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Coastal foundations are among the types of foundations that are very vulnerable to failure, extra maintenance, and extra care if they are not supported and reinforced properly. This can leave a home at risk to completely failing, and can put a family at risk in case of heavy rain if you are near a major body of water. Clearly if your home does use a coastal foundation, it means that it is directly on a beach, or that it is located in an area that is close to sea level.
Timber support systems that are used on beaches it is vulnerable to erosion and rot. Wood can only last so long in these types of conditions, especially if the wood is always getting moist from a high tide. One way of protecting these wooden posts is by installing helical piers that are buried deep into the sand. The way this system works is that the anchor itself goes very deep and away from the source of water into the sand so that your home stays stable no matter what. This type of foundation support also keeps your home level at all times which will prevent from any part of your floor in your house from becoming off balance.
In some cases a concrete slab is used to support a home, including concrete walls that face a body of water, or the beach. If this slab becomes cracked, or is starting to lose its levelness, there are helical anchor supports that you can have installed that help the home from catastrophic failure, and it can help prevent a slab from cracking even further. Brackets are installed on the inside of supporting walls and shoot deep into the ground below to give the wall much needed extra support. Another method is that the anchors can shoot straight into the ground at one end of the home to counterbalance an anchor that is going into the ground at an angle. This offers an even higher degree of support overall.
Protecting your beach home or house that was built on a low sea level should be a main priority if you wish to have your home hold value and to be safe. These two types of support and anchor systems that have been discussed are not only easy to install, and affordable, but they also come with a warranty program from your installer to keep you assured that the anchor system will indeed work.
