Helical Piers

Foundation Repair

Piering Services

Foundation issues like settling, sinking, or cracking can threaten the safety and stability of your home. These problems often arise due to soil shifting, water pressure, or improper foundation design, leading to uneven floors, sticking doors, and visible wall cracks. If left unaddressed, such issues can cause serious structural damage.

Helitech specializes in foundation repair solutions like helical piers, resistance piers, and slab piers. Our team assesses the cause of your foundation problems and provides a tailored approach to stabilize and support your home, giving you peace of mind with long-lasting, effective repairs.

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Foundation Piering from Helitech

How to Fix a Sinking Foundation

We use several proven methods for foundation repair, with piering being the most effective for settlement issues. Also known as underpinning or piling, piering works by shifting the weight of your home to deeper, more stable soil, providing a solid and lasting foundation solution.

Helical piers feature helical plates, or “helices,” welded to a central steel shaft that functions like a screw, anchoring the pier deep into the soil. These helices act as end-bearing plates, distributing the weight of your home across a stable surface area, ensuring strong support.

Best Used For: Ideal for locations where bedrock is deeper, helical piers rely on load-bearing clay and helical flights for robust, lasting support.

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Our Resistance Pier system uses hydraulic pressure to drive steel piers deep into the soil, relying on the building’s weight to push the piers to stable ground. This approach allows for different types of piers based on the specific foundation, soil conditions, and load requirements, ensuring tailored support.

Best Used For: Resistance piers are ideal when bedrock is shallow. They effectively transfer the weight of your home to stable soil, providing a solid foundation.

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For slab foundations that are settling, the solution is installing slab piers. First, small holes are drilled into the slab, allowing a helical anchor to be driven deep into the soil until it reaches stable ground. A steel bracket is then inserted into the drilled holes, securely connecting the anchor to the slab. This method transfers the weight of your home to more stable, load-bearing soil, much like traditional Helical Piers.

Best Used For: Ideal for stabilizing and supporting concrete slabs that are cracking or sinking.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The duration of helical pier installation varies depending on the scope and complexity of the project, as well as site-specific conditions. However, helical pier installation is generally known for being a relatively quick and efficient process compared to some traditional foundation repair methods. Most residential projects can be completed within a few days to a week, minimizing disruption to your home and daily life. Helitech’s experienced team works efficiently to restore your foundation’s stability.

Helical piers offer several significant long-term benefits for foundation repair. They provide immediate load-bearing capabilities, meaning they stabilize your foundation as soon as they are installed. The screw-like installation causes minimal disturbance to the surrounding soil and landscaping. Helical piers are highly durable, resistant to corrosion, and can be installed in various soil conditions, including expansive clays and sandy soils, making them a versatile and reliable solution for lasting foundation support.

Once properly installed by certified professionals like Helitech, helical piers typically require no ongoing maintenance. Their design ensures long-term stability and support for your foundation. However, it’s always advisable to address any underlying issues that contributed to the original foundation problems, such as poor drainage. Regular home inspections can help identify any new concerns early on

Several signs can indicate that your home might benefit from helical piers or other foundation repair solutions. These include visible cracks in your foundation walls, brickwork, or concrete slabs as well as sloping or uneven floors, windows and doors that stick, and gaps around window and door frames. If you notice any of these symptoms, it’s crucial to schedule a professional foundation inspection with Helitech. We can accurately diagnose the problem and recommend the most effective repair strategy for your specific situation.

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Kevin Williams was great, explained everything pretty quickly.

Angie I.

ST. LOUIS, MO

Helitech and especially Jake O. did a great job in helping me solve our sump pump and power issue. The quality of inspection, analysis, and resolution recommendations was thorough and professional. The value/cost was appropriate for the services and products provided. The installation was timely, efficient, and well done. Jake explained the details, features, and operation of the equipment extremely well. It was a great experience, especially Jake O.!

Brett B

Very professional from start to finish. They do an excellent job explaining the entire process and in a way anyone could understand. I highly recommend Helitech to anyone in need of this kind of service.

Chris H.

STEPHENS, MO

One area of our basement was leaking following periods of excessive rain. This was approx. 5 years ago. We called upon Helietech to help resolve our issue. They were prompt & courteous and found the issue quickly and sealed the area of concern. Not one single issue since then. We were very pleased with the quality of work performed!