How To Install Push Piers

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@csiwaterproofingandfoundat5878 5 ай бұрын

Piers and waterproofing should be standard new construction installation, it would save homeowners so much money in the long run.

@willypp13 Жыл бұрын

This is bad ass, I don’t care what anyone says this work is amazing and why go to college if u can work doing this

@waynet3533 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Having push piers installed at my house in Virginia and provided confirmation of what the contractor proposed as the best solution.

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped, Wayne! Sounds like you're in good hands, but if you ever have any questions we're happy to help!

@joejesus9902 9 ай бұрын

Awesome work gentlemen!

@joshd1253 6 ай бұрын

great video! lots of tips - we'll be modifying a couple shovels in the shop tmro - never thought to use a breaker that way - be even better w ex long tool. Keep em coming!

@c.g.curtis9480 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Reasoning for each process is well explained. Thank you very much.

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Feel free to throw us any questions you may have.

@jenniferw8963 9 ай бұрын

Really neat! Watching the timelapse at end and wow, the home is sure getting lifted up by quite a bit! How do ya know if you aren't lifting it too high? Like what about all the plumbing pipes and fixtures throughout house? What if if there is some void between the concrete floor inside the home and the soil?

@maxkonta6284 Жыл бұрын

Great content, keep it up!

@DalinghausConstructionInc Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@vivekdesai8500 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@DalinghausConstructionInc Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@brianriley5131 Жыл бұрын

Right on! Thanks for posting some detailed instructions. I just received material for my home in NorCal and i'm wondering if I need a 4" Bore 40 ton 24" throw cylinder, or if I could get away with a 3" bore? And do these get pressed to, and held at 3000 psi or 3500 psi? I've seen mixed methods and I know your cylinders were shorter; so i'm just curious what your feedback is. Thnx!

@dsv2889 3 ай бұрын

very good!

@FrankGarcia24 2 жыл бұрын

Such a good video thank you so much! Could you do a video like this for helix piers? Please

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank! We'll have the helical pier version ready in the next couple of weeks.

@r1mattrr 7 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the video. If the push pier brackets are not installed correctly can they do more damage than good? Just had a company install 6 and they didn't level a single one. Only prepped the footer/knocked the toe off on 3 of them. Did not anchor any of the brackets, they just bounced up and down with every pipe added.

@LIBERTY0RDEATH 7 ай бұрын

The foundation of a home is so damn important. When your building on soft ground you really should go down until you hit solid bedrock. And use large footings and a shit load of steel! It's pricey to do it the right way and many of these new home builders go cheap on the most important parts of a home.

@nova31337 6 ай бұрын

In the south, you won't hit bedrock, you'll hit the water table instead.

@christopherkarczewski1978 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Having this done to my house in Northern Indiana on a lake property. Thinking these will go 30 to 40 feet. So cool they can do this and lift houses! Our house was built on black muck in the 1920's right against a channel on the lake...

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

Let us know how it goes!! We don't know much about the soils out there in Indiana, but push piers or even helical piers sound like a great solution for the soils along a channel on the lake!

@tifacola 10 ай бұрын

How much did that cost?!?!

@christopherkarczewski1978 10 ай бұрын

@@tifacola We did four 3” diameter Magnum Foundation Push Piers under our house. They quoted us $6,400 for those four piers. If any of the four went deeper than 30 feet deep, it was an extra $33 per foot per pier. Luckily they all stopped at 30 feet so it ended up being $6,400. The house is solid as hell now in that corner. The floors inside still needed some leveling and we are considering doing that next. That is Northern Indiana pricing from a small company. No idea what other more expensive states would charge for something like this.

@tifacola 10 ай бұрын

@@christopherkarczewski1978 thanks for replying! I am imagining it costing 100s of thousands of dollars. I have a 5k square foot house. 😬

@davidleffel3545 6 ай бұрын

Curious, I have a house that settled 4.5” on one side. Long story short we feel the original builder built over fill that trees were buried in. This is based on other information in holes along the property on the lawn showing up. With that being said if you raise the foundation back to level what is the steps to fill the void? I am assuming the interior slab will need to be cut out and all underground plumbing redone? Is there something they fill the void under the footings with? Thank you

@Z-Ack 2 жыл бұрын

What would happen if you had an existing push pier that had sunk about 2” only in one spot. Same mount.. but what would happen if you removed the shear screws that are attaching the bracket to the pier?? Without the ram attached and set..?? Would it shit it all up out of the ground or since its sank would there not be any pressure on the pier then?

@StLbfdup 5 ай бұрын

great video, great work. i had geo piers and a sump system installed years ago in my poured foundation. the piers corrected the issue with hydro pressure. been dry as a bone in the basement. a new issue has been found. the east wall seems to be sinking a few inches now which has caused the sill plate(2x6) in a 10 foot section to stick out towards inside basement about 2"-2-1/2" . since its hanging off the edged of foundation would this system be used to correct my issue. thanks

@DalinghausConstructionInc 5 ай бұрын

Are you saying that your footing is rotating inward? If so, then you will more than likely need some type of basement wall tieback application. Companies utilize helical anchors or wall anchors to correct this problem and rotate the wall back out. Here is an article that describes it www.dalinghausconstruction.com/blog/what-causes-horizontal-cracks-in-a-foundation-wall/

@mbrawn6505 Жыл бұрын

Why do some use brackets and others use concrete tubes with shims to support footing? Which is right?

