Lassiter Excavating has been a family business since 1989. We specialize in excavation, pool removal, pier drilling, and helicals.
Every new building site needs Bay Area foundation drilling. Our blog explores how you can prep for the work.
Foundation drilling is a crucial step in the construction process, ensuring that buildings are stable and secure. Proper site preparation is essential to ensure the success of your foundation drilling project. Whether you’re in Tracy, Sacramento, or Stockton, following these guidelines will help you prepare your site effectively for foundation drilling.
Continue reading “Prepping Your Site for Foundation Drilling”The foundation of your home is the most important part of the entire structure. It’s responsible for keeping the building upright, stable, and safe. Any damage to the foundation can compromise the integrity of the entire structure, leading to costly repairs or even the need for a complete rebuild. That’s why regular Tracy foundation drilling inspections are essential for any homeowner. Here are some of the key reasons why regular foundation inspections are so important:
Continue reading “The Importance of Regular Foundation Inspections”The importance of having a strong and stable foundation cannot be overstated. Learn more about foundation piers in the Bay Area and why they are so important.
The value and importance of having a strong and stable foundation probably cannot be overstated. As legendary basketball coach John Wooden said simply, “Any structure must have a strong foundation.” American singer David Allen Coe observed, “It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; it’s the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.” An expert that installs foundation piers in the Bay Area can be “just the ticket” to accomplish that strong and lasting foundation.
Homeowners don’t often think about the foundations of their home, but those foundations are critical components of any home, as they bear the entire load of the structure above. Foundations also have another critical function, in that they must prevent groundwater and soil vapors from penetrating into the home’s interior. When you’re trying to decide what kind of foundation your new home should have, there are four choices available to you, and each has advantages and disadvantages.
One of the typical methods for anchoring ground-mounted solar arrays has been to use a slab of concrete for the foundation. Helical piles are gaining popularity among designers and contractors, though, to provide solar array owners with a more stable installation. Helical piles provide some distinct advantages, so it is worth considering the use of helical piles as anchors for these solar arrays.
Continue reading “Helical Anchors a Great Choice for Solar Array Foundations”
All building foundations will settle with time, but problems arise when this settlement is uneven or extreme. Sometimes requiring pier drilling or helicals.
Are you wondering if you have foundation issues with any property that you own? All building foundations will settle with time, but problems arise when this settlement is uneven or extreme. Continue reading “Pier Drilling Can Shore up a Sagging Foundation”
Pier drilling is a process which uses an augur to drill deep down into the ground, for the purpose of establishing piers or columns upon which a foundation can be placed to support a structure above ground. It is very often used in locations where the ground is not particularly stable, and where it would be unsafe over the long haul for building construction. Piers are often drilled down deep enough so they can rest in either stable ground, or on solid bedrock, which can provide a very solid base for supporting anything above.
Before any Bay Area home or office building can be constructed on a given site, excavation and site preparation must take place. Without this important precursor to construction, it would be impossible to install an appropriate foundation upon which any permanent structure should be built. Continue reading “Preparing Your Site for Excavation!”
There are a number of situations where standard solutions can not be applied to your foundation project. For example, the foundation may be exposed to moisture for an extended period of time. Also, the soil conditions may prevent the use of standard foundation systems. In such cases, deep foundation solutions such as helical anchors should be utilized. So what is a helical anchor and how will it help? Find out below: Continue reading “What is a Helical Anchor? When to Use and The Benefits.”
A home’s foundation is its first line of defense against the elements. When a foundation is strong, then the whole structure has a high level of integrity. In order to make sure that your building stays strong, there is a need for regular inspections. This kind of action enables you to detect small glitches and plug them before they get out of hand. However, it is hard to get there when you don’t know the signs that raise the red flag. Continue reading “How to Identify Home Foundation Problems”
