HIGH TIDE
HOMES
JACKABLE BUILDING SYSTEM
Additional informations for you
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A jackable building foundation system includes a steel beam support frame platform to which one or more platform jacks are attached. Vertical movement of the platform in response to jacking is constrained by cuboidal column guides at the four corners. Each of the column guides comprises two tiers of square roller frames, within each of which is an I-beam engaged between the flanges on
either side by two rollers supported on horizontal axes. The orientations of the I-beams and rollers alternate orthogonally at each corner of the platform, so that torques generated by uneven jacking are suppressed and do not result in jamming of the platform as it rises. The system is remotely controlled and monitored by a digital device, such as a smartphone, using application software.
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HOW IT WORKS
Understanding it better
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Using the HTH Inc. control and monitoring smartphone app, you send a signal to the control unit in the attic of your building to start the lifting sequence.
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Sensing that everything is in order, the control unit tells the app that it is ready to go. You press the button giving the activation command. The control unit energizes the motors which are attached to the jack assemblies which in turn are attached to the special steel platform your building sits on and to which it is secured. As the jacks raise the platform and building, its progress is continuously monitored. Levelness sensors in each corner send data to the control unit so it can maintain accurate levelness as it is raised. The building is raised to a safe and level height. Once at a maximum height, the self-locking jacks lock the platform in place. Should the utility power be interrupted, the entire building has off-grid power. When the flood waters come in, your building is sitting safely above it and can remain there until it is safe to be lowered. After the flood event has passed, the area beneath and near the building is
checked for debris, either by being on-site or via the infrared cameras located under or outside the building
which relay video back to the app. When the area is clear, you send a signal to the control unit to start the
lowering sequence. A visual and audible alarm warns that the building is about to be lowered. While being
continuously monitored, the building is gently lowered back to its original place. Though other buildings in the
affected area may have been damaged by the flood waters, your building with the HTH Inc. elevation system
sustained no damage.