Underpinning a house with a river under it
Daniel and Steven just completed an incredibly difficult job for us. We started with bad drawings from our engineer that Daniel identified. After commencing digging we discovered that our house was built on a river that the city filled in 115 years ago meaning that we needed to completly change our approach.
Daniel worked with our new engineers to come up with a new solution that allows us to get as much depth as possible with our compromised soil conditions.
We ended up hiring a helical piers get company to support our house. This company was very difficult to work with and actually undermined our foundation. Daniel came and immediately helped us by shoring up the foundation.
Once the piercing was completed Daniel and Steve were immediately back in the house and got the job done in three weeks with the new plans.
Despite not being the general contractor on our job he worked with us through the whole process providing insight and suggestions on what we could do to achieve the results we wanted.
Having worked with lots of contractors, you will be hard pressed to find a company that is so commited, and has such a friendly and hard working team that would often stay late to keep everything on schedule.
In term of cost, the underpinners are not the cheapest quote that we received, but the value from their dedication to doing our project right, and not just blindly following drawings and getting in and out, but being true partners made this the best decision of our project.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $60,000.00