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With residential buildings it can happen that main or dividing walls crack or the floors sink. The various URETEK technologies were developed to address these problems, which have proven themselves to be quick, modern, non-intrusive solutions.
The technology has been successfully applied worldwide at tens of thousands of residential buildings. Our sales agents have many years of experience with residential properties. There is no problem we haven’t encountered. We know what kinds of problems exist and what kinds of URETEK solutions can be applied. Turn to us with confidence.
Load bearing wall subsidence is a common problem occurring at residential buildings. Often the problem is limited to a section of wall or a corner. The cause of building subsidence can be a broken water pipe, incorrect water diversion, faulty planning or execution, wrong foundation type or other causes. The URETEK method can offer a reliable solution. The method works by injecting a resin into the subsoil below the foundations, thereby causing the subsoil to densify and prevent further subsidence. In most cases a soil density test is necessary in order to determine what the injection zones will be. We can perform the injections down to 7 meters in depth, therefore almost all cases can be handled by URETEK. In most cases the work is performed from the outside of the building.
Reinforced and non-reinforced concrete floors built on loose fill can be re-leveled by URETEK. We drill a raster of holes through the floor spaced about 1-1.5 meters apart, and inject a special resin, which fills the voids and lifts the floor to nearly the original level. If floor heating pipes are present, a heat sensitive camera can be used to determine the position of the pipes and avoid drilling through them before injection. We perform the injections through small diameter holes. Since the URETEK material and equipment remains in our truck we only need to take the injection hoses and hand equipment into the dwelling. A typical family home floor can be lifted by injection in a few hours or at most a day, in the mean time the furnishing do not need to be removed from the site.
It is not necessary to tear down and rebuild sunken dividing walls. If the dividing wall is constructed on the slab, then the dividing wall can be re-lifted with URETEK, by injecting next to the wall and lifting the floor until the sunken portion of the wall is near the original level. If the dividing wall has a separate foundation then it is possible to stabilize the soil under the foundation. This way the state of the wall remains fixed. It is possible to stabilize several meters of soil under a dividing wall, without causing damage to the floor. Excavation is not necessary.
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