@jacquelinepatterson4260 Ай бұрын

Why wouldn't you put a strong plate on the first pipe to increase the size of the support foot print? Seems like the installation would have longer lasting results

@DalinghausConstructionInc 16 күн бұрын

Because we're not worried about support footprint and instead worried about skin friction on the entirety of the pipe.. It may seem that way, but it's wrong and wouldn't have longer lasting results. Making a big plate on the bottom would mean there's no skin friction whatsoever on the entirety of the pile.. relying purely on that plate and pipe. Our way allows the 30+ feet of pipe to all be in contact with the soil creating skin friction that will support much much greater loads for longer periods of time.

@denisemendoza4277 3 ай бұрын

With all that movement what happens to the wall beams and other structure of the house when you're lifting? Can they break or crack and then you would have to replace the beams in the walls?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 3 ай бұрын

For the most part those wall beams and other structure settled with the foundation over the years, so it lifts back up during the lift process without issue. We definitely have to monitor everything during the repairs, but usually we just see cosmetic things like drywall cracks that were repaired now need to be repaired again because it was squished back together. In some very rare cases structural framing repairs had to be made prior to us beginning our repairs, but our repairs won’t affect the framing.

@gary24752 9 ай бұрын

So if this is a slab on grade what happens now that there is a space between the floor slab and the level of earth? Is the void filled?

@jimb2753 Жыл бұрын

What do you pour or back fill with to fill the space under the foundation after lifting?

@DalinghausConstructionInc Жыл бұрын

Great question!! We'll use a structural polyurethane expanding foam to fill the voids created during the lift process. It is significantly lighter than concrete, and it's compressive strength and expansion rate allow it support the slab for many lifetimes.

@conqueringlion420 6 ай бұрын

It’s a lot of dam work

@MattVance Жыл бұрын

Great video. Question: The one thing I never see in these videos is the very first starter pc of pipe. Is it like a regular pc of pipe, open on both ends or is the starter pc capped off on the very bottom to provided a solid base? ...if it is open on the bottom what keeps the house from settling down and pushing that pipe further into the ground later? TIA

@DalinghausConstructionInc Жыл бұрын

Great question Matt!! So the starter pipe is open ended and not capped off in any way... These piers are using skin friction to keep the house from settling or sinking any more. The pipe doesn't get pushed any further because we install to specific installation pressures or hydraulic PSI. The pressure they're installed to is significantly greater than the downward pressures the home is exerting on the foundation... This ensures the push piers aren't pushed further into the ground at a later time.

@jeffsmith6311celtsone Жыл бұрын

they go down to bed rock

@jeffsmith6311celtsone Жыл бұрын

and if it don't they won't work

@imhooks Жыл бұрын

Do you install a flowable fill underneath the footings after the piers are set?

@DalinghausConstructionInc Жыл бұрын

Not under the footings because they're adequately supported by the push piers, but if the home is a slab on grade then we will need to fill the voids created between the slab and the soil surface. We use a 2 part, expanding polyurethane foam for this process, and it's the same type of foam we use to lift and level concrete.

@danieltoth6119 5 ай бұрын

What do you do about the space under the foundation after you have leveled it? Do you bring in a cement truck and pour more cement, or do you backfill it with dirt and aggregate?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 5 ай бұрын

Concrete is really heavy.. So we wouldn't want to add more weight to a foundation that we've had to repair. Instead we'll use a structural, two-part, expanding foam called polyurethane that will fill the voids and support the slab after we've accomplished the lift!

@Eric-kz9bk Жыл бұрын

Where do you buy your push piers?

@quiquealamo8320 10 ай бұрын

Great video tutorial 👍. I need to do that on my chimney , is separating from the house. Where did you buy the piers kit or materials?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 10 ай бұрын

We purchase our materials from Earth Contact Products

@quiquealamo8320 10 ай бұрын

@@DalinghausConstructionInc thanks 👍

@hagopianharout2238 Жыл бұрын

Would you add a glue into the holes when you mount the brackets onto the foundation? I recommend all the bolts to be glued What kind of license do you need to have for this type of work

@DalinghausConstructionInc Жыл бұрын

There's no need to glue the bolts on the bracket, in fact... the bolts are only there to hold the bracket in place until the push pier can be capped and bracket secured to it. With the footing sitting on the bracket like a person sitting in a chair, the bolts actually don't see any force/load once the push pier is capped 👍🏽 In California you need a C-61 / D30 - PILE DRIVING/PRESSURE FOUNDATION JACKING to do this type of work, though we have various licenses in California, Arizona, and Nevada.

