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What Are the Different Types of Ground Movement?

Apr 05, 2025

What Are the Different Types of Ground Movement?

Subsidence and other types of ground movement are one of the most serious threats to your property. With changing weather patterns and increasing dry ...

What Are the Top 6 Causes of Subsidence in the UK?

Mar 24, 2025

What Are the Top 6 Causes of Subsidence in the UK?

There are multiple reasons for the high number of British homes experiencing subsidence, from tree roots and soil type to inadequate development ...

Soil Types: Which Ones Are More Prone to Subsidence?

Feb 24, 2025

Soil Types: Which Ones Are More Prone to Subsidence?

l typesThere are many different soil types across the UK, from clay and chalk to sand and peat. But did you know that some of them are more prone to ...

Does my house need underpinning?

Jan 24, 2025

Does my house need underpinning?

You might have heard of subsidence and underpinning, but how do you know whether or not it’s something that affects you? Underpinning is only really ...

10 Subsidence FAQs: Answered

Nov 15, 2024

10 Subsidence FAQs: Answered

Subsidence can be troubling for homeowners and commercial property owners alike. It can strike at any time, under the right conditions. However, ...

Social Housing Subsidence Solutions

Nov 06, 2024

Social Housing Subsidence Solutions

Geobear collaborates with social housing organisations to provide rapid and effective subsidence solutions, enhancing tenants’ living conditions, ...

Subsidence & Climate Change: What Role Does the Environment Play?

Oct 12, 2024

Subsidence & Climate Change: What Role Does the Environment Play?

You might think that subsidence comes as a result of foundations being built on clay soil or because trees and shrubs have been planted too close to ...

How Common is Subsidence in the UK?

Oct 04, 2024

How Common is Subsidence in the UK?

According to LV Insurance, 4.4 million homeowners have no idea what subsidence is. More worryingly, however, the same source also claims that one in ...

Sinking Bay Windows? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Bay Window Subsidence

Aug 15, 2024

Sinking Bay Windows? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Bay Window Subsidence

Subsidence of any kind is every homeowner’s worst nightmare, whether it be the entire structure or sections of it. From extensions and conservatories ...

Conservatory subsidence

Jul 02, 2024

Conservatory subsidence

Is Your Conservatory Sinking? What Are the Causes & What Can You Do About it? Subsidence is a structural issue that, typically, affects domestic ...

How to prepare your home for climate change

Jun 13, 2024

How to prepare your home for climate change

There are multiple ways in which climate change is set to affect us in our homes. From record-breaking temperatures to the structural integrity of ...

4 Things to Consider Before Underpinning Your Home

May 24, 2024

4 Things to Consider Before Underpinning Your Home

When the ground beneath a structure begins to weaken, it becomes unstable. This then causes the building that sits on top to shift and become warped ...

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