Which Underpinning is Best?

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™๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™šย is determined by an independent engineer and is based on the building type, the ground conditions, achievable results and affordability.ย 

๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ : Get an independent opinion

The different Underpinning methods, costs and achievable results are very confusing. That’s where Forensic Engineers can help. Before signing up for any type of expensive underpinning, do yourself a favour and contact Forensic Engineers for an expert, independent structural engineer report. Because we are on your side..

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 pier underpinning is the industry standard due to the practicality and long-term reliability.
  • Polyurethane Resin Underpinning can be very effective for densifying and binding founding soils and lifting footings and concrete slabs. It is important that the Resins are injected throughout the soil profile layers that are influencing footing and slab movements, and not just immediately under the footings and slab. Also, certain footing and slab designs and certain ground conditions may limit the results.
  • Steel screw piers have benefits where ground water and collapsible soils are encountered, as well as cases where extra deep piers are needed to find strong natural ground. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ have extensive experience in all types of underpinning and will install the industry standard reinforced ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, or 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.

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—ฎn Independent ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ Subsidence ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜?

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

Forensic Engineers are 100% independent the subsidence and underpinning specialists, and when we inspect your home and prepare an engineer report, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜: ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ Unnecessary 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.

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 for an expert RPEQ Engineer Report 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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