Foundation Repair Specialists Unclaimed

We are a specialist underpinning company, in business for 25 years. We use a unique hydraulic system known as jacked piling. This involves lifting the structure, and then securely welding and concreting the pins in position under the foundations. The unsightly cracks can then be patched and painted once and for all!

The most common method that is adopted by builders is the use of Mass Concrete that is poured under the footings, where they are attempting to increase the bearing area of the footing to reduce the pressure on the soil below. If this soft, loose soil is not all removed beforehand, the added weight of this concrete may only increase the rate of settlement and we will have to be break it out before we can position our pins. The next most common method is called the Auger pile or Haunch pile which is a round hole that is augured as close as possible to the wall with a supporting shoulder protruding under the footing. This is filled with reinforced concrete. With both these methods one has to contend with fact that concrete shrinks before it cures and that the building above will experience further settlement before it loads these underpins. One will have to wait a good few months for the movement to cease before the remedial work on the wall cracks can commence. Both systems can work in the right conditions but with careful quality supervision and only be carried out by competent underpinning specialists.