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Piers versus other methods

Piers vs. Other Methods

 Push Piers WILL:

□ Allow the deepest penetration of any steel pier type.

□ Allow for the possibility of low impact interior installations (typically, with far less collateral damage than the exterior  approach)

□ Provide a lifetime warranty, transferable for the first 25 years, that vertical movement in the piered areas will not occur

□ Perform it's job in most soil conditions for a designed life in excess of 100 years

Replace the Foundation:

□ Destroys yard and takes several weeks to complete

□ No warranty against the same problem reoccuring (expect same result)

□ Footings are still in the Active Zone

□ VERY EXPENSIVE�$50,000 PLUS

Concrete Underpinning/Spread Footings:

□ Can take weeks/months

□ Added weight of the concrete can make problem worse

□ Structure cannot be lifted

□ Footings are still in the Active Zone

Concrete Piers:

□ Concrete cylinders can break during installation and CANNOT be retrieved due to depths

□ Cylinders create too much skin friction to get through the Active Zone

□ May require additional shims in the future

□ Even if shimming is included in the warranty, the damage from re-settlement and re-excavation is not covered

Square Shaft Helicals Piers:

□ Originally designed to provide resistance to guy wires on electrical towers during high winds.

□ Not designed to hold up weight through soils

□ Square shafts experience bending and folding when a foundation's weight resting on it.

Concrete Piers with Cable Reinforcement:

□ Engineered for specific soil conditions that are not present in Colorado.

□ Cylinders create too much skin friction to get through the Active Zone

□ Cabling in center of pier stretches over time, allowing for moment after piers in place.

□ Additional cabling on exterior of cylinders can increase skin friction of cylinder.

 This information courtesy of Foundation Technology, A Guide to What Go on Beneath Your Feet

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