{"id":1564,"date":"2010-11-05T17:54:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T04:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2021-01-22T00:42:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:42:15","slug":"foundations-piling-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-new-builds\/foundations-piling-contractors.html","title":{"rendered":"Piling and Foundation Contractors &#8211; what do they do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1148.16px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7140\" src=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors.jpg\" alt=\"Piling and foundation contractors\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Piling-and-foundation-contractors.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A foundation or piling contractor is a tradesperson skilled in the development of\u00a0 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 &#8211; as with conventional foundation walls.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Concrete piles are components of a foundation which is driven into ground to make sure it&#8217;s embedded deeply.\u00a0 Pile foundations require a lot of concrete piles during construction, and the piles will connect to the footers of the foundation. They distribute the weight of the building, which reduces the risk of collapse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/piling2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1974\" src=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/piling2-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"foundations\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s necessary to <a href=\"http:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/post-job\">hire a foundation and piling contractor<\/a> when building a house, as without the correct foundations a house can be very weak.<\/p>\n<p>There are various regulations around piling and foundations, which a specialist will be able to advise you of when discussing the job.<\/p>\n<h3>The services of a\u00a0foundation or piling contractor include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Housing foundations<\/li>\n<li>Building foundations<\/li>\n<li>Raising foundations<\/li>\n<li>Basements<\/li>\n<li>Repiling and piling repair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A foundation or piling contractor is a tradesperson  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[969],"tags":[904,910,932],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-new-builds","tag-904","tag-910","tag-932"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Piling and Foundation Contractors - what do they do?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-new-builds\/foundations-piling-contractors.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Piling and Foundation Contractors - what do they do?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A foundation or piling contractor is a tradesperson ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-new-builds\/foundations-piling-contractors.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Builderscrack Blog - Home Repair &amp; 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