Helical Pier & Push Pier Installation Services in San Jose, CA

The landscape of San Jose is a blend of valley-floor communities, hillside avenues and older communities that have gone through decades of soil transformation. The topography around Almaden Valley, the Evergreen, the Berryessa, and the hills around Communications hill usually are of clay soils that swell in wet seasons and contract in dry seasons lasting long periods. This continuous movement slowly moves the soil that supports houses such that the settlement, tilting, floor irregularity, and wall and window frame cracks begin to occur.

Even closer to the central part of San Jose, such as Naglee Park or Willow Glen, or the Rose Garden district, the soil faces variability, as the infrastructure is old, fill dirt proves to be of different age, and generations-old drainage patterns. Helical piers and push piers offer a permanent long-term solution to these dynamic conditions by bolstering the house deep into solid, reliable soil well below the active surface strata. 

Top Misconceptions About Helical Piers

Homeowners are usually given incomplete information regarding the use of pier systems yet understanding the subject well will aid in taking the right decisions.

These are the most widespread myths that have to be busted:

Myth: Helical piers can be used in light structures only.

Reality: They can support both lightweight and heavy homes when properly designed.

Myth: Piers destroy landscaping.

Reality: The current equipment causes minimal disturbance and makes minimum access.

Myth: they cannot be used in clay soil.

Reality: Helical piers are very effective in expansive clay that is prevalent in San Jose.

Myth: Piers never get minor excavation.

Reality: The majority are fitted at the small points with slight excavations.

Myth: Helical piers are permanent.

Reality: They can be undone as and when necessary and this is depending on the project.

Myth: They are the only ones used in failing homes.

Reality: Piers are finding application in new construction due to their long-term strength.

Myth: All piers are the same

Reality: Every system should be designed towards soil type, soil depth and load in structures.

The facts will aid home owners to decide on the solution that will indeed stabilize their foundation.

The Significance of Foundation Inspections

A foundation inspection is not just a simple look around, but instead an indicator of what is ahead before it progresses into an expensive fix. Numerous San Jose houses indicate minor symptoms way before owners become aware of anything frightening. Lack of even floors, doors drifting or cracks gradually enlarging certain parts of the structure are common indicators of a slippery soil under the building.

The evaluators search on load distribution issues, soil instability, drainage issues and evidence of differential settlement. Installation of such systems (pier) is very fast and efficient when detected at an initial stage, and helps in capping the home against any additional damage and reinstating structural performance before the problems go out of scale.

Pier plans are customized to guarantee proper load distribution.

Components manufactured of high strength steel can withstand decades of surface movement.
Torque and hydraulic measurements check the depth and soil capacity.

Less excavation minimizes property disturbance.
The systems do not collapse even during seasonal soil swelling.

Does well on older San Jose houses in settlement.
Engineered plans have the effect of ensuring that every pier is placed at the best position to support.

Powerful Pier Solutions supported by Knowledge and Trust

Your foundation must have a solid foundation that seeks to support your home under the soil condition and the structural conditions. The following is an explanation as to how our pier installations offer long term reliable protection:

  • Pier plans are customized to guarantee proper load distribution.
  • Components manufactured of high strength steel can withstand decades of surface movement.
  • Torque and hydraulic measurements check the depth and soil capacity.
  • Less excavation minimizes property disturbance.
  • The systems do not collapse even during seasonal soil swelling.
  • Does well on older San Jose houses in settlement.
  • Engineered plans have the effect of ensuring that every pier is placed at the best position to support.

These solutions support your base and provide your home with the strong supporting base that it deserves over the years.

Pier Systems to Additions and Expansions

Any increase in the home size will necessitate an addition of foundation support which is capable of supporting the additional weight without affecting the stability. The helical and push piers can be used to support the additions of the increases in the living space, extension of the second floor, and the construction of the large rooms that are erected on the previously idle soil. Since piers go deep into solid layers of ground, they prevent the new structure to settle at a varying rate than the prevailing home. In the case of hillside projects in the Almaden Valley, Evergreen or the eastern foothills, piers are also used to hold down the addition against downhill movement of the soil. Pier systems provide the reliable support that the homeowner requires as the property is expanded with the aid of precise engineering and controlled installation.
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