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How to Do Most Common Foundation Repairs

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In years gone by, you use to deal with foundation repairs by getting everyone out of the building and moving all the furniture out to protect all of it from damage. Plus such repairs consisted of using such materials as wood, concrete, cement and steel. But with today's technology, you can do a foundation repair by two of the following methods:

• Slabjacking: This is a procedure where the faulty pavement is raised or stabilized. Instead of replacing the concrete, cement slurry is pumped under the concrete. When this is done it lifts the sunken or even uneven concrete to the position it should be. This serves two purposes. It lifts the concrete so it is repositioned appropriately and it fills in any gaps in the concrete and soil so as to eliminate any type of water problems that may have occurred previously.
• Piering (hydraulic jacking): This is where steel pipe pilings are driven into the concrete to correct foundation problems. The steel piers are driven to rock or some suitable soil and are connected to the foundation by way of a metal head assembly. Then hydraulic jacks are attached to the steel piers and work to raise the foundation up to where it was originally. Once the foundation has been repositioned, piles are bolted or welded to wall brackets that are bolted into the cement.

Repairing sunken concrete is the most common type of foundation repair that is required. This is because fill dirt is usually placed along side the house after the foundation has been completed. This helps fill the gap that may have taken place while the foundation was laid. Unfortunately, the builder never takes the time to compact the dirt. So it stays loose. When this happens the soil sinks. The foundation being in the soil also sinks. To avoid this problem just use granular fill that includes sand and gravel mix. Then compact it with a hand held vibratory compactor.

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