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Pier & Beam Foundation Repair
Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:05 pm
Bought an older house on pier and beams. Completely remodeled the whole house. Over the last few months with all of the rain, i guess the house is settling more and I've noticed doors sticking, sheet rock cracking, etc. Looks like i will need someone to come out and see what the issue is before all of my work is for nothing. Anyone here have an experience with Cable Lock, WCK, or any others? TIA
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Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:11 pm to FishinTygah84
Step 1) you need to make sure water is flowing away from the home and not under it. Gutters, proper drainage etc. That could be enough to get it to stabalize, if not you can level. You can shim for a couple of grand or if the piers are deterorating, you can lift home, pour concrete and install new piers as needed. This is $$$$. The more leveling that is done the more painting is needed.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:37 pm to FishinTygah84
Think of it like this, if you took a metal pan filled it with mud and let it completely dry and tried to push your fingers into the dried mud, they would not sink in, but if you add a lot of water and make mud again they will sink. Under a home some places stay wet longer and sink faster and other areas stay dryiwr and sink slower. If everything sank at the same rate that would be ok also but when some sink faster than others it creates bigger problems
Posted on 6/9/16 at 3:49 pm to FishinTygah84
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Bought an older house on pier and beams. Completely remodeled the whole house.
Did you remove any vegetation (trees or shrubs) from around the house as part of the "remodeling"? Or was there possibly any removed just prior to you purchasing?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 8:47 pm to FishinTygah84
Used to live in a 1940s pier and beam house. Had settling issues. Thought about fixing prior to selling the house. Called a couple folks. WCK was the cheapest by far. I think for my issue it was gonna be about $3500. They tried to find a practical solution that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. Get them to come give you a free estimate. I ended up not needing to repair, as someone bought the house as was, but I would have hired them.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 5:24 am to FishinTygah84
I've used WCK for my house - they did the work in two days because of rain otherwise they could've knocked it out in a day. I didn't realize how unstable my foundation was until they finished leveling everything. Now my house is rock solid. You will want to keep in mind their work will likely create some drywall cracks and door tightness if anything was installed/adjusted to fit any house slope as my old place was. You'll also be looking at needing gutters if it's a drainage issue. Call WCK for sure!
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