Piering, or piling, a house’s foundation is when a professional worker drives a series of steel piling pipes underneath a house’s foundation in order to correct any problems in the foundation settlement and to fix any parts of the foundation that may be failing. This may be seen as unorthodox to some, but this has been a means of fixing unstable house foundations for quite a while now. However, let’s say you remain unconvinced that this is a good way to go about fixing your foundation as opposed to replacing it entirely. Well, if you feel that way about foundation piering in Massachusetts, here is a brief guide to the many advantages of foundation piering.
#1. Low cost
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. The cost of piering your foundation is exponentially cheaper than replacing a broken foundation altogether. While the exact price may vary, you’re looking at a minimum of several hundred, if not thousands of dollars. Whereas foundation piering, on the other hand, costs up to ten times less that amount. The appeal on that front is obvious.
#2. Non-intrusive
When you want to have your foundation replaced, obviously, your entire house sitting on that foundation has to be moved first. This disrupts your personal life in ways you probably didn’t even think were possible. However, foundation piering is done while the house stays where it is. And for the most part, the process doesn’t get in the way of your day-to-day life. Besides the workers and noises coming from outside, nothing about your house is really going to change, besides the shift in the ground if your foundation was really messed up beforehand. And even then, there’s typically no heavy equipment used in the process, and no damage is done to your yard.
#3. Fixes both problems
When your foundation starts to fail, you’re given two issues to address: you have both an unstable soil, and the house sitting out of level. Piering fixes both problems in one action. It props up the foundation, giving it support besides the soil, and because of that, levels out the house without any major adjustments needing to be made to the house itself.
Sometimes there really is no other option than to replace the foundation. Thankfully those instances are incredibly rare, so this provides a good general alternative to spending all that money. And if you want a foundation piering job done right, contact the professionals at Basement Technologies. Like us on our facebook page.
