How do you know that the foundation of a house is of high quality?

When purchasing a home, special attention is paid to checking the foundation. If there are problems with it, the walls of the house will begin to crack and the building will “lead.” What you need to ask the owners about the foundation, he told expert in the field of construction, design and construction expertise Denis Glavinsky.

It is recommended to start by checking the results of geotechnical surveys, especially if the foundation is piled. They are not required to be performed, but if they are present, this will help avoid uneven shrinkage. Because of this, cracks usually appear in the walls of the house.

“If the seller says that the foundation was poured in winter, you should be wary, since winter concreting requires special preparatory conditions and must be carried out with the addition of special additives and with heating,” says the expert. — We need to find out whether there is a foundation calculation. Without it, there is a risk that you will either have to spend money on strengthening the foundation or dismantle the above-ground part of the house.

The most win-win option in most cases is a strip foundation buried to the freezing depth.

“For the Ural region it is at least 2 meters, for the southern territories it is less. But I still wouldn’t neglect geology, so as not to run into either a swamp or underground groundwater,” the interlocutor concluded.