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Great Lakes Builders - Structural Repairs & Alterations
Great Lakes Builders, Inc.
7606 W. Devon, Chicago, IL 60631
Office: (773) 631-7676
Fax: (847) 384-0890
e-mail: solutions@greatlakesbuildersinc.com

Beam, Column and Footing Replacement

Customer Residential Customer

 

Location Mt. Prospect, IL.

 

Symptom Sagging Floors and Cracking Walls

 

Problem The existing structural members consisted of a combination of deteriorated 4” X 6” wood beams and columns and temporary shoring devices (non-conforming to building code) all of which were deemed to have footings that had insufficient load bearing capacities. These findings were found to be factors leading to unsafe conditions, sagging floors and cracking walls.

 

Structural

Solution

Replaced the inadequate beams, columns and footings. The installation procedure involved removing the wood beams and columns and replacing them with double Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) beams and steel columns that were set in steel reinforced concrete footings. Temporary shoring was installed to support the structure while the old structural members were being replaced. The shoring was also used to incrementally jack up the floor joists, at the beam location, to a level position. Once the level position was achieved, the new beams and columns were set in place as illustrated in the following photos. Any electrical, HVAC and gas lines attached to the existing structural members being replaced were removed and reinstalled once the new columns and beams were permanently set in place.

 

Prior to installation Shore and replace existing beams and columns Assemble steel reinforcing for footing Concrete poor for footing New beam, column and footing Completed beam line

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Great Lakes Builders, Inc.
7606 W. Devon, Chicago, IL 60631
Office: (773) 631-7676
Fax (847) 384-0890
e-mail: solutions@greatlakesbuildersinc.com
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