Foundation Symptoms: Indoor Floor Cracks
One of the first symptoms or signs to appear when there is a foundation problem is slab cracks. Sometimes the cracks might not be very noticeable since flooring tile or any other type of flooring might be covering the symptom, but any foundation problem gets worse over time until it gets to the point that the crack breaks even the tike as shown in the image.
Foundation Symptoms: Outdoor Floor Cracks
Some symptoms can not only be visible on the inside of the house; but also, from the patio of the house, as shown in the image.
Piers Installation Process: How deep must we dig?
One of the most asked questions when underpinning is, how deep do we have to dig, and how deep does each pier need to go? Unfortunately, each answer is different since all houses are different at something. Sometimes the houses differ regarding the soil beneath the house's foundation and mostly from the house's design, requiring a different level of support for each room depending on the currents stays and the house's goals.
Piers Installation Process: Choosing the Right Location
Choosing the right location for each pier is crucial for the whole underpinning system to work properly and provide the expected support based on the house's goals. Thanks to our engineering department and their experience, they can read topography maps and calculate the right support for each room of the house to create a stable and strong foundation.
Piers Installation Process: Right Angle
When drilling each pier, our foundation professionals need to make sure that the piers are going in the right direction; otherwise, the expected support might get compromised.
Piers Installation Process: Reevaluating
Before permanently attaching each pier with its assigned bracket, our home heroes need to reevaluate the house's foundation to see if it is still the right thing to do to lift its foundation back to normal.
Piers installation: Last Touch
When our home heroes get to the end of the underpinning installation piers, they must cover each whole and do everything they can to make loo the area as if nothing happened with the difference that the house's foundation is stronger and more stable than ever before.