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The Foundation Works, a Burbank, California based foundation repair company, just released new content that reveals how house bolting or seismic retrofitting can protect property owners from loss during an earthquake.
For more information on The Foundation Works, visit their company website at:
http://www.thefoundationworks.com
Seismic retrofitting or bolting is the process of adding additional hardware, plywood and framing lumber to the foundation of a building in a way that heightens its readiness and helps protect it during an earthquake.
If a residential structure was built after 1936 it almost certainly has some level of “bolting” in place from when it was first built. Standards, methods and procedures have evolved since then and this is where seismic retrofitting (bolting) comes in.
“Imagine the safety difference from a 1936 car compared to a current one!” Said Tom Pelletier, Founder and Owner of The Foundation Works. “Unfortunately, only about 15% of the inspections we perform find houses to be properly and fully retrofitted. That means there are lots of homes in Southern California that aren’t properly protected from loss in the event of future earthquakes.”
When addressing potential foundation problems, it’s important to follow a consistent, proven system that covers all of the bases. The Foundation Works process includes:
· Scheduling a mutually workable time for the inspection to take place
· Inspector arrives on time to the property and goes over the 3-part inspection process with the owner addressing any initial structural concerns:
–Inside
–Outside
–Underneath
· Inspector lets the property owner get back to their day and spends anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 hour going through a thorough inspection process
· Inspector delivers a verbal assessment of the inspection findings
· A findings summary document is emailed the next day for the property owners to review
· An outbound follow-up call is made the following day to go over the summary findings. This is the time where property owners can clarify the summary findings, ask additional questions that may have come up and decide on whether to move forward with the prescribed work
Residential property owners interested in this service can contact The Foundation Works at 1-877-BOLTDOWN, to get the inspection process started or click on the “Schedule an Inspection” icon on their website.
About The Foundation Works:
The Foundation Works was founded in 2003 and is known for honest, fast and thorough foundation inspections and foundation repair for residential properties in the greater Los Angeles area. The Foundation Works has a 100% record of job completions in every city they work in, stellar customer reviews and a long history of providing detailed inspections and honest prescriptions for each foundation system they service. Additional services include soft-story retrofitting, foundation replacement, earthquake/seismic retrofitting, foundation upgrades, foundation inspections, concrete crack repair, block foundation refits, pier and beam, brick foundation upgrades, foundation wall repair, basement repair, foundation crack repair, and residential house bolting.
Release ID: 273937