Underpinning in London
If you've been advised your property may need underpinning, Geobear's solution is could be the better alternative. Our alternative underpinning solution is used widely across London and has many benefits such as:
✔ Minimal disruption
✔ No major excavation
✔ Project complete in one day
✔ 40 years working across London
✔ Thousands of completed projects
✔ BBA-certified geopolymer technology
✔ Insurance-backed guarantee
✔ Certificate of structural adequacy
How it works:
The Geobear resin injection underpinning process is used to treat subsidence and improve the ground beneath foundations. We utilise geopolymer injection technology that avoids the extensive excavation associated with traditional underpinning.
Our engineers have repaired homes across London affected by clay shrinkage, tree-related subsidence, drainage issues and foundation movement.
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London's unique ground conditions require specialist expertise
London is unlike anywhere else in the UK. Much of the capital is built on London Clay, a soil that naturally expands during wet weather and contracts during prolonged dry periods. As the ground contracts, the foundations supporting the structure will move, this leads to cracked walls, sloping floors and structural movement.
This risk is common beneath London's Victorian and Edwardian housing stock, where shallower foundations, ageing drainage systems and mature street trees can all contribute to movement. Boroughs including Barnet, Camden, Islington, Haringey, Richmond, Bromley and Croydon all contain areas of shrinkable clay that are recognised as being more susceptible to subsidence.
That's why choosing a solution and a contractor with experience of London's ground conditions, rather than going with traditional concrete underpinning, is vital.
Subsidence in London map
Case reports and subsidence treatment by post code area.
Why homeowners choose Geobear instead of traditional underpinning
Underpinning is a very labour intensive, traditional method to treat subsidence. Geobear invented the alternative to underpinning in the 1980's and is used widely in the London, the UK and around the world.
Below we compare traditional underpinning to the Geobear method:
| Traditional underpinning | Geobear solution |
|---|---|
| Extensive excavation | Minimal excavation |
| Weeks or months of work | Often completed in a day |
| Gardens, patios and driveways disturbed | Minimal external disruption |
| Heavy construction works | Small injection points |
| Difficult to work in limited access | Very little access required |
| Higher carbon footprint | Lower carbon impact |
| May require occupants to move out | Occupants can stay in the property |
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Underpinning needed in London? - get in touch
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