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22 year old Ft Collins home is repaired. Did you know that older homes in our area have porches that are slab on grade which means no foundation for the porch. Check out this regarding types of foundations in our area: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/about-us/post-1337-what-ty...
Here's another angle on the plumbing access notch in the Sister wall. I love the clean line that now defines the basement wall in place of all the debris and deteriorating foundation wall.
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During home repairs we make every effort to keep your home clean. the from the entry of your home and throughout your home during the installation process, Peak is concerned with protecting your home from construction dust and dirt. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
The wall anchors have been stragetically placed to stabilize the wall. The Wall is now stabilized!
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Pulling back the carpet reveals that this crack is due to slab heave of approximately 3/4 of an inch. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
The entire home has been elevated completely in tact and is currently being supported by a grid of steel beams while the old foundation is being removed.
When the project is complete,the house will be sitting on a new 9' foundation and the old wood runners will be replaced with steel. The steel will allow longer spans so that many column posts can be eliminated, allowing for open space and the house will be stable for generations to come.
This is foundation repair. Powerlift Foundation Repair at www.powerliftfoundationrepair.com provides experienced professional foundation repair.
Note the drywall cracking in the corner. The next two photos show how significant this crack is.
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Lakewood residence needs a repair to the foundation. One corner is settling where the house and garage meet.
Check this blog out for the signs of settling or sinking: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/about-us/post-2442-signs-o...
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This property needed several engineered & patented processes to stabilize the foundation. Here is an example of several piers that were installed on the interior of the home. No more vertical movement!
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Here's the proposed solution, literally sketched into the photos, to make visualizing it easier. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
The separation or split where the walls to the wet bar meet is pretty severe. The concrete slab has moved. If you see this in your home, contact us and we will come out and give you a free evaluation of your home. Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
To combat the sagging main level floor, the experts at Peak installed new teleposts to fix that problem. Do you have sagging floors? Contact Peak Structural at (303) 243-3028 or www.peakstructural.com
A local structural engineer's remarks, regarding the issues at this property here in Littleton, is that, due to the types of soil along the Front Range, moisture caused the soil to swell and exert significant pressures against the foundation. In this photo, The downspout water is directed underground and may not be carrying the water far enough away from the foundation. The other notworthy item in this photo is the gas meter. The next photo shows the after photo of the work done and the 7 inch lift to the house to get it plumb again.
Check out this information on our expansive soils and how they affect our Colorado foundations: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/expa...
Retaining walls and other landscaping borders can keep surface water (rain and snow) from draining away from the foundation. They will need underground drainage to keep the water directed away from the founation. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
Do you see cracking or settling or do the exterior walls of your foundation seem to tip. Spring time is a good time to visually check your foundation. One lady called after she put a weight on the end of a piece of string and hung it outside of an upper story home. Her husband noticed that it was 10 inches away from the house at the bottom of the string. Now that is a wall that is tipping! She called for help! So walk around and check out the exterior walls on your house this spring. And, if you would like to also have a free evaluation of the foundation for your home, please contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
These holes are dug in virgin soil. Virgin soil is the soil that has not been disturbed when the builing was contstructed. The soil close to the foundation is termed back fill. Simply put it is the soil put back after the structure is built. This back fill soil is much more reactive to our Colorado weather conditions than the virgin soil. The anchor plates will be set in each of these potholes dug in virgin soil. This will stabilize the foundation wall once threaded steel rods are connected to the anchor plates here in the pot holes and to interior wall anchor plates.
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Follow along to see what a closer look reveals! If it looks familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
Wall Anchors are used to stabilize the foundation wall. Check this out to see more about wall anchor installation: www.structuralrepaircolorado.com/foundation-repair/founda...
Need our expert team? For more information, contact Peak Basement Systems. We’re located at 723 S. Sierra Madre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. You can contact us at (719) 260-7070 or go to www.peakbasementsystems.com
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This is foundation repair. Powerlift Foundation Repair at www.powerliftfoundationrepair.com provides experienced professional foundation repair.
