𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚

It’s really important to find the actual cause of the cracks, so that any repairs will last and cracks don’t re-appear again and again.

𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩

That’s why the owner of this Carindale house called Forensic Engineers to prepare an expert Structural Engineer Report.

Our expert investigation found old and recent subsidence & cracks, and footing settlements as well as footing rotation (leaning). We also identified that the house was built on an old gully that had been filled in and the landfill was subsiding bit-by-bit, year-after-year and this was causing the house cracks.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙉𝙚𝙭𝙩

Our expert Structural Engineer Report found that Stabilizing the footings and permanent wall crack repair would require underpinning of most of the house footings with conventional underpinning.

𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥

Home renovations are expensive, so if there are any worrying wall or ceiling cracks, it’s really important to make sure the foundations are stable by getting an expert independent Engineer Subsidence Report from Forensic Engineers from the get-go