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Foundation Repair Photo Album: Foundation Piering Oakville, MO

The garage of this Oakville, MO home began settling during the drought in the St. Louis area in 2012. They were also concerned about their front porch. We did two separate inspections over the course of 2 months to determine what was settling and to what degree. We used a laser transit to take readings and compare the differences so we knew precisely where to do our Foundation SupportWork push pier system. Their porch had one column that was loose and falling away but the others were fine. The readings we took of the porch showed that it seemed stable and no longer settling so only properly reattaching the column was necessary. The homeowner knew another contractor that had already confirmed that for them but they wanted our opinion. We installed our push pier foundation repair system along the side of the garage and stop the settling problem there. This work comes with a written transferable warranty.

Side of the Oakville MO Garage

The crack in the foundation was visible 4 feet to the left of the garage side door and the stair stepping crack coming off the door jam.

Crack Off the Door Jam

The stair stepping crack going through the brickwork is a telling sign of a settling foundation problem

Left Front of the Garage Opening

View of the left front garage opening of this Oakville, MO home. The space between the brick and the siding was getting larger because the foundation was settling.

3/4 Inch Gap Caused by the Settling Foundation

The gap grew to 3/4 of an inch due to the settling foundation problem. We were able to get to the foundation repair in time before the garage floor needed replacing.

Inside Garage Floor of this Oakville, MO Home

The garage floor crack were not separating to badly yet and the only serious damage was along the garage perimeter floor along the affected settling foundation.

Shims Under Column

Only one column was needing shims to support it even after the porch was "Mud Jacked" prior to the St. Louis drought of 2012.

Falling Away Column

Another contractor friend of the homeowner in Oakville, MO confirmed that the porch was properly mud jacked and that the column need to properly be reattached. Most likely, this problem was not taken care of after the porch 1st settled and was mud jacked.

Front Porch of this Oakville, MO Home

Careful laser readings were taken to determine the actual problem or not of the front porch.

One Laser Transit Position for this Oakville MO Home

The laser transit send out a red laser dot which can be measured along the home to determine what parts of the foundation is settling.

Measuring Device

A measurement is taken along the home and compared to all the other readers taken along the home to determine which parts of the structure are settling and which parts remain level. This is critical in determining where to start and stop the placement of the push pier system to stop the settling foundation.

Foundation Crack

Just below the damage of the cracks going through the brickwork by the garage side door was a large settling foundation crack.

Digging to the Footing

Digging to expose the foundation footing is the first step in the preparing to install push piers to stop a settling foundation.

Irregular Footing in Oakville, MO

Sometime since the exterior garage foundation is not a part of the home's basement foundation walls, irregular concrete pours happen. This makes the labor of prepping the footing for the foundation repair push pier system more labor intensive.

Side View of Foundation Push Pier Location

This is the side view along the settling garage of this Oakville, MO home.

Push Pier Footing Bracket

This heavy steel footing bracket is properly placed in the excavated hole and addition pier tubing is installed next.

Steel Bracket and Pier Tubing

This is a close up of the push pier bracket and tubing used to stop a settling foundation.

Push Pier Tubing Coupler

The push pier tube coupler fits inside of the joining section of the pier tubing and allows for direct pier shaft connection so the entire load, weight, of the structure is transferred along the whole length of the push pier during and after installation.

Push Pier in Three Foot Sections

The galvanized steel tubing for the push pier foundation repair system comes in 3 foot sections.

Footing Notched for the Push Pier Bracket

A small section of the footing is removed so the push pier footing bracket can fit as close to the vertical foundation wall as possible. Taking out a small section of the footing does not damage the foundation because the length of the foundation wall is not being supported by the push pier system and not relying entirely on the footing. The footing in this case is what settled anyway so it was not doing its job supporting the home.