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When it comes to problems with your slab foundation, slab piers are one of the best repairs experts can recommend. Here’s what you know about using slab piers.
Foundation Repair With Slab Piers
Slab pier foundation repair is designed to restore stability to homes built on slab foundations by addressing settlement at its source.
A slab foundation is a single layer of concrete that supports the entire structure. When it shifts, the home above it can lose its level, secure base.
Slab piers are engineered to bypass unstable soil and transfer the home’s weight to deeper, more stable ground, providing lasting support. Understanding how this repair method works is the first step in choosing the right solution for your home.
What Are Slab Piers?
Slab piers are galvanized steel supports designed to stabilize and lift homes built on slab foundations. They are typically used when a slab foundation has settled or shifted due to unstable soil conditions.
These piers are installed deep into stable soil beneath the home to bypass weak or shifting ground and provide a secure base for the slab.
Slab piers can help lift the concrete slab back toward its original level position, close cracks and gaps, and remove tripping hazards, all with minimal disruption to your property.
How Do Slab Piers Work?
Slab piers work by transferring the weight of your home from weak, shifting soil to stable, load-bearing strata deep below the surface.
The process typically involves:
- Creating small access points through the slab at strategic locations
- Driving high-strength galvanized steel piers hydraulically into the ground until they reach solid, load-bearing soil or bedrock
- Securing the piers to the foundation so they can carry the home’s weight
- Carefully lifting the slab back toward its original level position using precise adjustments
- Locking the piers in place to ensure permanent stabilization and prevent further movement
This targeted method not only restores stability but also helps close cracks, eliminate trip hazards, and protect your home from future settlement—all with minimal disruption to your property.
What Sets Groundworks’ Slab Piers Apart
Purpose-Built for Slab Foundations
While helical and push piers are excellent for homes with crawl spaces and basements, slab piers are engineered specifically for slab-on-grade foundations. Their design and installation method address the unique challenges of supporting and stabilizing a solid concrete slab.
Durable Galvanized Steel Construction
Groundworks’ slab piers are made from high-strength galvanized steel that resists corrosion and delivers long-lasting performance. This ensures your home’s foundation has a reliable support system for decades to come.
Refined by Years of Experience
With thousands of successful slab repairs completed, our team has perfected both the engineering of the pier itself and the precision of the installation process.
Long-Term Stabilization
Slab piers can sometimes lift a settled slab and close visible cracks, although this is not guaranteed. What is guaranteed is that our slab piers will permanently stabilize your foundation and protect it from future settlement.
What Are Other Reasons An Expert Might Recommend Slab Piers Instead of Other Repair Options?
There are all sorts of potential foundation repair options out there that your home might benefit from and that foundation repair professionals might suggest. Here are some additional slab pier features and things experts will consider.
- Reach Deep into the Earth
Slab piers can go far, far down into the earth, way past whatever soil level is causing you problems on top. That even includes soil types that really don’t work well underneath a concrete foundation, like clay-based soils. You can protect your concrete slab foundation from continuing to sink and warp if you have slab piers installed and ensure that they reach as deep as they can go to find shelter in whatever layer of soil is the most well-suited to foundation bolstering.
- Close Cracks and Eliminate Tripping Hazards
By lifting your slab back to its original position, you’re often going to be able to fix a variety of other problems with that concrete slab. For example, you may close cracks that have started to appear in the slab, which can be small, like a hairline crack, or large, like a gaping crack in your foundation. These cracks can also become tripping hazards, especially if you just allow them to develop. When you lift your foundation back into place, you often eliminate those tripping hazards and cracks.
Protect Your Home with Groundworks’ Slab Pier Solutions
Your slab foundation is the base your entire home depends on, and it deserves the strongest, most reliable support available.
Groundworks’ slab piers are engineered for lasting stability, installed by experts with years of hands-on experience.
If you suspect your slab is settling or want to safeguard it against future movement, now is the time to act.
Contact Groundworks today for a free inspection and let our team design a solution that keeps your home secure for decades to come.
FAQs About Slab Piers
If your slab foundation shows signs of settlement—such as sloping floors, doors that stick, or visible separation between walls and floors—a professional inspection can confirm whether slab piers are the right solution.
Groundworks offers financing options to help make slab pier installation more affordable, allowing you to address foundation issues without delay.
Yes. Slab pier installation is often paired with interior crack repairs, waterproofing systems, or soil stabilization for a more comprehensive solution.