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Foundation Repair

From Evolution to Revolution

Older technologies and techniques represented the right options for their times. Today, however, if your foundation repair contractor is not using the Cable Lock™ ST System, you (and your home) are “settling” for less than the best.

Explore Other Foundation Repair Methods.

Concrete Pad

Drilled Piers

Helical Piers

Concrete Pad

Drilled Piers

Helical Piers

 

Driven Steel Piers

Simple Pressed Pilings

Driven Steel Piers

Simple Pressed Pilings

Concrete Pad

Concrete Pad

Advantages

Disadvantages

  • Quick and inexpensive
  • Shallow depth
  • Moves as soil moves
  • Short–term solution
Concrete Pad

Drilled Piers

Advantages

Disadvantages

  • Adequate solution when properly installed
  • Depth can be verified
  • Soils can be visually checked
  • Concrete can be steel reinforced
  • Most failures caused by improper installations
  • Soils are not properly identified
  • Takes 2–4 weeks to complete installation
  • Can cause expensive loss of plants due to long installation times
  • Same design used for all structures
Concrete Pad

Helical Piers

Advantages

Disadvantages

  • Performance in tension and compression allowing for both foundations underpinning and wall anchoring
  • No concrete needed
  • Wide variety of applications
  • Steel shafts have strength limitations
  • Pier buckling
  • Load of the structure cannot determine depth requirements
  • Corrosive soils can have long–term affects on steel shaft
  • Bracket does not always fit
Concrete Pad

Driven Steel Piers

Advantages

Disadvantages

  • Speed and ease of installation
  • Load can be tested
  • Depth can be achieved
  • Material costs are high
  • May require break–out of a portion of the foundation footer
  • Potential future material corrosion
Concrete Pad

Simple Pressed Pilings

Advantages

Disadvantages

  • Depth requirement can be determined by load of structure
  • Soils are tested during pile driving
  • Concrete tested under load it is supporting
  • Concrete cylinders allow for a quicker job
  • Problems getting below the weather affected zone in difficult soils and on light structures
  • No reinforcement allows buckling
Concrete Pad

Cable Lock™ Plus

Advantages

Disadvantages

  • The best solution for foundation repair available today
  • Combines the advantage of the bell-bottom pier with the convenience of the pilings
  • Support and rigidity of this procedure make it superior to other foundation repair methods currently available
  • Reliability allows the installer to give a lifetime guarantee
  • NONE
 
Cable Lock Warranty

Lifetime Transferable Warranty

EVERY Cable Lock™ System installation is backed by a Lifetime Transferable Warranty. One without pages of fine print, exclusions, exceptions, confusing legal jargon and what-ifs. Learn More.


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