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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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This homeowner was vacuuming up over 400 gallons of water a day from her recently finished basement! She called Jack with Peak Basement Systems and had him out to scope the basement waterproofing project. She stated that she had already lost over $5000 in destroyed carpet, carpet padding, and baseboards!
October weather this year has been hard on area foundations. Check this out: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/about-us/post-2509-october...
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Front porch foundation is sinking. This is a close up of the foundation area beneath one of the pillars. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
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Here, you can see cracking and bowing on the basement wall. Look familiar? contact Peak Structural today for a free estimate at 303-243-3028 or
Our team works hard to not only provide the best system to stabilize wall movement; but, they also work hard to put everything back to normal.
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Above and to the right of this door is a vertical crack. Time to get serious about the stress that this house is experiencing! The homeowner did! The home is going to be stabilized.
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
Exterior cracking where the chimney meets the house demonstrates that the chimney is separating or moving away from the house.
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This is foundation repair. Powerlift Foundation Repair at www.powerliftfoundationrepair.com provides experienced professional foundation repair.
This corner shows that the pillar's base is cracked and the corner is indeed sinking. We will place a pier on each side of this corner to stabilize. Check out how these piers are installed here: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/foun... Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
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Here the landscaping lends great eye appeal; but, trees and bushes planted right up to the foundation will add horizontal pressure over the years. The roots of these visually appealing plantings have roots, that underground spread substantially greater than the tree or schrub does above ground! I remember someone once remarking that when any organization looks to purchase carpet or flooring for their building - ask the janitor what to purchase not just the interior decorator. Why? Because the janitor sees that purchase in terms that are more than eye appeal. The same is said when landscaping. Ask someone familiar with foundations for their input. If you would like to contact us, we would be happy to help. Just contact us at Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
The architectural design and landscaping give this home a beautiful curb appeal.
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Wall Anchors are just what the name implies. They anchor the foundation wall to stable virgin soil. The backfill soil is much more reactive to our Thornton and Denver area weather conditions. Note the threaded rod seen here below the surface. It is coming from the interior of the foundation wall and going outward. Each end of this rod is is attached to anchor plates. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
The metal rectangles are foundation wall anchors, installed by a previous company. The purpose of these anchors were to prevent the foundation wall from caving inward. These anchors are attached to a similar metal anchor in the ground outside of the house and a rod is used to connect the two.
This is ineffective. Just as freezing and thawing causes the foundation walls to settle and change, the elements have the same effect on the anchor system. This is an costly fix that is temporary.
EHM+ Foundations has the only permanent solution that addresses the cause of the problem. EHM assesses the degree of damage to the foundation and recommends the best solution for the individual home. EHM+Foundations will visit your home and provide you with a quote at no cost to you.
The white and pink liner covering the old foundation was installed by a previous company hired by the homeowner years ago in attempt to waterproof the foundation.
You can see how poor of job this liner did in protecting the foundation. If your foundation is leaking, it does not help to simply put a band-aid on it.
Foundation Movement is often depicted on exterior brick walls with what is called stair step cracks because of how the crack resembles steps.
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Here in Littleton, our expansive soils are highly reactive in the presence of water. To lessen the impact of water's affect on our soil and our soil's impact on our home foundations, geotechnical engineers in the metro Denver area recommend that at least a 10 percent slope of the grade is maintained within the first five feet out from the foundation to direct surface water away from the foundation.
For more information, contact Peak Structural. We’re located at 600 17th St. Suite 2800 South, Denver, CO 80202. You can contact us at 303 243 3028 or go to www.peakstructural.com
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Yes, holes need to be dug stragecially to set the wall anchors deep in the ground. Please notice that the crew takes special care when digging by placing plastic on the ground above the grass to protect it when the crew refills the holes.
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Our crew will place the wall anchor in the ground beyond the deck. Rod extenders are used to avoid decks, flower beds and other landscaping.
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The weight of the foundation and chimney will now be transferred through these piers to the stable soil below and a lift can be attempted to bring the chimney back towards its original position.
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Behind the paint and the sheetrock, the foundation wall is moving. Lots of terms are used to describe this type of movement: bulging, bowing, pushing in or out.
