Demolition of Concrete and Its Substitution
Concretely speaking, there are two processes involved in repairing concrete:
During the removal process, cracked and crusty concrete is broken up and removed using tools such as jackhammers, impact hammer drills, shovels, concrete saws, and pure human power. Some of our workers even resort to using only their fists.
Replacement entails the pouring of new baby-faced concrete, it’s subsequent smoothing, and the subsequent curing of the material.
Concrete Pier
Push piers and/or helical piers are metal pipes or stilts that are pushed or screwed into the ground until they lodge in competent-load-bearing soil stable enough to stabilize or lift your foundation back to maximum practicable recovery. Both types of piers can be used in conjunction with one another.
These piers are secured to a bracket that is affixed to the footing of the foundation of your house. As a consequence of this, we need to be able to excavate down to just below your footing, chip away at the footing so that the bracket fits nice and snug like concrete braces, and have sufficient space to load and install the piers.
Sometimes, a sidewalk or patio or a basketball half-court will get in the way of your direct access to the footings of your home. In this instance, R&R made of concrete is necessary in order to gain appropriate access to the impacted area.
Providing access to the footings of your foundation is really the most important thing to do. After the piers have been set up, all that is needed to operate push piers is a compact hydraulic pump. Whereas the installation of helical piers, which are typically utilized on lighter homes that have experienced settling or sinkage, calls for the utilization of a gear motor to get maximal torque POWER.
The ultimate goal is to elevate and/or stabilize your property on these “stilts,” which are sitting solidly in strata that have adequate load-bearing capability or bedrock.
Footing made of concrete
The standard material used for foundation footings is concrete that has been strengthened with rebar. Your foundation receives support from your footings, which also helps to offset any settling caused by your foundation.
There is a large list of different sorts of foundations, shapes, and sizes, but for the purpose of this blog post, all you need to understand is that these footings are vulnerable to damage caused by water, seismic activity, and the effects of aging.
In particular, when fractured footings enable water to soak up into the rebar, the rusted rebar expands, and – oh dear – there goes a large portion of your foundation dropping off like a glacier into the globally warmed the Atlantic Ocean.
Before the rest of the concrete glacier disappears, these damaged areas need to be restored as quickly as possible. Not all footings are constructed with the same level of quality. Footings made of river rock and brick are infamous for deteriorating more quickly than other types.
And regrettably, if one section of your footing is compromised, there is a good likelihood that there are further sections that are also compromised.
For houses that have high foundations and compromised footings, the house must first be shored up. Next, a girder beam must be installed around the home’s perimeter. After that, new rebar and concrete forms must be added before the concrete can be poured.
Concrete Work on Flat Surfaces
There are not many things in the world that are more offensive to the eye than a broken part of the road or a slab in the garden that is pushing up daisies. Roots, seismic activity, and even the weather can all be responsible for cracks in flatwork. Furthermore, expansive soils can produce cracks in flatwork and can lead to slabs settling or sinking.
Concrete that is flawless in appearance is an easy material to use in place of cracked flatwork.
Call the RLM Retrofit Foundation at (800) 824-6699 for any additional information you may require. We offer services ranging from Foundation Inspection City Of Industry and repair.