Sister Wall or retaining wall is finished and the forms have been removed. It looks great! You can see the Peak Structural crew did exactly as proposed and notched the wall for plumbing access. What a difference. Do you like what you see? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
Here's a close up of a mushroom that our crew found while doing foundation maintenance. It appears that the pipe condensation gathered at the base of the foundation wall and ate away at a telepost support until a previous homeowner simply removed the post. Unfortuntely, this lead to sagging floors and foundation damage
The wall anchor in this photo is the exterior end of the business of stabilizing foundation walls. There is a heavy duty steel rod that is attached to both this exterior steel plate and the plate on the interior of the foundation wall.
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Steep stairs into the cold storage room. This presents a challenge getting the sister wall built since all form lumber will need to fit in here! The system design specialist is the first of our expert team to arrive and meet with the homeowners and provide them with a free evaluation & estimate of the work. He takes lots of photos in order to let the production crew know what to expect. As the saying goes: "a picture is worth a thousand words."
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These piers are ready to transfer the weight of the structure from unstable expansive soils that caused the movement to the solid strata below to stabilize the foundation.
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These wall anchors can be adjusted over time to straighten the wall to come closer to its original place.
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Cracking is not visible due to the sheetrock/drywall. Once it is removed, it tells a story of a wall that is very cracked.
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Note that the center of the beam above the telepost is higher. It should be level.
The weight of a newly added second story was more than the support system of the home was designed to handle. Fortunately, the homeowner noticed some settling and floor sagging. A free evaluation by one of our expert team revealed the problems; and, of course the correct solution.
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This Helical pier will, together with the other 15 Helical piers installed, counteract vertical movement and stabilize this foundation. Piers are set on stable soil or bedrock whether that is 25 ft or more below the foundation, as in this particular case, and, the house is set on the piers.
It was necessary to clip the existing concrete piers away from the bottom of the foundation a minimum of 24 inches. The concrete pier has failed and it is necessary that it does not interfere with the lift and leveling process.
Check this out for more information on Helicial Piers: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/about-us/post-1064-what-pe...
This corner is stablilized once the second pier is installed. Check out this blog that talks about our Lakewood area expansive soils that are a cause of foundation movement: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/expa...
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This structure has a foundation wall with horizontal cracks. This type of cracking tells our Peak Structural System Design Specialist that the wall has pressure coming against it from the side rather than from below. Our Colorado soil is unique in the way it responds to weather conditions and expands and contracts. That expansion and contraction is the pressure that pushes against the foundation wall. In this instance it is placing horizontal pressure against the wall resulting in horizontal cracking.
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Over time, existing stone foundations undergo an aging process. Initially, the mortar begins to degrade, dry out, and powder. This causes the foundation wall to lose some of its integrity in places. As aging continues, the stones themselves can begin to powder or lose shape. In some cases, individual stones may drop out of the foundation altogether! As a rule, foundation maintenace should be performed to brush out the old mortar and tuckpoint, or regrout the wall. This prolongs the life of the wall and keeps the stones in place. Want to know more? Contact Peak Structural at www.peakstructural.com or call us at 303-243-3028
This crack follows along the foundation wall wher the porch floor meets it. This crack found in the front porch concrete floor points to further investigation of the foundation.
The holes are dug and the crew is ready to set the piers.
Check out this regarding foundation settlement in Colorado. It has a depiction of a home before and after piering.
www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement.html
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Here's a look at the soil under the living room of the home. You can see the soil dessication, or pulling apart. This is common evidence of hillside creep as the entire layer of top soil begins to pull away from the underlying slope.
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The sister wall is being installed to support the deteriorating foundation wall. Here's a shot of the workspace as we're waiting for the retaining wall to cure. After the concrete has set, we can remove the forms and check out the new wall! Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
The homeowner did not have to move or worry about their landscaping. The position of wall anchor steel plates that are buried in the ground can be adjusted to avoid decks and various landscaping details.
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Here's the finished retaining wall. You can see that we left the pipe unencumbered, so plumbing access won't be a problem.
Overview of the wall to be reinforced. You can see the lost elevation in the way the wall supports are crooked or twisting.
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Settling has caused the east side of the garage door to no longer be level with the west side.
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Looking for a company who understands they are guests in your home. Peak Structural is honored to be asked into your home. You will be served by uniformed, professionally trained technicians. We’ll put down rugs to keep your carpet clean, dust barriers to isolate our workspace, and clean up after ourselves daily. In fact, according to customer surveys, our clients rate us at a 4.66 out of a possible 5 on cleanliness and clean up practices for over two years!
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