Location: Oakville, MO
Job Type: Foundation Piering
Mr. Murray, the owner of a single-story frame house in Oakville, Missouri, had a garage where piers were installed twice prior to 2006 within 3 years of each other.
The first pier project had concrete piers installed to a depth of approximately 6 feet. The second pier project had a round, steel “pipe” or “push” pier installed. These piers require, in part, the counterbalance weight of the structure to assist in the installation process.
Although the company that had installed the steel piers assured the customer that the piers would be installed to “bedrock” they were only installed to a depth of approximately 4 feet.
Helitech was hired to install galvanized Helical piers, which do not rely on counterbalance weight for installation.
The piers were installed to an average depth of 16-18 feet by placing the drivehead directly on top of the pier and driving the pier to competent load bearing strata.
Helitech completed the installation in 2 days, providing a sound foundation on which the garage could finally rest.
I am very happy with the work that was done they did a very nice and clean job picked up after themselves very easily nicely even though we’ve had a couple of 3 inch rain since then I have not had a drop of water in my basement so I thank you very much I think it was an excellent job.
