𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟭; 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 – 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀
The owner of a 1970’s bungalow was renovating and needed expert advice about how to repair cracked and displaced bricks. We found that footing settlements and rotation was the cause. And we recommended a number of procedures to reduce footing movements and some great methods to repair the damaged bricks.

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟮; 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀
House on-the-market with some old subsidence and repaired cracks. Our investigation found that there had been some footing settlements due to loose material in the footings when the footings were poured and also seepage had been softening the founding material. That had been stabilized and the house was sound-as-a-pound

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟯; 𝗠𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗯𝘆 – 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
We found the galvanizing had been damaged by the concretors during the build, and the post bases had not been “tanked”. Cleaning and treating post bases will prolong the life of some posts, but post replacement will be required in the future.

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟰: 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 – 𝗚𝗮𝗽𝘀 & 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀
House with some typical gaps and cracks. We found that the slab had very serious deflections that were progressing and significant underpinning would be required to stabilize the house.

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟱: 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 – 𝗪𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗯 𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲.
We inspected this house for the buyer. A small section of the slab edge beam had broken away and edge reinforcement was exposed. Our investigation found that the damage was localized and the slab had no significant deflections in this area. Our expert structural engineer report recommended simple cost-effective repairs.

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