Re: Akiya Property all the rage - anyone buying one?
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:23 am
Not an akiya, but we have an old house, probably 55 if not 60yrs old. What you see in the picture below is what I did maybe 20+yrs ago. But over the years, and especially due to the noto earthquake last january (a 5+ here), things have settled and the jacks were not holding up the floor anymore. You can't see it, but a couple had 5-10mm of space, and note in two pics on the far side the blocks with no jack--so loose and probably the quake it had fallen down.
The pics are from about a month ago, and after pricing to have the posts redone (not all that expensive, but they wanted to use wood posts and not adjustable jacks) I steeled myself for the job and readjusted them myself. Took about two hours, not counting cleanup, and I wore a ¥500 つなぎ服 to keep the sand out of my work clothes.
It'd be best to replace the wood posts with similar jacks, they're just hanging without supporting any weight, but I'll try to remember to put that on my job list next year, or the year after...!
It looks the same now, but all the jacks are firmly tightened, and the floor feels solid again.
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If you get an akiya, this is what you might be in for. Low-crawling around working in a space like this, or paying to have it done.
(The jacks work like a turnbuckle, the bottom end is reverse/lefthand threaded, turn the middle and it expands.)
The pics are from about a month ago, and after pricing to have the posts redone (not all that expensive, but they wanted to use wood posts and not adjustable jacks) I steeled myself for the job and readjusted them myself. Took about two hours, not counting cleanup, and I wore a ¥500 つなぎ服 to keep the sand out of my work clothes.
It'd be best to replace the wood posts with similar jacks, they're just hanging without supporting any weight, but I'll try to remember to put that on my job list next year, or the year after...!
It looks the same now, but all the jacks are firmly tightened, and the floor feels solid again.
**
If you get an akiya, this is what you might be in for. Low-crawling around working in a space like this, or paying to have it done.
(The jacks work like a turnbuckle, the bottom end is reverse/lefthand threaded, turn the middle and it expands.)