by greencity | Sep 13, 2011 | All Green Building Posts, Full House Renovation, Underpinning
Underpinning is when the earth beneath an existing foundation is excavated and a new foundation is poured directly under the old one to provide more structural strength and increase the height of a basement. We do this a lot in older homes with basements under 6 feet...
by greencity | Dec 11, 2009 | Full House Renovation, Secondary Suites
Vancouver Green Building underpinning foundation Foundation Underpinning. In order to bring the floor height of the basement down, and provide a full height basement, we needed to extend the foundation lower. This is called underpinning. In order to do this safely, we...
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