Many businesses need more space, and roof lifting gives commercial building owners a way to gain valuable overhead space without expanding their existing footprint. Wolfe House & Building Movers has built extensive experience helping businesses make that transformation possible.

For many older warehouses and commercial facilities, limited ceiling height can become a serious obstacle. Building an entirely new structure may involve purchasing land, going through zoning requirements, paying additional taxes, and dealing with lengthy construction schedules. Demolition brings its own challenges, including added expense, downtime, and large amounts of material headed to the landfill.

Wolfe offers another path: raise the existing roof and make better use of the space already available.

Roof Lifting with Wolfe House Movers
The company has completed challenging commercial lifting projects across the country, including a significant roof-raising project in Rochester, New York, in March 2018. The 24,300-square-foot roof was raised 9 feet 5 inches, creating 23 feet 6 inches of clearance beneath the bar joists. The structure was secured and braced to withstand wind loads. Once the steel erector installed the new supporting posts, Wolfe carefully lowered the roof onto them, completing the elevation successfully.

More recently, Wolfe House & Building Movers completed a commercial project in Afton, Texas, in July 2025. The client needed additional headroom inside a massive 120-by-1,050-foot steel-frame warehouse and was working with an accelerated schedule. Wolfe developed a lifting plan that divided the work into three 350-foot sections.

Thirty jacking towers were positioned around the warehouse perimeter and securely braced. Using unified hydraulic jacking equipment, the Wolfe crew raised the roof and its supporting columns an additional 2 feet 4 inches. The towers were extended to support the structure at its new elevation while stub columns were installed beneath the existing columns. Once that work was finished, Wolfe lowered the building onto its permanent supports.

The Afton project was completed efficiently, with the coordinated planning, equipment, and experienced crew allowing the work to stay on schedule without unexpected complications.

Wolfe House Movers uses specialized hydraulic lifting equipment to raise roof systems. Their Buckingham Unified Hydraulic Jacking System combines jacking towers with unified jacking machines, allowing crews to lift the entire roof at a controlled, uniform rate, minimizing unnecessary stress on the structure. For larger roof lifts, their proprietary SmartJack™ System links multiple unified jacking machines together, giving crews the capacity and control to safely lift roof systems of virtually any size.

About Wolfe House & Building Movers
Since 1970, Wolfe House & Building Movers has completed thousands of structural moves and lifts across the United States. Our experience includes relocating homes, raising roofs, and moving structures such as museums and historic structures. We combine proven field experience with specialized Buckingham equipment and engineering-driven techniques to deliver safe, carefully planned building relocations.

Wolfe House's specialization in roof lifting has also helped many families and businesses expand their spaces. From planning and engineering to the lift itself, we focus on precision, safety, and protecting the structure throughout every stage of the process. Contact us now for an estimate for any project that needs our expertise!