wikipedia

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    A house is supported by box cribs while new foundation is being constructed as part of a house lifting process. Cribbing blocks supporting a subassembly during tractor repair. Cribbing is often performed as part of lifting/lowering operations. Expressions such as "lift an inch, crib an inch" and "pack as you jack" are used to remind operators ...

  4. Jack (device) - Wikipedia

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    A 2.5-ton house jack that stands 24 inches from top to bottom fully threaded out. A house jack, also called a screw jack, is a mechanical device primarily used to lift buildings from their foundations for repairs or relocation. A series of jacks is used and then wood cribbing temporarily supports the structure. This process is repeated until ...

  5. 'Cribs' Season 19: The 34 celebs who are opening up their ...

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    Consider this your all-access pass to a bunch of fabulous house parties. When do new episodes of 'Cribs' Season 19 premiere? The next installment of episodes premieres on Nov. 15 at 9:30pm ET/PT ...

  6. House of the Day: Jack Nicholson's A-List Aspen Mansion

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    The stunning wood-frame "Newberry House" -- built in 1895 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 -- sits on a 12,000-square-foot lot overlooking Hallam Lake in Aspen's West ...

  7. Structure relocation - Wikipedia

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    With both types of jacking systems, wood beams (called cribs, cribbing or box cribs) are stacked into piles to support both the structure and the jacks. The structure is then lifted in increments. The structure is then lifted in increments.

  8. How Nutcrackers Became a Classic Symbol of Christmas

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    There are so many enduring symbols of Christmas: the trimmed tree, stockings hung by the chimney with care, and of course, jolly Ol' Saint Nick.But for Ree Drummond, there's one Christmas ...

  9. Crib - Wikipedia

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    Bach (New Zealand), a type of modest beach house, called a crib in the southern half of the South Island e.g. Otago and Southland; Box crib, a wooden frame used to stabilise a heavy object during a rescue, jacking, construction, or moving operation; Cheat sheet or crib sheet, a concise set of notes for quick reference