๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฆ & ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฆ ? - ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ!
This house in the Brisbane suburb of Banyo was on the market and buyers were alarmed about wall cracks and gaps.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
A really thorough Building & Pest Inspector recommended contacting Forensic Engineers for an expert investigation.
Our investigation found that the house had some previous movements of the footings and that there were still some ongoing movements and wall cracks and gaps.
But, thank goodness! ๐ก๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐.
The property owner and buyer was so relieved, thanks to ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐; ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ.
๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฅ ๐ค๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ซ!. ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.
The owner had a free assessment from an Underpinner, but our Structural Engineer Report found there had been some slight old settlements and some old cracks, and the house was now stable.
NO UNDERPINNING WAS NEEDED AT ALL and simple, affordable crack repairs was the solution. The seller and the buyer were thrilled!
๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ & ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐? Don't Stress Out.
๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ no-obligation, chat and advice.
And if you want, we can help you further with a ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐; ๐๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ; ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น - ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐
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.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ; ๐๐๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ -๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐
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
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ; ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ - ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐
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.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ: ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ - ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐
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.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ: ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ - ๐ช๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ.
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.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐
๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ช๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐
๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ , ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ
๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
- 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".
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ.
- 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 ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ - ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ.
- 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.
๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ & ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐, ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ก๐, ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ.
Cracked House For Sale in Forest Lake
๐๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ & ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
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 ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐ผ๐ณ-๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
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๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ & ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
SINK HOLES, SUBSIDENCE, VOIDS UNDER FOOTINGS & SLABS
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Subsidence, Wall Cracks, Structural Engineer Reports, Underpinning Engineers.
Our reports are 100% independent.
In many cases we find that a house had some settlements a long time ago and no underpinning is required.
In cases where underpinning is necessary, we provide an independent opinion on which method would be most effective and affordable.
RESIN INJECTION UNDERPINNING REQUIRED
Springfield Lakes House Subsiding; Resin Underpinning Required.
This house has a waffle-pod slab that has gradual subsidence at the front. And it is causing causing house cracks and gaps that are slowly getting larger and larger. The owner wants to stabilize the slab then start re-painting. And wisely, he called Forensic Engineers to conduct an investigation.
Our thorough Structural Engineer Report found that in this case, the ground conditions were Suitable for the Use of Polyurethane Structural Resin.ย Deep & Shallow Injection would be required to densify the founding soils, and re-support the front of the house slab.
If you are considering Underpinning, but are confused by sales "hype", which method is the best and how much should it cost?ย Contact Forensic Engineers for an independent opinion before signing any contract for Conventional Underpinning, Resin Underpinning, or Steel Screw Pier Underpinning.
