Residential Repair
Residential dwellings make up for 85% of our
forte. Guaranteed, innovative long-term solutions coupled with
old-fashioned integrity have influenced thousands of satisfied homeowners
with peace of mind. We frequent 319 villages, townships and
metropolitan areas while building departments are known to recommend
merely our firm for foundations repair in their towns. We understand
that a relatively simple problem is a big dilemma for the homeowner.
We can take on the toughest structural problem at its beginning - the
foundation, minimizing the disturbance to your home and property.
Our specialty warrants raising and/or stabilizing sinking foundations,
poured concrete or block walls removed and replaced, wood beams replaced
with steel, existing support columns removed/replaced and leaning
fireplace chimneys plumbed/secured. Condominiums and town homes
throughout comprise these same signs of settlement calling on Dave Pate &
Sons to be of service.
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From the outside, "stair step" cracks in
the mortar joints and brick appear. Fireplace chimneys or room
addition lean and pull away, siding not level and cracks in foundation
exteriors. On the inside, uneven floors, windows anddoors stick again
soon after repair. Patching the same crack in the drywall or plaster is
a sign of settlement. Perhaps in your basement or crawl area you've
noticed cracks continually open up. Rotted, sagging wood beams and
joist causes floors to settle and become uneven. |
Glenview, Illinois - To remove and replace the
foundation, the front half of the house had to be temporarily shored.
3 1/2" 30-ton auger piles and "needle" beams were used to shore the
structure where conventional methods of stacking wood cribs would not be
acceptable. The new foundation is now 3 foot lower on more suitable
ground than the original inferior foundation. Access being through the
porch area to the left of the photo. |
