Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Beach Buildings Foundations

By George Dodson


Home foundations are an essential part of the home building to build it. This shows the importance of the foundation to make it level and strong enough with any support to keep the belongings in the home secure. Due care should be given to the home foundations after every specific period of time to find if there is any damage. People should repair the damages in the foundations to make it a secure place to live in. If the foundation is damaged enough to give support, there are several foundation support systems, and you can order the one which suits your budget as well as the foundation.

Beaches home are more susceptible to damage and trouble than others due to many different reasons. The main factor of this damage is often the soft sand of beaches on which foundations are built. Sea tides or excessive rains can erode the soft sand easily. Floods can also flow through the area causing more damage and trouble for the foundation, no matter it is built on stilts or old fashioned slab foundation. Considering the fact, when you purchase a home on the beach, that home is built on a safe place and it is strong enough that it can?t lose its integrity in the worst climatic changes would be helpful in future.

For the stilt foundations, built on beach, coastal timber support system would be a good choice. Each foundation post is attached through helical anchors on its bottom. Helical anchors after installing deep into the land provide support to the foundation through piling brackets. These anchors will prevent the sand erosion. Extra strength and prevention from sagging are the main features of this support system.

There is another useful support system for homes with stilts on beaches. Erosion issues can be prevented from this system. You can raise the stilts up from the sand in the air. Both above mentioned timber support systems are cost effective as well as can be useful for any type of home.

But, stilt foundation system is not used for all homes at beaches. Other homes use seawall foundations, although it can be weak to bow outwards to sea. This situation can be avoided by using bulkhead seawall tieback system. This will prevent the remaining wall from bowing as well as will make the bowed wall straight up. Wall will be unable to bow outwards further due to helical anchors. Damages can be prevented for a long period, if these support systems are properly installed during the construction of the home.

There are several anchoring support system available in the market to help the people, to provide support to their beach homes foundations, and most of these systems provide full warranty as well as guarantee for some time. With many options available in the market, you can get the one that is cost efficient as well as provide best support to your home on beach.




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