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Jack Post, Telepost, Adjustable Steel Basement Support, Custom Sizes


Collage of images for jack post and telepost fabricated and distributed by JW Portable Welding & Repair, London, Ontario 2019

We distribute custom sizes of jack post for sale, telepost for sale, adjustable basement supports in most popular sizes to fit your construction needs. Our suppliers hold engineered drawings supporting each custom size of our jack post or telepost.

The distribution involves most popular sizes. Certainly, our qualified suppliers can manufacture custom made sizes however, they do require engineered drawings. These special sizes are produced per order and therefore we do not stock them. However, some sizes repeat themselves more often and then we stock certain most popular sizes of adjustable posts. These popular sizes  are usually supplied to construction industry. However, you have to custom order jack post for mining, ship building, agriculture and energy industries.

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Standard Jack Posts for sale and Teleposts for sale

Two piles of standard sizes of teleposts, jack posts, ready for shipment. JW Portable Welding & Repair, London, Ontario, 2019
Two piles of standard sizes of teleposts, jack posts, ready for shipment. JW Portable Welding & Repair, London, Ontario, 2019

These standard jack post for sale are in most popular sizes in construction industry. These prices fluctuate with price of steel, demand and inflation. Please confirm prices for standard jack posts for sale by phone or email. Also, main thing to remember is that we deliver jack posts in batches of quantities greater than 10

These jack posts for sale are rated for 30,000 Lbs and are available in following sizes

  • 64 – 68 inches
  • 68 – 72 inches
  • 72 – 76 inches
  • 76 – 80 inches
  • 80 – 84 inches
  • 84 – 88 inches
  • 88 – 92 inches
  • 92 – 96 inches
  • 96 – 100 inches
  • 100 – 104 inches

These jack posts are sold painted for better rust protection. Call us for availability and prices. Prices of our jack posts fluctuate with steel prices.

We realize payments for the standard sizes mentioned above after delivery. With this in mind we realize payments on the spot with credit card or through e – transfer. Such policy simplifies our cash flow and makes accounting a lot easier.

Installation of jack posts

The standard sizes of our jack posts can be permanently left in the house’s walls for continues and support of the beams.

Although, construction contractor do not need any instructions in regards to installation of the jack posts. However, homeowners perhaps need some guidance. Therefore we have included a link to the appropriate video.

Customization of Adjustable Jack Post or Telepost

The customization of Adjustable Jack Post or Telepost involves steel thickness and sizes of all unit’s components:

  1. hollow structural tube square,
  2. jack post’s bottom bearing plate,
  3. its top bearing plate,
  4. thickness and thread of screw,
  5. height adjustment, and
  6. top plate.

The adjustable post is an engineered product and can not be modified without professional engineer approval. It is a common practice to get professional engineer involved for custom made adjustable post.

Engineer approved drawing for your custom jack post or telepost

As mentioned above, our suppliers require a professional engineer drawing to quote your custom telepost. The easiest way to quote your custom order is when you include engineered drawing. Such drawing will specify materials used, welds sizes and so on. In such case we do not have to know the engineering services source.

If you do not have an approved by professional engineer drawings for your custom post or telepost than we can provide it for you after you approve our quote. In meantime, please let us know the basic info such as:

  1. load capacity,
  2. overall height, and
  3. height adjustment required

and we will check if we have in our portfolio such drawings. In case, when we do not have the drawing for your custom post or telepost in our portfolio than we will have to generate such drawing prior our suppliers’ quoting.

We definitely need engineered drawing for each custom jack post

We need engineered drawing for each custom post and we can not provide estimate by extrapolation. Prior quote, we need to know:

  1. all jack post’s components sizes, and
  2. all weld sizes

Then we can properly estimate cost for you.

Sizes of welds for your customized Jack Posts and Teleposts.

Sizes of welds for each heavy built and custom-made Jack Post or telepost are specified by professional engineer. The larger size of weld contributes to increase of our labour cost and increase of our consumables’ cost.

Cost of engineered drawings for small quantity order

For small quantities, we usually split the cost of new drawings for custom jack post or telepost 50/50 with our clients prior proceeding to our suppliers.

Cost of engineered drawings for large quantity order

For large quantities, we add cost of engineered drawing to our quote. Once you approve our quote then you will receive all our documentation for your custom telepost.

First drawing then quote

Considering material constrains, screw constraints and specifics of weld size we are not able to provide a quote for your customized Teleposts without approved drawing. Therefore, we have to get the drawing first prior quoting.

Timing constrains for large loads, custom Adjustable Jack Posts.

The common and most popular jack posts and teleposts do not usually require any lead time for ordering in construction season. In summer months, we deliver them to you on first come, first serve bases as long as our suppliers have them on stock. However, with custom sizes of jack post and telepost the matter becomes more complicated.

With loads of 50,000 L.B or higher the (HSTS) square tubing size becomes rarer, less available and more costly. Moreover, the cost of this rare tubing can not be extrapolated prior quoting since scarcity of the supply will dictate the price.

Steel mills produce rare sizes of square tubing irregularly and they do require minimum order purchases. If your order does not meet the minimum order required by the steel mill for specific square tube than you will have to pay a premium price. Additionally, the situation is complicated by the fact that production of only specific steel mills is approved to produce teleposts and jack posts.

Considering the supply scarcity for many large sizes of square tubing we recommend providing us with a long lead time to reduce the price paid. We need simply more time to make a deal for you.

Timing constrains for jack post’s screw

The supply of post’s screw for your heavy custom made teleposts faces most challenges. The professional engineer specifies screw size and sometimes its thread. Many of these large size screws are not easily available especially for jack post or teleposts caring more than 70,000 L.B.

Screw assembly for our a telepost or a jack post. JW Portable Welding & Repair, London, Ontario, 2019
Screw assembly for our a telepost or a jack post. JW Portable Welding & Repair, London, Ontario, 2019

For some sizes of your post, the only solution to meet the professional engineer’s requirements is to custom machine the screw. Considering the supply scarcity of the large size screws and possibility of custom machining, we recommend providing us with a long lead time in order to reduce the price.

Delivery of your order

It is important to realize that we deliver your custom jack posts or teleposts to you if you are in Ontario. And, as long as your order meets our minimum delivery requirements. If you are in Southern Ontario, we will combine your order with other orders for cost reduction. If you are in Northern Ontario, we will deliver your order directly to you and we will include the transportation cost in the invoice.

Payment for your customized order.

The customization process increases our risks in case the order is cancelled. Therefore, we will require 50% – 70% deposit when placing your order for the customized Jack Posts and Teleposts. The remaining amount becomes payable at the delivery. We accept certified cheques, e-transfers and wire transfers for your convenience.