A few years ago my wife and I bought and moved into an old farmhouse on the edge of town. The place was on a post and pier foundation and was no longer level. Two Richter 6 earthquakes when the ground was saturated caused the pier at the Northeast corner of the house to settle a further 3 inches.
We hired DCI to level the house, put a perimeter concrete foundation under it and brace all the supports under the center of the house to make it stronger when the next shaker comes.
The work was started sooner than I expected and while the weather did not cooperate the crew worked in the rain except when it was just too wet.
While there are problems in trying to undo a century or more of settling in just a few weeks, when they were done the place was definitely more level than when we moved in. More importantly we know that a big quake can't knock the old house off its feet like what happened to so many houses in Rio Dell in the recent quakes.
The cost was less than we expected and so was the damage to the landscaping.
We consider it a great investment and a great value for our money.
Thank you DCI for a great job! read more