Photo Album: Push Piers in Montreal, Qc

For this project we went to Montreal to stabilize a client's foundation using our Push Piers and our Carbon Armor. You are going to see several photos showing what we did and also the problems we saw during the free estimate of this house.

Overview of the back of the house.

You can see there on the right side of the window that there is a big crack. Not only it can let in water, but it is also a sign that it may have sagging foundation.

Closer look of the crack

You see from a different angle and closer the crack that is found on the back window of the house where there is a subsidence of the foundation.

Stair-type crack

On the side of the house, when you look up at the wall you can see that there is a sag in the foundation and it ends up near the window crack that you saw before.

Another crack on the same wall

Once again we see a big crack at the bottom of the wall and by seeing all these cracks we know that there is a real problem of subsidence and that we must stabilize the foundation.

Excavation

First, to insert the Push Piers, it is necessary to excavate up to the footing of the foundation. In the next photos, you will see the piles.

Push Piers

So, after doing the excavation, we hydraulically drive a pile to the desired depth and stabilize the foundation.

Hydraulic piles in other angle

For this project, in order to stabilize the foundation of this client, we put four Peirs. So now the risk of sagging is very low.

Carbon armor

In addition, we noticed that the foundation was arching outwards so to remedy this situation, we added our carbon armor which is a strip of carbon fiber reinforced with polymer. This product will keep the wall from continuing to advance and it will hold it in place.