Concrete Repair Photo Album: Front Stairs Settlement, Gardner, MA

A homeowner in Gardner, Massachusetts, has lived in their home for the past decade. Since living in the home the homeowners have slowly seen their front steps begin to settle away from the home. The homeowners were starting to get concerned so the homeowner called EFS for a free inspection of the stairs at the front of their home. Our Design Specialist Tom Armano met with the homeowner and inspected the stairs. Tom used his laser and level to determine how significant the settlement of the stairs was. Tom determined that the settlement was significant and that the stairs should be replaced and reinforced. Tom measured the stairs so our team could order a new set of stairs that our team would install. Our installation team ordered a new set of stairs and scheduled delivery on the day we were removing the old set of stairs. Our team arrived on site with our excavator and began removing the old settled staircase case from the front of the home. The team hoisted the stairs and put them in the back of our dump truck. Next, the team installed 2 EZ posts where the front of the stairs will sit to ensure this set of steps will not settle. Once the new set of steps were delivered, we once again used our excavator to lift them and set them into place under the front door and over the EZ posts that were connected by a galvanized beam. The team used levels to make sure the stairs were level and then built up soil around the staircase.  The homeowners were very happy with the results of the project.