Piling/Foundations

A piling/foundations specialist is a tradesperson skilled in the foundations of a building. The house foundations are the system on which the home sits. Sometimes the house foundation rests upon the footings and supports the floor system - as with conventional foundation walls.

There are many different types of foundation, such as masonry, concrete, wooden and piles. Piles are typically used where the available soils are unable to support the necessary loads with the use of more traditional spread footings and their supported masonry or concrete foundation walls.

A piling/foundations specialist is necessary when building a house, as without the correct foundations a house can be very weak. There are various regulations around piling and foundations, which a specialist will be able to advise you of when discussing the job.

The services of a piling/foundations tradesperson include housing foundations, building foundations, raising foundations, basements, repiling and piling repair