Property conditions: It is a wood frame ranch style house with attached two car garage. Garage floor is concrete slab on grade with concrete block foundation. Grade in the front is level with five feet front to back drop at the rear corner of the garage, with most of the rear and side foundation wall exposed. The structure is built on regraded parcel and set mostly on disturbed, unstable soil, inadequately compacted and anchored. Original stucco foundation reveals up to 18” of soil erosion along the garage foundation.
Problem: Concrete block foundation bowed out appreciably on rear and the side, also settled - mostly at the rear corner – with pronounced cracks visible within six to twelve feet off the foundation corner.
Solution: Engineered, certified and permitted to install four “Push Piers” down to the stable soil depth and lift the rear corner of the garage foundation to correct the vertical settlement. In addition, two “Wall Anchors” were installed to permanently stabilize the rotational movement of the concrete block foundation.
Result: Footing and foundation lifted by one inch, cracks minimized and the stucco cosmetically reconditioned. Wall bowing arrested and the possibility of foundation blowout and collapse permanently avoided. Owner will complete additional grading and correct water runoff systems.
Certified Contractor/Installer: Connecticut Basement Systems
Structural Engineer: Hayman Engineering Inc.
Products Installed: (4) Foundation Supportworks™ “Push Piers” & (2) Foundation Supportworks™ “Wall Anchors”
Heavy duty, galvanized earth anchor embedded in the soil beneath the garage slab. It's part of the wall anchor system.
Major block foundation crack and settlement at garage corner. Visible are two threaded rods for wall anchor plate installation.
Push piers set under the footing in two excavation pits - post foundation lift.
Installed wall anchor plates and foundation corner after first foundation lift and cosmetic touch-up.