Are any of these terms applying to what you see with your foundation walls? If so, 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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In this particular structure, the horizontal pressure is only happening in this part of the foundation wall. So, Peak only needs to repair this affected area. Please note that there is a trench dug that exposes the exterior foundation wall. And, there are individual holes dug further away from the building. 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 will be much more reactive to our Colorado weather conditions. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
Daylight at the other end! New Galvanized Steel Beams take care of the creak and sag and lack of proper support for the floor. Creaking floors? Sagging floors? Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
Here's a close up of the stair step cracking and bowing on the basement wall. Look familiar? contact Peak Structural today for a free estimate at 303-243-3028 or
A check of the support system under this crawl space shows that there is movement. The support beams are leaning.
This photo reminds me of a call I recieved the other day. A homeowner is remodeling his kitchen. That means brand new cupboards & granite counter tops! Woo Hoo! How exciting! He called because he has an older home and was very concerned that the new weight of the cabinets & counter top would compromise his support beams. He noticed something very similar to this when he looked at his support beams. One of our Systems Design Specialist is on his way to give the homeowner a free evaluation of the support system under his kitchen. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
Trees, bushes, plants can affect a house's foundation adversely. The roots are located in the top 6 to 24 inches of the soil and occupy an area two to four times the diameter of the tree crown. The same can be said for bushes and plants as a general rule. This is not good for the foundation to have these roots so close. The second landscaping issue in this photo is the border. The border can trap and/or impede the movement of water away from the house.
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Vertical cracks such as these may or may not depict a settling or foundation problem. People often wonder about such cracks in their homes. That is why we offer free evaluations. You can walk around and throughout your house with one of our certified, trained and experienced professionals. Additionally, we work with many engineers here in Colorado. Our desire is that you are provided with a structural evaluation of your home's foundation; and, if necessary as is with this home, an engineered solution and cost for repair.
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
Cracking here along with the other significant cracks all around this structure indicate movement of the foundation.
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After! You can see here that the wall has regained the lost elevation with the sister wall on the other side. There are still loose stones in the center of the room, which will eventually be used to replaced failed stones in other portions of the foundation walls. Want to know more? Contact Peak Structural at www.peakstructural.com or call us at 303-243-3028
Yes, the Paneling can prevent you from seeing cracking and other signs of movement. However, the exterior cracking on this wall did indicate a problem behind this wall.
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Wall anchors have steel plates on each end of a steel threaded rod. This is a photo of the exterior plate which is placed deep into the soil. Need our expert team? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
Drywall, or sheetrock, has cracking. The beam beneath the drywall is under stress and moving. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/
This chimney has foundation problems. There is a solution for that!
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This threaded rod is attached to this anchoring plate that is buried deep in stable soil. This will stabilize the moving wall and counteract the pressure being exerted against it. Once this is done, the holes are refilled and the grass reset over the hole. Soon, all will return to normal with little evidence that the work was done.
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Here's the most alarming damage of all--the floor itself was slab on grade and it was cracked and uneven, but previous owners had padded the crack to be less noticable. Look Familiar? Contact Peak Structural at (303) 243-3028 or www.peakstructural.com
There is movement in the slab that is indicated by cracking on the wall here. Check the next photo for a close up view.
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Pier Installation and the step by step process to resolve settling issues for Denver are foundations is explained here in detail: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/foun...
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Once the pier is installed, and the concrete patch cures, it will be hard to tell that work was done. Except for the fact that there will be no more settling and cracking that is!
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The close up of the previous photo shows that the brick has moved. Pressure from the expansive soil that this wall sits on has caused a weakening of the wall and movement. This type of crack is not something that tuckpointing will resolve.
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This is a close up of one of the cracks that the homeowner found. The crack does not have to be deep and wide to indicate that there is wall movement.
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Piers solve the problem of vertical movement also known as settling or sinking. Take a look at this information to learn more about piers: www.denverfoundationrepair.com/foundation-settlement/foun...
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This Waterguard System and Super Sump Pump were recently installed in Colorado Springs. We placed the pump in a utility room, so that the homeowner would not have see the pump on a daily basis.
Here's a close up of the chimney footer, which is settling away from the home. You can see here that the portion further from the home is sunk deeper in the ground than the part closest to the home. Look familiar? Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/