They're a bad choice for lateral loads."
It's a well-known myth. I've mentioned this before in a previous article that you can read here. I didn't have the time in that article to provide a more detailed explanation of the foundation repair Utah that are battered as well as how they could help make your foundation stronger.
Therefore, I decided to give the helical piers battered by a helical storm the recognition they merit.
On paper battered helical-helical piers are one of the techniques, we can employ to boost the capacity of the laterals that your foundation has.
In actual practice, they accomplish much more than this.
"Helical Piers Won't Hold Lateral Loads"
Lateral loads possess the advantage of a vertical force rather than the vertical force that is characteristic of Axial loads. Think of lateral loads as pulling as well as pulling on your building, they are in a parallel direction to the ground, not perpendicular.
The types of loads mentioned above are often found in construction and industries such as the fields of gas, oil, and renewable energy. Imagine a long and narrow tower or a catcher that is exposed to abrupt upward forces. It is necessary to have resistance in the horizontal direction as well as vertical resistance in order to properly be able to support the load.
Tall or narrow buildings, such as these, are susceptible to forces of lateral force which could cause it to fall when not properly addressed
It is now claimed that the helical piers aren't able to be able to support loads that are lateral. They argue that the similar narrow shafts of helical piers can withstand an axial load, however, it it will be pushed over and will fail under the lateral loads. They argue that due to the design of the helical pier it is never in a position to withstand the lateral load like other foundation options can.
At SB Helical We're big believer in the validity of our claims. Therefore, I'm going to expose exactly how that claim is completely false.
Truth of Helical Piers Lateral Loads
A helical pier is based using a very simple and efficient idea. The body's main component is made up of a pier shaft which compares to the size of the plates is fairly small. Helix plates are affixed to this shaft. it's the plates that offer the majority of the resistance to a load of the helical shaft.
Instead of relying on a huge shaft's diameter to the support needed, helical Utah helical piers transfer the structural load down the shaft, and then into plates that are helix. They then, in turn, are plates are fixed to a solid stratum. It's the soil's resistance to the helix plates that provide a helical pier with a large portion of its capacity for load.
To fully understand the reason why helical piers are flexible and how they could aid your venture, it's helpful to know the fundamentals of how they function
If you'd like to know more about how a helical pier works and the intriguing principles that underlie this technology go here for an article on it.
Helical piers, because of this design, have excellent resistance to compressive and tension axial loads. However, there is a claim that helical piers do not possess good resistance to lateral loads.
Let's face it: It's difficult