@saafcamp 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, awesome. Great play by play. What was the total cost of this project? Thanx

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Saaf! This project was pretty close to our average project size at about $24,000. Check out this article we recently wrote about how homeonwers can estimate the costs of foundation repairs for their particular situation: www.dalinghausconstruction.com/blog/foundation-repair-cost

@saafcamp 2 жыл бұрын

@@DalinghausConstructionInc thanx. fair indeed. if you can do this in brooklyn, ny ... have a project for you right now. can also link you with a licensed pro to jv with to maneuver through the admin process.

@magdalenoherrera8779 2 жыл бұрын

Muy pequeño los hoyos no te deja trabajar bien trabaje mucho tiempo en eso en Florida

@cesarcalderon2499 11 ай бұрын

Quick question i got porcelana tiles installed in my whole house. Now im seing some sign of bad foundation on my outside wall If they put these lift pliers would that make my tiles break?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 11 ай бұрын

It's definitely possible that the tiles could break during the lift, but it depends on how much settling has occurred and how much lift you'd want to achieve.

@albduke 4 ай бұрын

Do wavy interior floors indicate bad foundations usually? What do you do if the foundations just started to crumble crumbling everywhere.

@DalinghausConstructionInc 4 ай бұрын

It'll depend on whether the home has a raised foundation or a slab on grade foundation. Wavy floors typically can be attributed to the flooring itself, but if it is wavy under the flooring then it may be a foundation issue. Crumbling foundations are addressed on a case by case basis... sometimes the crumbling is just small arreas of spalling, that can be patched... but sometimes the crumbling is much worse then superficial spalling and requires either complete removal and replacement or something like a sister footing.

@conchitareyes790 2 жыл бұрын

How many inches did you push up this house? Thanks!!

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

This particular home was lifted in the range of 3-4 inches if we remember correctly.

@denverheid4604 11 ай бұрын

Did you create the gas powered pump?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 11 ай бұрын

No, it’s just a standard portable hydraulic pump👍🏽

@tasmaniandevil7610 2 жыл бұрын

Nice who sales this digger

@albduke 4 ай бұрын

How much do these projects cost even on a little house?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 4 ай бұрын

It all comes down to how big of an area is affected by settling, but our average project in 2023 was roughly 26k. We have projects that are as small as $2,500 and bigger than 250k!

@dj.profesahero417 11 ай бұрын

What the name or brand name of the type of push piers pipes u are using in this sight work? 😮 also the the name of that compessor level controll pump you are using and wattage?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 11 ай бұрын

The push piers are from @ECPECP (Earth Contact Products) and theres tons of hydraulic pump manufacturers, but i believe we're using BVA Hydraulics at the moment.

@micheleanderson6039 5 ай бұрын

Had an estimate for installing 23 push piers for $59,000. Wanting to limit cost on older home, an option was to just do 1/2 of house for $34K. Will doing just the portion of structure most affected cause structural issues in the other side? Guy told me fixed side would take pressure off other side of house. Is this engineering science or bull?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 5 ай бұрын

Depending on where the piers are going and how much settlement of the house it could stop some of the other movement. Typically, there is a section or corner of the house that settles that then, over time, will drag or pull the other parts of the house down with it. If you think of your house as a rigid box and you tilt one corner or the side it will also make other sections of the box tilt in that direction. Hope this is clear and makes sense. If not you can always reach out to us and we can chat with you about it.

@andyflorianescarate 2 жыл бұрын

How much does something like that cost?

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

It really depends on how big of an area has been affected by foundation issues, but so far this year our average foundation repair project with a lifting aspect has been roughly $28,000.

@DanielHernandez-mu6kd Жыл бұрын

What’s the purpose of lifting your home? Fixing sagging doors/walls etc..

@DalinghausConstructionInc 11 ай бұрын

Exactly! Homes that settle or sink into the ground and shown signs of settlement like sagging floors, sticking doors/windows, cracks in drywall or stucco, leaning chimneys, etc. Our main goal is to stabilize the structure from future settlement, and lifting the home is just an added bonus.

@locuazzz34 2 жыл бұрын

how much is total cost????

@Hogan602 2 жыл бұрын

Had mine done with another co. It cost between 25k to 50k depend on how bad the cost is really bother me is the engineering for my house was 4k (what engineered) they already know how!

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

It really depends on how big of an area of the home is affected. Our average project in 2021 was roughly $24k for foundation repair. Check out this article we recently wrote about how homeowners can estimate the costs of repairs for their particular situation. www.dalinghausconstruction.com/blog/foundation-repair-cost

@coreyfisher9835 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been digging for 15 years I’ve never used electric tools except for breaking concrete

@DalinghausConstructionInc 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You should give it a shot, it'll make life much easier!

@coreyfisher9835 2 жыл бұрын

@@DalinghausConstructionInc this year I’m using mini excavators

@dhill6735 Жыл бұрын

I used to do that a long time ago. Most of the time the houses is real old and the Footers about 10 or 12 ft down you have to dig a hole big enough for you yourself and a plate to fit in. That was one laborious job I do not miss that or running waterproofing in basements