3 Reasons Why The Helical Pier System Might Save Your Home
If your home is settling and causing uneven or sloping floors, 'sticking' doors and windows, and even cracking walls, you're in for a world of hurt in the future.
These symptoms most likely mean that your foundation is unstable, and that means your home is at risk for moisture, mold, and wood rot as water vapor leaks into your home from the earth below or the environment outside.
As time goes by, your home's structural integrity will grow weaker and weaker as the home continues to settle. This can lead to the foundation collapsing, floor failure, and many other safety and health issues.
Here's three of the biggest reasons why the helical pier system could save your home from this kind of fate, especially compared to other pier solutions.
1. Our helical piers from SupportWorks® are meant to last.
At Foundation & Crawl Space Repair of Idaho, we chose only long-lasting, permanent solutions. That's why we love our helical piers from SupportWorks®. Suitable for both light and heavy loads, our helical piers have a galvanized system that will not rust. It is strong enough to lift a foundation back toward its original position. While some foundation repair contractors claim to have very strong pier brackets, it takes a lot more than that to prevent a pier system from bending and kinking. Not all pier systems are created equal, and we've found that ours are superior with its unique and patented design features.
2. The circle (vs square) shape of our piers matters—a lot.
Our helical piers have round steel tubing. You may come across similar-looking products made from square bars, but these are a poor attempt at what round steel tubing can accomplish. Square bar helicals are cheap and plentiful in the market. In truth, they were designed to hold wires in the ground for cell towers and light poles, not your home's foundation. Square bar helicals are a lot more likely to kink and bend when in compression.
In comparison, the design of round bar helicals is naturally resistant to bending. Also, they usually have a higher installation torque rating, meaning more force can be applied while the product is being installed. Higher installation torque usually correlates to higher pier capacities.
3. Helical piers will disturb less of your home.
Although teams will have to dig up the sides of your home to install the piers below it, the true helix blade shape disturbs less soil than other non-helix shaped systems, and, as a below-grade solution, it's completely concealed from sight. Additionally, the installation doesn't require heavy equipment and installation is generally less invasive to the area around the home.
You'll get to return to your normal, stress-free life faster and with more confidence than ever with helical piers by SupportWorks®. It's a permanent solution to an otherwise massive problem, and our homeowners have loved it for resolving their foundation problems, maintaining their home value, and keeping their family safe and healthy.