Remedial Repair of Rotting Wood Columns
Signs:
Uneven floors or cracks in walls or both
Cause:
The wood columns absorb moisture and dry rot at the bottom. The existing piers, usually a one foot square-limestone block fails and sinks. Non-engineered beams and columns cannot support heavy loads above.
REPAIR:
The wood beam is temporarily shored to remove and replace the rotted wood columns with Schedule 40 steel pipe columns, 75-ton adjustable screws and concrete piers. Leveling is done with hydraulic rams and secured with adjustable screws.
The Dave Pate Advantage:
Maintain elevation due to a "REPAIR" area above or level to a compromise.
Replace Failed Wood Beam with Steel Beam, Columns and Concrete Piers
Signs:
Rolling floors, walls crack, sticky doors and upper floor settlement. Undersized beams sag from column to column.
REPAIR:
The joist is temporarily shored to remove the wood beams and columns. We excavate to place concrete piers, install Schedule 40 steel columns, 75-ton adjustable screws and a W8 XX steel beam (beam size to be engineered). Compromise level is achieved by a string line, levels or a laser level using hydraulic rams to raise, secure and adjust screw.
Joist of the same dimension can be "sistered" next to failed joist for repair
The Dave Pate Advantage:
Structural components are engineered and manufactured by Dave Pate & Sons Construction. Leveling is skillfully done with 6 decades of experience.