Subsidence: Underpinning Free Home Assessment was 100% Wrong
The owner of this townhouse had a free wall cracks assessment from a very chatty & charming underpinning sales rep.
This underpinning sales rep told him that these wall cracks were caused by very serious subsidence and that Underpinning was needed URGENTLY!
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
And guess what? Our comprehensive investigation found that there had only been some very slight footing movements.
The scary cracks were just fine cracks in highly weathered wall render and there had been a build-up of black mould!
Yes. The underpinning sales rep did not even know the difference between mould and serious wall cracks & subsidence.
Forensic Engineers are the wall crack & subsidence specialists.
We are 100% independent.
We are on your side and we are definitely not trying to sell you any underpinning.
COOMERA WATERS SUBSIDENCE DAMAGE
SUBSIDENCE, WALL CRACKS, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER REPORT.
The owners of this house at Coomera Waters found some cracks and gaps and called Forensic Engineers.
Our investigation found that the cracks & gaps were not so large and the building level variations were not excessive. However, our thorough investigation also found that part of the house was located on loose landfill which was gradually settling. And stabilizing the house would require some underpinning.
And, our expert engineer report indicated the underpinning locations, the best types of underpins and the best underpinners for the work.
The property owners were incredibly relieved that they had a positive plan to fix their precious home and could move forward with confidence.
Locally Based.
Forensic Engineers are based on the Gold Coast and service SE Qld & Nth NSW.
Extensive Experience.
We have decades of experience in soil test / geotechnical engineering as well as decades of subsidence & wall crack investigation experience. And our Structural Engineer reports draw on that knowledge of ground conditions that cause footing movements and house damages.
Home owners, buyers and sellers with house subsidence or wall crack problems
Forย peace-of-mind, contact Forensic Engineers for an expert, independent Structural Engineer Report.
Subsidence Investigations Require Soil Testing Knowledge
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐-๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ถ๐น ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ & ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐.
And Forensic Engineers Staff have decades of that experience, having previously worked in;
- soil test drilling
- soil lab testing
- oil descriptions
- site classifications
- footing and slab designs; strip, pad and edge beam footings, conventional and waffle pod slabs
- deep footing piering; conventional concrete piers, push-piles, small diameter driven timber piles and steel screw piles
- Foundation Underpinning; conventional concrete, polyurethane resin, timber piles and steel screw piers.
๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ -๐๐-๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
- areas with highly plastic clay soils
- poorly compacted land fill
- alluvial deposits
- compressible soils
- organic and acid-sulphate soils.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐-๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ; real soil testing experience and skills.
It is essential that any engineers offering subsidence reports actually have local Queensland experience in soil testing and geotechnical behavior.
Very Important: When deciding on an engineer for a subsidence & wall crack inspection, make sure the engineers have actually done field and lab soil testing themselves.
With over 5000 cases completed in the last 12 years, and decades of actual Soil Testing, Site Classification and Slab Design hands-on experience, Forensic Engineers are the best choice for Structural Engineer Reports for subsidence and house foundation problems.
Wall Cracks, Subsidence, Underpinning, Structural Engineer Reports
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ inspecting ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐.๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต..
HERE ARE SOME RECENT CASES;
๐ญ) ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ;
Cracks in a nib-wall. We found that there was no footing under this section of the wall and it needed a footing extension to support it. We recommended and expert Repair Builder who completed the new section of footing and repaired the nib-wall quickly and economically.
๐ฎ) ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ;
Soil swell ("heave")ย lifted the driveway slab, but the house is fine.
๐ฏ) ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ;
Some gaps in the exterior and some cracks in the garage slab. But our investigation found there were not any significant footing or slab deflections.
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๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐.
Decades of experience. Fast, Accurate, Independent & Affordable: Contact Forensic Engineers.
Sink Holes, Subsidence, Voids under Footings & Slabs
These are common foundation issues we investigate every day.
Be alert.
Sink Holes can be some simple, localized surface erosion that cannot affect the integrity of structures. Or they can be caused by more serious and deep erosion, deep subsidence or even soil liquefaction.ย If you find any of these things happening around your home, the most important thing is to get an expert structural engineer report to determine the cause and what needs to be done to ensure your home is stable.
Act now.
In some cases the problem could develop into serious damage which can require expensive repairs.
Peace-of-mind
In some cases the structure may not be affected at all by ground movements, and thank goodness! A report from Forensic Engineers can provide peace-of-mind.
Noticed some ground movements around your home?ย Contact us for a chat and a free quote to schedule a thorough Engineer Investigation and Report.
Strata and Body Corp Engineer Reports, Wall Cracks, Subsidence, Underpinning
๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ & ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐!
In this recent case, the Body Corp called us in to investigate and report on this townhouse with subsidence and wall cracks and gaps that were getting worse and worse.
It turned out that other engineers had previously looked at the building and had decided that subsidence had occurred in the past and had stopped and and the damages were not serious and could be patched and painted. Sadly, they were wrong.
CALL FORENSIC ENGINEERS!
We found that the townhouse was actually located on ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น that was gradually ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, bit-by-bit, year after year. And stabilization with ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
In this case, Resin / Chemical Underpinning was not considered appropriate and Steel Screw piers would be far too expensive and unnecessary.
The most reliable and cost effective method was with conventional underpinning using reinforced concrete piers and head-stocks.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ & ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐.
- Our service is first class
- Quotes in hours
- Inspections and reports in days not weeks.
- And very competitive rates.
๐๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ% ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
Body Corp: Structural Engineer Report, SUBSIDENCE & WALL CRACKS
๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ: ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐? ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. Fast, accurate, affordable & great to deal with.
๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐;
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ & ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด) & ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐.๐. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ (๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บโฆ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ).
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ โ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆโ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ
John & Simone.
BUILDING & PEST: POSSIBLE SUBSIDENCE, COULD BE SERIOUS.
Coomera House For Sale.
A recent Building & Pest Report was really accurate and found evidence of possible footing movements and recommended that the buyer should get and expert Forensic Engineer report to see if it was serious or not.
In some cases serious subsidence damages can be covered up with filler and paint and only recent movements and wall cracks may be evident.
But in this case, our meticulous Structural Engineer inspection & Report found only some wear & tear, and no significant past or current subsidence.
The buyer was very relieved and incredibly grateful for our professionalism. Happy days!
Own, Buying or Selling a House with Cracks?
Wall, ceiling or floor cracks & gaps?
It may be simple wear & tear, or it may be a sign of some Subsidence.
It may also Subsidence that is serious and could gradually get worse and worse.
And there are also cases where subsidence & cracks have cleverly been covered up, particularly with houses that are renovated & "flipped".
Expert Structural Engineer Reports
Our expert Structural Engineer Reports identify old and new subsidence and cracks and determine if they are serious or wear-and-tear. And if if they are likely to get worse and if any stabilizing or underpinning is necessary.
Peace-of-Mind
Building cracks can develop by wear & tear or from foundation movements and Forensic Engineers are the independent experts to turn to for an expert analysis and for peace-of-mind.
Contact us for a free quote for an independent engineer report.
Subsidence Engineer Reports, Wall Crack Engineer Reports
Subsidence Engineer Reports, Wall Crack Engineer Reports, RPEQ Structural Engineer Reports.
Forensic Engineers are the industry specialists. SE Qld & Nth NSW. 100% Independent, Fast & Accurate.
Contact us for a free quote for an independent engineer report.
