If your house requires urgent repair, it is better not to delay it. If the repair requires the foundation of the building, do not forget that the integrity of the entire extension depends on the foundation and your comfort depends.
Before starting to make repairs, it is best to determine in advance the reasons that caused the shrinkage of the foundation and start working on their elimination. First, the foundation is repaired, then the walls of the house are repaired and strengthened and strengthened, its internal floors, affected by deformation. In order for the repair of the foundation to not lead to even greater deformations of the structure, it is strengthened by wooden supports so that the load of walls at least partially falls on these supports, thereby removing a significant part of the load from the foundation.
The work on the repair of the foundation is a responsible and time -consuming business and it is best to trust its experienced specialists. Depending on the state of the foundation, it is either strengthened or partially or completely changed. If the cause of its shrinkage in groundwater, then the foundation is strengthened at the depths of a layer of crushed stone, if it is weakened due to voids and cracks in it, then reinforced concrete clips are placed under it, and cementing and sieling of masonry are carried out.
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