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 Plus System, you (and your home) are “settling” for less than the best.
Other Foundation Repair Methods
Drilled Piers
Drilled Piers
Advantages
- Adequate solution when properly installed
- Depth can be verified
- Soils can be visually checked
- Concrete can be steel reinforced
Disadvantages
- 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
Helical Piers
Advantages
- Performance in tension and compression allowing for both foundations underpinning and wall anchoring
- No concrete needed
- Wide variety of applications
Disadvantages
- 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
Simple Pressed Pilings
Simple Pressed Pilings
Advantages
- 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
Disadvantages
- Problems getting below the weather affected zone in difficult soils and on light structures
- No reinforcement allows buckling
Cable Lock Plus
Cable Lock Plus
Advantages
- 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
Disadvantages
- NONE
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