Earlier, screw piers, helical piers, and piles were used to support lighthouses. Nowadays, such piers are being used in modern-day buildings and these piers can also be installed for providing support to ancient or historical buildings and monuments. The question most people ask is why would they use Screw piers? Screw piers are used in construction to complete the project within a short timeframe and you can save the overall construction cost.
Difference between Screw piers and bored concrete piers:
Screw piers are installed into natural material and have the primary function of bearing the load of the building. Calibrated machines and drives are used for installing these piers and they can provide tight tolerance capacity. Apart from that, you can install multiple piers for your building to meet the load-bearing capacity of the foundation. The number of piers to be used depends on the load of the structure. Once you achieve the capacity, you can cut the top of these piers and remove the waste material from the job site.
You can’t just go around installing screw piers right away. Given below are the few basic concepts you must be aware of.
- Before you install such Screw piers, you need to hire some experts to survey the job site and they will provide a complete geotechnical report for your project. Based on this report, your contractor will give you the quote since they decide the number of piers according to this report. Once you get this report, you can hire a contractor and they will send their engineers to review the bore logs and capacity of the soil at the construction site. Afterward, they will decide the size of the piers required for your project.
- Bored concrete piers are different than Screw piers. Concrete piers are designed and installed based on the skin friction and end bearing capacity of the foundation. Contractors will drill some pier holes and the concrete into these holes. Before pouring the concrete, they check the soil color and ensure that the soil is clear and clean. Once they install these concrete piers on your site, you need to remove the soil from your construction area. It is a hectic task, and you need to spend an additional amount on the same.
- In the case of Screw piers, you can complete your project sooner because plumbers can work during the wet weather condition and can complete the installation of underground plumbing channels. So, if you want to complete your project earlier and reduce the construction cost, then you must go for Screw piers.
What are the benefits of Screw piers?
- There will be no excess spoil to remove, and you can easily work on your site for installing plumbing lines.
- You do not need to spend an excess amount to remove the soil during rainy weather and you can keep your site neat and clean.
- There will be no risk of collapsing trenches, thus ensuring the safety of workers on the site.
- You can install Screw piers in various types of soil, and you can use them on the sand, clays, and black soil too, where other piers are not that effective.
- It will save your cost and time, and you do not need to spend any additional amount for costly repairs.
- You can complete your project faster and install the piers within a stipulated timeframe.
So now you can search online for a reliable contractor to get these Screw piers installed on your construction site. Also, you must check their license, experience, reviews, and insurance before hiring them.
Layla Flinn is a Sydney based writer and researcher, a regular contributor at Smooth Decorator blog. She writes about décor, gardening, recycling, ecology and business. She thinks all of these topics fall under the self-improvement category. She believes in the power of sharing ideas and communicating via the internet to achieve betterment.
