Issue: The pharmacy in Cascade caught fire and when the fire department came to put it out water ran from the pharmacy downhill under the library causing a void under the concrete slab on grade. Polyflow Solution: After determining the area of void under the concrete we used a two-part structural foam to inject and…
Issue: Complexes often have sidewalks or walkways through out the property. Trip and slip hazards can not only be a risk for potential lawsuits but also higher insurance premiums. Insurance companies will often do onsite inspections to determine risk. Polyflow Solution: We work with property management teams to make effective remediation plans according to risk…
Issue: Most stem walls/foundations or basements have cracks in them. You don’t always need to be concerned with the cracks but if water is penetrating through them it can cause mold, water damage and other issues and should be addressed. Polyflow Solution: We seal these cracks from inside the crawl space with a permanent pressure…
Location: Garden City Idaho Issue: This is a new construction house built next to the green belt near the Boise River. The house needed to be built above the flood plane, so the contractor built a retaining wall and back filled it with road mix then compacted it in lifts as is common and correct…
Location: Eagle, Idaho Issue: An HOA was losing large amounts of water under and around the weir. The condition of the concrete was sound but the surrounding fill was washed out. Solution We started the project by direct injection deep in the soil around the sides where the erosion had occurred; then we drilled through…
Location: Downtown Boise Idaho Issue: The Boise Coop needed a new septic tank installed in the parking lot. The parking has limited space and normally the excavation company would dig a very large hole so they can fit the safety shoring on the walls of the hole. The excavation company wanted the smallest impact on…
Locations: Nampa Caldwell Middleton Star Boise Eagle Meridian Garden City McCall Horseshoe Bend and many more locations all around the Treasure Valley Normal Sidewalk Settling Causes: The number one cause for sidewalks to settle in our area are rain gutters being installed on the high side of the sidewalk. As rain drains on the high…
Location: Meridian Idaho Issue: These apartments have a common covered front porch that is supported by structural 4×4 wooden posts, which are surrounded by a decorative siding. Each individual post sits on a below-grade concrete sono-tube foundation. This particular post had settled nearly 4 inches. The roof structure had begun to detach from the main…
Location 1: Eagle Idaho Location 2: Downtown Boise In this case study there are two jobs with the exact same issue. One company called us before they removed the concrete and the other did not. We were able to remediate both deep soil issues resulting from steps missed during the backfill process by the excavation…
Location: Caldwell Idaho Issue: There were a few small surface holes in the asphalt in a parking lot. Upon further inspection we found that some of the holes were up to 21 feet deep. The area was closed off to prevent vehicles from entering the area of concern. Polyflow Solution: There was power, communication and…