Photo Album: Detached Garage Started to Sink, Brookline, NH

A homeowner in Brookline, New Hampshire, had built their home in 1990. After living in the house for 10 years they decided they needed a garage. They made a detached garage in 2000 that will store cars and other belonging. After two decades the garage started to show some cracking on the left side of the garage. The homeowners have sent the cracks to become larger and decided to call EFS for a free inspection. Our design specialist looked at the detached garage and found that the left side of the garage was sinking and that was why there were cracks on the left side of the garage. Our specialist recommended installing Push Piers to the left side of the garage foundation to stabilize it.  Our production team first began by removing dirt from the left side of the garage foundation wall. Our team dug down to expose the foundation footing so they could chip out a small section of the footing so we could attach our Push Pier bracket. Once the brackets were attached, the team then used a hydraulic press to push the piers into the ground until they reach a sustainable pressure to stabilize the garage. Once pressure is achieved the team caps all of the Push Piers and then sprays a frost mitigation system over each pier then the team backfills all of the dirt they removed back against the foundation wall.