If your home is settling, you may begin to notice it is becoming more difficult to shut the doors in your house, or your floors may be sagging slightly. This happens because as a house settles, the foundation will sink slightly into the ground, and the house will no longer be level. In order to fix these problems, you may need to hire a company that does home leveling in Valdosta.
Leveling a Pier and Beam Foundation
Along with settling, the foundation of a pier and beam house may not be level because of damage to the piers or beams of the home. Part of these support structures is made from wood, and they can sustain damage from moisture or termites. To level a house with a pier and beam foundation, the company you hire to do home leveling in Valdosta may need to:
- Install new piers.
- Use jacks to level the girders or joists.
- Add new lumber to shore up joists and girders.
- Replace beams with steel I-beams.
- Re-shim to add support.
In order to make the repairs last, the leveling company will also need to locate the source of the moisture. If it isn’t located, in a few years your house may shift again and will need leveling.
While the company doing the home leveling in Valdosta is looking beneath the house, they may notice that there isn’t enough support for it. Perhaps the piers are too far apart, or there needs to be another beam put in place. Without the proper support, the foundation will continue to fail to support your home.
Leveling a Slab Foundation
For homes that sit on concrete slabs, the soil they sit on can damage the foundation as it expands and contracts when the weather changes. This can cause the house to shift and require leveling. To repair a concrete slab foundation, the company may need to:
- Add helical piers.
- Add drilled bell piers.
- Add or replace concrete pilings or piers.
- Use resistance or steel push piers.
- Add or replace pressed pilings and piers.
- Do mudjacking.
Although repairing a foundation can be expensive, it is the only way to preserve your home once the foundation starts to fail. A house is the largest investment you have, and a company that does home leveling in Valdosta can help save your investment.
If you begin to notice cracks in your walls or if your floors are sagging, you need to contact us to come out and examine your home’s foundation. You will receive a free estimate on the work your house needs to be level once again. Don’t put yourself in danger by trying to do the work yourself, let us do it for you.
