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Quality 1st Basement Systems Case Studies
Case Studies: Foundation Repair
- Bouncing Floors — The Oaks Condominium is a wood-framed multi-building condominium complex that was suffering from sagging and bouncing floors throughout all of its first floor units. Read more...
- Slab Settlement — The Hannon residence is a two-story slab-on-grade home built in the 1970's. The homeowners had observed the... Read more.
- 44th & Sansom — This old row home experienced the perfect storm of undermining. Several years back the building experienced a water main break... Read more.
- Brick Settling — The rear of the building had settled and opened a hole thru the foundation large enough to climb thru. Because of the settlement the brick on the building was cracking and the decks above were leaning. Read more...
- Cinder Block Foundations — The Biele family home is an older home with cinder bock construction foundation. The grade around the home is relatively flat with clay soils. Over the course of 20- 30 years the home began to experience foundation wall cracks around the entire perimeter. Read more...
- Drywall Cracks — Mr. and Mrs. Chan's home is a two-story framed structure built in 1950's. They had observed the typical warning signs of foundation settlement for some time, including drywall cracks, and windows that did not... Read more.
- Sticking Doors — Mr. Vaccarella's home is a two-story framed structure with its foundation being completely above grade. He had observed the typical warning signs of foundation settlement for some time, including drywall cracks, doors and windows that did not fully open or close and uneven floors. Read more...
- Sandy Soils — The home was constructed on very sandy soil. The interior pillars had settled causing a slight bow in the floor. New furniture and floors above made the slight sag in the floor more noticeable. Read more...
- Poor Soils — The Coyle home is a ranch-style home built in the 1960's. The three bedroom ranch and one car garage were built on very poor soil conditions. Settlement of 16 inches was observed in the right rear corner of the house, and settlement of more than 4 inches was observed on the... Read more.
- Uneven Floors — Mr. and Mrs. Rivera's home is a two-story framed structure built in 1970's with a small addition on the rear of the home. They had observed the typical warning signs of foundation settlement for some time, including drywall cracks, doors and windows that did not fully open or... Read more.
- Phan Residence The Phan residence is a split-level wood-framed structure built in 1960’s with a one car garage on the north side of the home. The homeowners had observed the typical warning signs of foundation settlement for some time, mostly along the garage wall. Read more.
- Miller Residence The Miller residence is a wood framed structure that was built in the 1960’s with an addition built in the 1970’s. Read more.
- Janusz Construction Janusz Construction, a home improvement company, purchased a residence to renovate and re-sell. The home was built in the 1980’s and is a single-family woodframed structure on a block foundation with crawl space. Janusz Construction recognized the home was displaying some tell-tale signs of settlement, including several cracks throughout the block foundation and windows that would not open and close with ease. Read more.
- Matthews Residence The Matthews residence is a wood framed structure that was constructed in the mid 1970’s. Only a few years after the home was built, the homeowners began to notice signs of foundation settlement, including cracks in the basement walls, cracks in drywall, sloping floors, and doors and windows that were not opening and closing properly.Read more.
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