From: "Jim Donohue" 
Newsgroups: alt.real-estate alt.building.engineering alt.engineering
Subject: Re: Chimney separating from house!?!?
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:21:33 -0700

Use common sense.  Are there cracks or separations in the chimney structure?
Does the Chimney appear to be intact but tilted?  If so it should all work,

Chance Anchors are helical devices dug deep into the ground.  The load is
transferred to the anchor and then can be leveled.  These are pretty heavy
duty devices.  You need to know about the local soils to do it right.  This
takes boring samples or local knowledge.

I would suspect it can be successfully done.  Ask for a couple of references
from folk that had it done four or five years ago.  Call them and ask how it
went.  Nothing like a real testimonial to raise confidence.


Jim Donohue
"John Harlow"  wrote in message
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> Thank you ALL for taking the time to reply!
>
> I have found a company which "does this repair all the time" and estimates
> they can jack it back and anchor it for ~$2k.  They will warranty the
repair
> for 10 years.  They use "Chance anchors".
>
> Anre there any caveats to this I should look out for?
>
>