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Would this process be expensive for residential construction? I live in Houston Texas and we just spent $15k to fix our shifted foundation on our 1970s house. Would've been great to have this beforehand
I doubt any home builder would consider this, or "treat the soil" before building. They simply dig down far enough and pour thick enough concrete where this becomes a very rare issue. Sorry it happened to you.
It is an expensive process in general. It works well on a large scale, for example - roadway construction. When you have a small individual multiple areas to work, it gets astronomical in price. The only time builders consider doing it is when they have no other choice due to extremely poor soil, however, in many cases it is cheaper to extract soil and replace it, rather than do lime. Extraction technique is widely used in Colorado, for example. The only time builders do lime for a house is when someone orders a custom house on private land.
I thought you were about to put down asphalt. It looked like a substance I’ve heard called tac spraying from the truck. My bad. Thanks for the insight 💯
This appears to be heavy machinery that is a compactor... or roller. The foundation must be compacted before a concrete mixture can be laid down. Usually in small areas... a small compactor is used. In a large area, such as in the vid, a much larger compactor would be used in order to dramtically decrease the amount of time it would take to compact the foundation with smaller machines.
@dwightmcmillan947 Absolutely, full video about lime-cement soil stabilization was just posted on youtube. Check it out for an explanation of what this machine is for and what is going on in this clip.
She has been a floating museum for many years, but haul started to leak, so they put her into dock to replace underwater haul section and do some other repairs.