Can my house foundation be fixed?
WHY DOES MY BASEMENT WALL CURVE INWARDS?
Why does my foundation have issues?
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
Regardless if your home has a cinder block foundation or a poured concrete foundation. Both are susceptible to pressure from the surrounding soil.
Regardless if your home has a cinder block foundation or a poured concrete foundation. Both are susceptible to pressure from the surrounding soil.
Soil pushing against your foundation is a phenomenon referred to as “hydrostatic pressure”.
This can occur due to several reasons:
Expansive Soil: Certain types of soil, like clay, expand when they absorb water. This expansion creates pressure against your foundation walls. Causing them to bow inward or crack.
Poor Drainage: If water doesn’t drain properly away from your house. It can accumulate around the foundation. Over time, this water exerts pressure on the foundation walls.
Frost Heave: In colder climates, water in the soil can freeze and expand. Pushing the soil outward and against the foundation. When the ice melts, the soil contracts. But the repeated cycles of expansion and contraction can damage the foundation.
Backfill Issues: Improper backfilling during construction. This can lead to soil settlement or movement. Causing more pressure on the foundation.
Water Table Fluctuations. Changes in the water table level can also affect soil pressure. When the water table rises. It can increase the hydrostatic pressure against the foundation.
Soil Erosion: Erosion can create voids and uneven pressure distribution around the foundation. Leading to structural issues.
Basement Flood Protection Checklist
If your basement is susceptible to becoming musty or has small pools of water in the spring, there are a few things you can do to help reduce the risk. See the checklist.
If you always have water in your basement, we can help fix your basement foundation. Request a basement repair quote.
There are two types of basements: those that leak and those that will leak unless repaired.
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FOUNDATION REPAIR ESTIMATE
If your home signs of water seepage, uneven floors, cracks in walls or basement floor, gaps between floors and walls or shrinking soil around the foundation.
BASEMENT FOUNDATION REPAIR EXPERTS
At AAA Solid Foundations, we pride ourselves on doing the best work possible. We work only with seasoned, professional structural engineers who are familiar with the soil conditions in the Regina area.
Our basement foundation repair estimators do not use scare tactics. If there is a simple solution to your foundation issues, we will not recommend services that are not required.
Foundation Repair Experts
AAA Solid Foundation Repair works in a 200 km radius around Regina.
This includes Estevan, Weyburn, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Assiniboia, Gravelbourg, Davidson, Fort Qu'Appelle, Indian Head, Melville, Emerald Park and White City.
AAA Solid Foundations is Licensed to work in Saskatchewan and is fully insured.
We are in good standing with the Saskatchewan Workers Compensation Board.
MAILING ADDRESS
AAA Solid Foundation Repair Ltd.
PO Box 37052
Regina, SK
S4S 7K3