๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—š๐—จ๐— , ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐—œ๐—— ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ

๐™…๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

  • A broken water pipe had caused a large sink hole to form under a townhouse driveway.
  • Our investigation found that the slab had not been damaged and we recommended the hole could be filled and the driveway slab re-supported using either Polyurethane Resin Injection, or with hyflow cementitious grout aka "Mud-Jacking".

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

  • This older house had serious movements of the perimeter footings and the stumps under the floor. Most of Kuraby has highly plastic clay founding soils which can cause footings to seriously lift and settle and often "rotate" (lean).
  • The footings had moved so much that the timber floor had become unstable and we recommended vacating and comprehensive re-stumping & replacement of the perimeter base and footings.

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ - ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

  • The townhouse complex is located on compressible landfill which has been slowly settling for decades. We identified recent cracks and gaps and serious variations in the floor levels which would be due to active settlements of the founding materials.
  • We considered a number of methods for stabilizing the house footings and the only reliable one would be using conventional underpinning, possibly incorporating some steel screw piers where a water table is encountered.

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ & ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€


๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—–๐—› ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง?

๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—–๐—› ๐—ง๐—ฌ๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง?

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€.

๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ : ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€?

Underpinning Sales reps can be very charming. But before signing up for any type of expensive underpinning, do yourself a favour, contact Forensic Engineers for an expert, independent structural engineer report. Because we are on your side and ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚?

  • Reinforced concrete piers and headstocks are the industry standard due to their practicality and long-term reliability. They should be your top choice in most situations!
  • Steel Screw Piers "Hype": Some charming underpinning sales reps talk about the amazing benefits of steel screw piers, but in most cases it is just sales-talk.ย  Steel screw piers have some benefits in certain applications, but in most residential cases they are not the best option and are often massively over-priced. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€-๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น-๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, if and when required, and at a realistic cost.
  • Polyurethane Resin Underpinning is excellent for lifting wide concrete slabs that arenโ€™t anchored down. In some cases, it can also be effective for underpinning house footings. But soil conditions and footing and slab design may limit the results. We recommend Polyurethane Underpinning for certain cases every month, so contact us first if you are considering this method for ground stabilization or lifting of footings or slabs.

A structural engineer report from Forensic Engineers will tell you which type of underpinning is best for you.

๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜?

The base industry cost is around $๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-$๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ,ย  depending on the property size and location.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.

They charge twice the industry rate. And ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚,

Forensic Engineers are on your side.

We are 100% independent and our structural engineer reports are for you - not for an underpinning sales rep.

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜: ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ

In many cases, footings and slabs can be stabilized without resorting to any expensive & stressful underpinning at all. And excessive footing movements can often be reduced by following expert advice. Talk to Forensic Engineers for the best solutions!

Subsidence & wall cracks? Before jumping into expensive underpinning, contact Forensic Engineers for an expert, independent structural engineer report.

Our Structural Engineer reports are so good, one Foundation Screw Pier Underpinner has copied our procedures in their marketing!

  • Determine likely causes of the damages
  • Give descriptive recommendations for actions or repairs
  • If any underpinning is required, advise which method is appropriate, approx. locations & number required & approximate costs.

๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—š๐—”๐— ๐—˜: ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜-๐—ด๐—ผ!

Contact FORENSIC ENGINEERS next time you need engineering advice for subsidence, wall cracks and underpinning. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ..

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๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—” & ๐—•๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฃ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ: ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ & ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ & ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!

๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€

In this case the Body Corp called us in to investigate and report on this townhouse with subsidence and wall cracks and gaps that were getting worse and worse. It turned out that other engineers had previously looked at the building and had decided that subsidence had occurred in the past and had stopped and and the damages were not serious and could be patched and painted. Sadly, they were wrong.

We found that the townhouse was actually located on ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น that was gradually ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, bit-by-bit, year after year, and stabilization with ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

In this case, Resin / Chemical Underpinning was not considered appropriate and Steel Screw piers would be far too expensive and not even necessary.

The most reliable and cost effective method was with conventional underpinning using reinforced concrete piers and head-stocks.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ & ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.

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๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.


