Project background
At a housing association property in Yorkshire, a leaking drain had caused subsidence around the kitchen window, kitchen walls, porch and dining room.
With a young family living inside, the issue needed to be rectified as soon as possible with minimum disruption for the tenants. Yorkshire Housing Association used Subsidence Ltd’s innovative solution to fix the subsidence in just one day.
Alternative solutions
The traditional solution, underpinning, would have been problematic to implement in this situation. Firstly, it would take around a week and a half to carry out and would involve excavation below the property. The tenants would either have to move out while the work was being done, or endure disruption to the home environment, undoubtedly causing some distress.
In addition, the property was a terraced house, and the location of the subsidence would have meant work had to be carried out on the party wall. This would require the council to obtain a party wall agreement, involving additional work and expense.
The Subsidence Ltd Solution
Subsidence Ltd handled this project from start to finish on behalf of the housing association, offering an end-to-end service. They inspected the property, identifying the broken drain and arranged for repairs to be carried out to the drain before fixing the subsidence with resin injection.
Subsidence Ltd solution simply required a few small holes to be created in the ground at strategic points, through which an expanding and hardening resin was injected, compacting and stabilising the soil below. This work was carried out in just one day and there was no need for the tenants to vacate the property.
Why was Subsidence Ltd chosen?
Subsidence Ltd was the obvious choice for this project, as they were able to provide a solution that was non-disruptive, fast and more cost-effective than the alternative.
Avoiding the need to get a party wall agreement and carry out work on the party wall saved the housing association lots of hassle and money. Subsidence Ltd resin injection method also meant the subsidence issue could be sorted in just a fraction of the time underpinning would have taken.
Finally, the speed of the solution and minimal disruption was a lot better for the tenants living in the property.
CEO of Subsidence Ltd