Foundation Settlement Repair by Piering The first signs of foundation settlement starts when you noticed that the brick walls are cracking, the door won’t shut like it used to, or you have to forcibly open your windows. At this point, you’re eager to find out the root cause and inspect more around the house. You […]
Concrete Slab Repair By Slab Jacking To Fix Concrete Slab Settlement. Every household will have to face soil settlement in the future. So it’s not a matter of prevention, but rather preparation. Though there are means to mitigate the adverse effects of settlement, we simply can’t prevent settlement completely. We can only prolong it, this […]
How to Repair Cracked Plaster Walls Permanently A cracked plaster wall is normally not an immediate cause for concern but is definitely an eyesore. Despite how scary it may look like, these cracks are easy to repair and can even be done in a day or over the weekend. You can even find inexpensive basic […]
Restoration of Holes Left Behind by Concrete Coring Concrete Coring Explained Concrete coring is the process of drilling or cutting through concrete slab and walls. This process mostly involves electricians and plumbers since connections of both wirings and pipes require passage through concrete slab and walls. Concrete coring is also used for getting concrete core […]
Everything You Need to Know About Wooden Lintel Replacement Also known as “beams” or “ribs”, lintels are the ‘backbone’ of your home’s structure. Located above doors and windows, they support the load to offer strength. And when they weaken, the entire structure loses its stability. A wooden lintel replacement is sometimes unavoidable. Suffering lintel failure? […]
Repair of Concrete Honeycombs Honeycombs are basically voids on the concrete surface that look like honeybee nests. It might appear nasty or a cause for worry but it’s commonly regarded as just an eyesore problem, which just basically needs patching up. The repair of concrete honeycombs is sometimes essential where there instances when it can […]
A Complete Guide to Fitting An RSJ RSJ (Rolled Steel Joist), commonly known as “I-beans” and “H-beans”, are used to provide structural support to a building; they bear the load of any structure sitting on top of them. Fitting an RSJ requires accurate calculations to determine the correct size of steel beam. RSJ’s should be […]
Correcting Misaligned Columns: The Process Explained Misalignment is pretty self-explanatory, and so does in the context of columns. The underlying cause of misalignment stems from improper construction techniques where forms are not fixed straight up. However, the term misalignment is kind of ambiguous, at least in the engineering sense. So let’s look further into […]
Minimum Guidelines for Underpinning A Wall to Repair Flawed Foundation Underpinning a wall is the oldest technique used during construction. The main purpose of underpinning is to either enhance the depth of the foundation during building, add another story or to repair a faulty foundation which is visible through the cracks. Not every crack […]
Repair of Cold Joints In Concrete What exactly is a cold joint and how do we determine the repair of cold joints? By definition, cold joints are two faces of concrete adjacent to each other not acting monolithically. In other words, they are separate concrete sections that otherwise should’ve acted as one. That being said, […]