BUILDING & PEST ALERT! Possible subsidence; Call Forensic Engineers!.

The owner of this classic home had a Building & Pest Report before putting it on the market.

Our thorough Structural Engineer Report found that the house had some slight settlement issues, some old and some recent. But the house was solidly built and the settlements were only minor.
Some drainage work was required to stop seepage getting under the footings but that was not complicated or expensive. And the wall cracks were simple to repair with an elastomeric grout.
House SOLD and the owners and buyers were thrilled with our Structural Engineer Report.

Subsidence & Wall Crack? Call Forensic Engineers for an Expert Structural Engineer Reports


Underpinning Assessment

๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—›๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š - ๐—”๐—š๐—”๐—œ๐—ก!

The owner of this townhouse had a free wall cracks assessment from an underpinning sales rep, who told him that wall cracks were caused by serious subsidence and Underpinning was needed URGENTLY!
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.
Our comprehensive investigation found that there had only been some very slight footing movements and the the scary cracks were just cracks in highly weathered render and a build-up of black mould.
Forensic Engineers are the wall crack & subsidence specialists.
We are 100% independent.
We are on your side and we are definitely not trying to sell you any underpinning.

๐—ช๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š, ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€..
HERE ARE SOME RECENT CASES;
๐Ÿญ) ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ;
Cracks in a nib-wall. We found that there was no footing under this section of the wall and it needed a footing extension to support it. We recommended and expert Repair Builder who completed the new section of footing and repaired the nib-wall quickly and economically.
๐Ÿฎ) ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ;
Soil swell ("heave")ย  lifted the driveway slab, but the house is fine.
๐Ÿฏ) ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ;
Some gaps in the exterior and some cracks in the garage slab. But our investigation found there were not any significant footing or slab deflections.
๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€.
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Structural Engineer Reports; All in a Day's Work

๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ; ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น - ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€
The owner of a 1970's bungalow was renovating and needed expert advice about how to repair cracked and displaced bricks. We found that footing settlements and rotation was the cause. And we recommended a number of procedures to reduce footing movements and some great methods to repair the damaged bricks.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ; ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ -๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€
House on-the-market with some old subsidence and repaired cracks. Our investigation found that there had been some footing settlements due to loose material in the footings when the footings were poured and also seepage had been softening the founding material. That had been stabilized and the house was sound-as-a-pound

๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ; ๐— ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜† - ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€
We found the galvanizing had been damaged by the concretors during the build, and the post bases had not been "tanked". Cleaning and treating post bases will prolong the life of some posts, but post replacement will be required in the future.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ: ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ - ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ & ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€
House with some typical gaps and cracks. We found that the slab had very serious deflections that were progressing and significant underpinning would be required to stabilize the house.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ: ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ - ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ.
We inspected this house for the buyer. A small section of the slab edge beam had broken away and edge reinforcement was exposed. Our investigation found that the damage was localized and the slab had no significant deflections in this area. Our expert structural engineer report recommended simple cost-effective repairs.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€
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๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜, ๐—ช๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—• ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ, ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐— ๐—ฃ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜, ๐—™๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜

In many cases we can offer peace-of-mind, with simple cost-effective solutions.

And when there is serious damage, we can advise what is the best action for repairs.

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๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ


Cracked House For Sale in Forest Lake

๐—”๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

Our Structural Engineer Report found that there had been some initial settlements that opened some gaps, but the house was quite stable.

We found that there was no requirement for any structural repairs (underpinning) and the gaps could be sealed where required.

Our structural Engineer reports are essential for ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ณ-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

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RESIN INJECTION UNDERPINNING NEEDED

This Gymnasium floor is out-of-level and keeps on moving.

Our investigation found the property is on compressible river alluvial soils that are subsiding.

Flood events and saturation of the founding soils had also exacerbated the subsidence.

Our Structural Engineer Report recommended ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป for re-establisment of an even floor surface with no trip hazards.

There are many Companies offering Urethane Resin solutions to slab settlements and footing subsidence.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น. Depending the type of construction and the ground conditions most importantly, The Experience of the Company doing the work.

We have dealt with the best and the worst, Resin Injection Companies.

So if you are looking to Resin Injection Underpinning, contact us for an independent report first.

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