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Your Asset preservation specialists -
Over 50 years experience
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Australian resin
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1800 18 20 20
Your Asset preservation specialists
Over 50 years experience
Licensed Builders
Australian resin
1800 18 20 20
Jammed doors and windows can be a telltale sign of your house sinking, where the very ground your home rests upon subsides, leading to unwanted foundation movement. Sticky doors/windows isn't just serviceability issue; it's a sign of potential structural compromise. Rectify understands the gravity of this issue and stands ready with a trusted solution: chemical underpinning.
Our specialised service not only addresses the immediate annoyance of jammed doors and windows but goes to the heart of the problem, stabilising your home's foundation against future movement. With Rectify, you're not just fixing a door; you're securing the future of your home.
Understanding the integrity of your property's structure is crucial, especially in the face of subtle signs of distress such as cracks in walls, uneven floors, or doors and windows that no longer fit their frames snugly. These symptoms, often overlooked, could herald more severe underlying issues like foundation settlement or subsidence.
Rectify's chemical underpinning services come into play precisely here, offering not just a diagnosis but a robust solution to potential structural vulnerabilities.
A structural assessment by Rectify can unveil hidden problems and provide peace of mind by ensuring your home stands solid and secure for years to come. It's an investment in the longevity and safety of your living space, ensuring any necessary interventions are timely, targeted, and effective.
A variety of factors contribute to the underlying issues that lead to cracked walls, sinking floors, jammed doors and more.
These issues often stem from changes in the volume of the soil beneath a property, leading to soil movement. The impact of these changes can vary significantly depending on the type of soil your property is built on, with certain conditions exacerbating the effects.
As the soil shrinks, it can cause buildings to experience subsidence, where foundations or footings sink with the subsided soil.
As a soil compacts, due to overloading or incorrect footing sizes (poor design considerations) it can cause settlement of the footing and structure above.
Here are a few of the common causes of house subsidence.
Changes in moisture levels, especially in clay-rich soils, can cause the ground to swell when wet and shrink when dry. This fluctuation leads to uneven foundation support, causing subsidence.
Trees and large shrubs can absorb significant amounts of water from the soil, leading to shrinkage beneath foundations. Additionally, removed trees lead to tree root decay developing cavities and voids in the soil. If these roots are beneath a footing, it can potentially lead to subsidence.
Persistent water leaks from broken pipes or poor drainage can wash away or soften the soil under a foundation, leading to subsidence as the ground loses its ability to support the structure.
Inadequate soil investigations, under designed footings and foundations, combined with poor workmanship can result in loads exceeding the soil's bearing capacity. This foundation settlement is a common issue in the current residential property sector.
Excavation and construction work in close proximity to residential properties can disturb the soil's stability, leading to subsidence. The vibrations from heavy machinery and the removal of support from adjacent land can have a significant impact.
Below ground weathering and erosion, earthquakes or abandoned mines and shafts that have collapsed can lead to sinkholes, large voids below ground and leads to ground subsidence.
