A year and a half ago I had an old 2story house moved onto our place by a professional housemoving company. When they were done and gone, I noticed that apparantly, although the new foundation was square and level, the old one that the house had been sitting on for 100 years wasnt...lots of doors didn't line up right, shut correctly, etc...two french doors that opened onto the sun porch were misaligned by over an inch where they latched together, for example.
I got under the house with two 20 ton hydraulic jacks that were blocked up on railroad tie peices and "tweaked" things, adding shims etc. under braces that the movers installed until everything was lined back up. Even lifted one whole corner of the house to replace a rotten sill board that the movers had missed. The doors all shut and latch just like they were originally supposed to now. It can be done, just work slowly and don't move things too much all at once. I spent more time looking at things and deciding where to lift and how much than I did actually pumping the jacks.
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