Subsidence

Insurer-employed vs independent subsidence consultants When you have subsidence, it needs to be handled carefully and properly, by an experienced consultant. Adequate and appropriate investigations need to be undertaken not only to correctly diagnose the precise...

Root-induced subsidence occurs in shrinkable soils, which are mainly clays, or clay-based matrixes. In the UK there are a great deal of different soil types, and layers of differing soils. We need to differentiate between bedrock (i.e. the main older ground type...

Basically, yes! In most other countries, they view cracking to buildings much differently, more like how we would view any other minor building defect. The vast majority of subsidence cracks are minor and not structurally threatening and subsidence is generally not...

Everybody likes a tree-lined avenue and street trees are important for several environmental reasons such as air quality as well as their aesthetic value. Local authorities want to keep street trees wherever possible, but in many cases on shrinkable clay subsoils,...

Clay subsidence is something you really don’t want to get and is in most cases completely avoidable. Why bother? Most subsidence damage is minor in structural terms and not dangerous to occupants, but repairs can be extensive, very disruptive and very costly, and it...

Absolutely it is! All clay subsidence is caused by a combination of tree roots beneath foundations, shrinkable clay and prolonged hot/dry weather. Remove any one of those elements and the problem disappears. Live tree roots are of course the easiest element to remove....

Many people are very surprised to learn that trees they thought were too far away to pose a risk are actually proven to have grown beneath their foundations and caused subsidence to their house. They are similarly proven wrong about bushes and shrubs thought to be too...