Foundation repair CT
There are over 35,000 homes in Connecticut that could currently be affected by a crumbling foundation and some may not even know it yet. Is your foundation cracking or crumbling? Let our Ct foundation company help you fix your foundation and stop the crumbling in its tracks– before your home’s stability becomes compromised.
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As a full service concrete company, we offer newly poured foundations as well as foundation repair and other structural concrete. If you’re thinking of building a new home or setting down a big slab for your commercial warehouse, give us a call for a FREE quote and we can be out take your drawings and turn them into a proposal.
Foundation Repair
Unfortunately as many New Haven residents and Connecticut residence have become aware that maybe their home is the victim of a crumbling foundation. We have added some information below so that our clients can keep themselves well informed on some possible issue that may be going on with their own foundation. Connecticut concrete work can be tough with the seasons but that's why you call the best!
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Pyrrhotite is currently causing a bit of a delayed chaos here in Connecticut due to its existence in the concrete that was poured for foundations between the years 1983 and 2015. Pyrrhotite is an iron sulfide mineral that is a natural occurrence and is actually quite common. This mineral is not intrinsically harmful, however once it is mixed with oxygen and water, it can cause granular deposits that can ruin the foundation to your home over time. These deposits can cause cracks that can run horizontal or in a web like pattern. As the temperatures start to drop, any water that leaks into these cracks will expand and cause the cracks to widen, resulting in a permanently damaged foundation.
Pyrrhotite was not a purposeful addition to the aggregate of the concrete. Due to pyrrhotite being a naturally occurring mineral, it just so happened to be in the quarry that produced the concrete’s rocks for foundation pours. This mineral was in a Willington, Connecticut, quarry and produced aggregate that was used by JJ Mottes Concrete Company in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. This quarry no longer produces concrete aggregate for foundations.
Why is my foundation just now cracking?
Most causes of cracked foundations do not cause significant amounts of damage overnight, such as the foundations that have pyrrhotite in the concrete aggregate that was used. Homeowners are not noticing any damages from this mineral until years later, some even decades later. Pyrrhotite causes a slow deterioration of the concrete once it interacts with oxygen and water. The cracks start slow and develop over the next 10 to 30 years. Sometimes you will be able to see a rust colored residue or white powder become visible around the area from the mineral deposits. Once you start seeing cracks, give foundation repair Ct a call and we will get a member of our team out ASAP to assist you.
Without government assistance such as help from the Crumbling Foundations Assistance Fund, you may be looking upwards of $175,000. Foundations like the one mentioned prior can save you lots of money and help with some of the stress that you could be experiencing. It’s tough to have to move out temporarily so that someone can restructure your family home, but our Ct Foundation team can help get the job done in a reliable and honest, yet quick fashion so that you never have to worry about your foundation again.
Foundation Repair
A sure sign of a damaged foundation would be visible cracks on the outside of the foundation whereas other signs can be less obvious. You should give our foundation repair Ct team a call once you start noticing doors being slightly off when closing, windows becoming hard to open, or even small cracks around the baseboards and walls. Our team specializes in crumbling foundations Ct and you can have peace of mind once someone from our team comes to check out even the slightest problem.
Foundation cracks can happen for a variety of other reasons in addition to the Pyrrhotite mineral. The Ct foundation team can help deal with any of them, such as:
Flooding or Drought conditions
Water has the ability to cause a significant amount of wear and tear on your house’s foundation. A drought can cause the land around your home to shrink in, although it may not be blatantly obvious, leaving a gap in the support of your foundation. This can cause your foundation to have extra stress in the areas with gaps, which could lead to cracking as it shifts. Flooding can cause the same results just in the opposite way. As the area expands around your house, the foundation shifts in order to compensate for the changing land. Let Ct foundations help before the problem spins out of control!
If you have a small crack that hasn’t been fixed, this instance will really affect you. When water enters the crack from any type of moisture or occurrence from rain and the temperature drops, the concrete will expand resulting in a shift around the suddenly expanding area. As the temperature heats up, the area will return back to its normal position, roughly placing the foundation back on its original spot. This will take any crack that you may have had prior and allow it to grow and the next time the temperature drops, this incident will reoccur. This will continue until the foundation is too far damaged to easily fix and may cause the structure to fail. Let Ct foundations help fill these cracks before additional water gets in and escalates a simple fix into a costly foundation replacement.
What are the risks?
Having a cracked foundation is extremely dangerous. This can cause areas of your house to become structurally unstable or even collapse in on itself. This puts your family and pets at risk for being injured or even killed and puts your possessions at risk to be destroyed. A cracked foundation is also detrimental to the value of your home. A homeowner makes an investment when they buy a house so that if they choose to sell it in the future, they can make money or at least receive the original sum back, as well as have an asset to their name. If the foundation is cracked or has started to crumble, this can decrease the value of your investment to a fraction of what it was, putting you and your money in the hole. There is nothing that looks worse than a cracked foundation as you’re trying to recover a housing investment.
If these signs or symptoms seem to apply to your foundation, don't hesitate to give us a call so we can assess the damage and give you a quote for a proper fix! Contact us for more info!