REPILING HOUSES & HOMES

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Repiling of MOST houses is an ongoing business in NZ & with the recent Eathquake in Feb 2011 that has devastated Christchurch repiling of a house to safe depths is now very important as we are seeing with the houses moving as well as commercial buildings being insecure. Buildings crumbled into the streets after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which geologists consider an aftershock to a 7.1 earthquake that caused no casualties in September. Tuesday’s 22nd Feb 2011 Christchurch tremor was more devastating with many homes affected.The country’s largest recorded earthquake since European settlement was one of 8.2 on the Richter scale, which destroyed much of Wellington in 1855. The last fatal earthquake was in 1968 when a 7.1 tremor killed three people on the South Island’s West Coast.

With solid foundations & deep piles securing a house makes for a secure building but many of the older homes such as below are no longer up to earthquake specs and many will have to be demolished in NZ as they lack compliance and are structurally unsound in construction.

Murray and Kelly James look at their destroyed house in central Christchurch Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011.

(AP Photo/Mark Baker) & Boston.com

HOUSE REPILING is where a house has been sitting on wood or concrete piles supporting the home on its foundation. These piles have now split, moved, broken or rotted away causing the house to be uneven and leaning and needs replacing and the depth of the piles is not enough to hold your house in any earthquake such as just happened in Christchurch NZ.

The piles in a typical older NZ house were normally Totara logs with no concrete around them. They have been dug into the ground and then the bearers of the house sits on top. Some piles in places like Wanganui house owners, used old 10 gallon kero containers and filled them with concrete then put them under a house with nothing holding them in place but just resting under the bearers and joists. In New Zealand homes, the older the homes are, the worse state they fall into and all houses on wooden piles will need replacing at some stage. With new rulings coming into vogue after the now Christchurch earthquake you need to look at your piling situation & contact the experts for a free analysis.

You need to look at the piles when buying a house and when selling a house to make sure they are secure and level as this alone will undervalue any home. But the wooden piles rot over time. In places like Opiki south of Palmerston North there are peat beds and the houses sink so they need to be repiled with strong tani or concrete piles and have a large base of concrete bedding. Some houses are repiled in part only and need the balance done but we inspect and show you what is needed to complete any job.

In most if not all full repile work there will be a need to replace floor boards, weather boards, bearers and rotted joists etc.You must remove all chimneys and relevel where needed.

When your house needs repiling do not do any alterations to your home or extensions until this is looked at as the house will move once raised and relevelled by us. Even with new extensions which a lot of house holders have done over the years damage may occur when we level the house and we carry out this work. This includes the floors and the weatherboards or outside wall linings so when you get a quote this is all part of it.Make sure you budget for the full job as normally there are items and things that may occur that we must attend to.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN YOU NEED A HOUSE REPILED RELEVELLED OR UNDERPINNED IN NEW ZEALAND.

Yes you can smile once you repile your home

• Maybe your house is on a lean, creaks or sways?
• Doors, windows cupboards, are not closing properly or are out of alignment-- easy with old sash cord windows.
• Check under your house to see if the piles seem firm & not cracked, broken or split
• Check your floor levels & cracks in your gibboard or wallpaper is torn
• The old ‘Bouncy’ floors while walking through the house are a giveaway.
• Concrete piles are showing cracks or signs of wear leaning over. Bearers show signs of wear & rot
• You are about to build on or want home renovations so this is important to check.
• Check for any movement in your home at all for us

We ARE LOOKING FOR REPILERS TO MARKET FOR. SEND US AN EMAIL IF YOU ARE INTERESTED & CAN MEET OUR SPECS & THE DEMANDS OF THE CUSTOMER.

All work MUST BE to NZS 3604 standards

& can assist with Building permits to NZ Standard Specifications, Engineers reports & covered by Public Liability Insurance.

"You'll breath a sigh of relief when you see your home relevelled and repiled that will be safe "

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