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House Lifters New Zealand is known for our precise Lifting, Sliding, Levelling and Foundation work. Our Lifting expertise includes lifting houses for repiling, basement conversions, renovations, subsidence works and house re-positioning. House Lifters North Island head office is in Auckland, our South Island head office is in Christchurch.

House Lifters also has the capacity and experience to undertake the rebuilding and re-levelling of earthquake-damaged foundations. This includes residential and commercial properties damaged by the November 2016 earthquakes.

Disaster Recovery

In response to the Christchurch and Canterbury earthquakes, House Lifters developed ingenious Mechanical Jacking equipment recognised world-wide for their accuracy and efficiency:

Computer-controlled, Synchronised Hydraulic Lifting equipment
Pump-operated Uniform Jacking equipment

Our systems are far superior to ‘old school’, manually-controlled Bottle Jacks still used by many other companies. House Lifters doesn’t use Bottle Jacks - they point load foundations, are inaccurate and very slow to work with. We stepped up to the next level: our hydraulic-controlled equipment provides accuracy, uniform levelling/lifting pressure in all jacks, and spreads loads around the full system.

Foundations damaged by the November 2016 earthquakes? CONTACT US

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Engineered Designs

House Lifters is unusual in the industry for having in-house Registered Engineers, and Licensed, Platinum Certified Builders. Our experience, proven expertise and innovative technology enable us to work on complex projects other companies find challenging, including:

Hill Sites & Pole Houses
Heritage Buildings, Character Homes & Villas
Commercial Heavy Lifting & Levelling
By our Commercial Division, Meccanico - including multi-level and multi-unit buildings, commercial and industrial infrastructure.

Lifting & Levelling

House Lifters uses modern, safe, highly-accurate equipment.

Foundations: Underpinning / Overpinning / Repair / Replace
Re-levellable Armadillo™ Jacking Pads
Slab Levelling: Repair / Replace, GPR Scan
Piles: Re-piling / Jack & Pack
Ground Improvement
Screw Piling Levelling
Ground Screw Anchoring
ZIPLEVEL® Survey & Analysis service (Consultation and Report)

Sliding: When replacing foundations, this method of moving large or older buildings is low-risk, fast and economical for our clients.

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Unique Armadillo™ Foundation System

House Lifters is an Accredited contractor for the revolutionary Armadillo™ system. It’s the only system in New Zealand which can be re-levelled via external jacking cavities (other systems re-level via internal works in the slab). We use Armadillo™ for TC3 and Commercial buildings.

The Armadillo’s patented interweaving design is far stronger than conventional waffle slab designs. It can also lower the piling cost (if piles are required); being able to withstand supports spaced up to 10 x 10m. Armadillo™ also requires less digging and ground improvement - speeding up installation, significantly lowering your labour costs!

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Renovations

House Lifters’ Licensed, Platinum Certified Builders have a vast network of trusted contractors. We can Project Manage the entire process, including Design Plans and Consents.

With our High Lift, you can also add value and make the most of your property and section by adding:

An extra storey
Rental / Self-contained Unit / Granny Flat
Internal Access Garage
Basement Conversion

Lifting and adding a storey helps alleviate the problems of prohibitive property prices and urban sprawl (particularly important in Auckland city and Greater Auckland).

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