Sunken Houses can be Raised!
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Uretek Operations Units are fully self-contained …for fast, hassle-free work.
Uretek raises and relevels houses that have sunk into the ground.
Many houses sunk due to drought, erosion and other causes
There have been many houses sinking in Eastern Australia due to the long-term drought conditions. Clays in the soil have dried out and shrunk, leaving houses without proper support. Walls have cracked and doors and windows have become difficult to open and close.
Following the drought, flooding has caused erosion in many areas! Broken water pipes and poor drainage are other causes.
But there is some good news! There’s a revolutionary way to lift, relevel and resupport houses affected this way. It’s called the Uretek method.
Uretek 'keyhole surgery' for sunken houses
It’s unique and involves injecting structural resins into the ground beneath the footings and then, if required, raising the building, controlling the process with laser levels. The method is very neat and clean, causing minimal interruption to the lives of house occupants! And it's very environmentally friendly.
Invented in Finland 26 years ago, Uretek has been used and developed in Europe and America, before coming to Australia ten years ago. It was applied here originally more to raising and re-levelling factories and highways, and even to bridges, airports and railways. But with the worsening drought, residential applications are now becoming frequent!
Uretek Manager, Tom Bailey, said, “The materials and the knowledge are complex, but the process is really convenient, clean and simple.
“We simply drill tiny holes (only 6 or 16 mm in diameter) and inject a plural-component structural resin beneath the footings.
“As the resin components mix, they expand, aggressively filling any voids. Any soft ground is compacted and further injections gradually lift the house.”
Uretek advantages for raising sunken houses
“A major advantage of Uretek is that most jobs take only a day or two. Residents don’t have to move out, and there is no excavation, no water and no mess,” said Mr Bailey.
As a house is raised and relevelled, the cracks in walls usually close up, and windows and doors begin to fit properly again.
The Uretek material is chemically neutral, has no known adverse affect on the environment.
URETEK WARRANTY
URETEK materials injected below concrete have been specifically engineered to resist shrinkage or deterioration causing significant settlement, and as such are warranted by URETEK in strict accordance with the product durability requirements of the applicable Local, State or National Building Code.
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Uretek Ground Engineering
Uretek solves many problems by unique and patented systems of resin injection.
Fast, economical, long-lasting, environmental and with minimal disruption.