Challenge
A tenanted bungalow with subsidence required a fast solution. Traditional underpinning or piling would cost over £45,000, require a 6-8 week lead time, and take 2-3 weeks on-site, causing major disruption.
Solution
Geobear injected a specialist geopolymer along 34 linear meters. The project was started within 10 days of instruction and was completed in just 3 days, saving significant time, cost, and disruption.
Versus. 2-3 weeks for alternatives
Cost of traditional methods avoided
From instruction to project start
A tenanted 1960s bungalow in Ripon suffered progressive subsidence damage, resulting in significant cracks to the left side of the building and an insurance claim.
Site investigations determined the cause was clay shrinkage, exacerbated by tree roots and defective underground drainage.
The property's strip foundations were only 0.65m deep, sitting on a medium shrinkability clay.
The client required a fast and economical solution to stabilise the property, allowing repairs to be completed and the tenants to return.
The traditional solutions, mass-fill concrete underpinning or piling, were highly problematic. Both required a 6-8 week lead time just to start, followed by a 2-3 week on-site phase.
Furthermore, the cost would be in excess of £45,000, and the work would cause significant, unavoidable disruption to the gardens.
Geobear proposed a specialist geopolymer injection technique to provide a more economic and non-disruptive solution.
The in-house design specified a specialist clay soil geopolymer to be injected to a planned depth below 34 linear meters of the front-left and rear walls. The only enabling work required was the temporary lifting of some patio slabs.
The project commenced just 10 days after receiving instruction and was fully completed in 3 on-site days, with in-house drainage monitoring conducted throughout.
The Geobear solution provided significant time and cost savings. The project was completed in just 3 on-site days, compared to the 2-3 weeks quoted for traditional methods.
Although the property was vacant, the non-disruptive nature of the work would not have required the tenants to move out, offering further potential savings on relocation costs.
The project was completed with a 10-year insurance-backed guarantee.
Don't let slow, disruptive underpinning increase your claim's cost. Offer a faster, more economical, and less disruptive solution.
