Concrete Pad

• Quick and inexpensive

• Shallow depth
• Moves as soil moves
• Short–term solution

Drilled Piers

• Adequate solution when properly installed
• Depth can be verified
• Soils can be visually checked
• Alignment can be visually verified
• 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

Helical Piers

• 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

Driven Steel Piers

• 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
• Small circumference of steel pier can allow flex and bowing of pier
• Depth of install of narrow pier allows alignment problems
• Potential future material corrosion

Simple Pressed Pilings

• 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

• Proper install can’t be verified
• Verification of alignment is not feasible
• No reinforcement allows buckling

Cable Lock™ Plus

• 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

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