CONSOLIDATION AND CONSTRUCTION

A crack in the wall: when and when it is not dangerous

Tremoviter analyzes and monitors any cracks found in your buildings. A visible wall crack can be a clear sign of either a structural settlement issue or simply a superficial problem due to plaster-layer wear or aging. Regarding the latter, the wall crack is absolutely non-threatening to the house structure and does not require consolidation work by itself. On the other hand, however, it may be a sign of the plaster’s excessive drying rather than emergent problems due to poor or ill-suited construction materials for the building’s climatic or dynamic conditions. Climate and dynamic loads, such as door, gate, and rolling shutter installation, after the plaster installation, can cause the emergence of such surface cracks.
Resolving this often involves remaking the plaster or part of it by using materials more suitable for the specific installation.

On the other hand, however, it may be a sign of the plaster’s excessive drying rather than emergent problems due to poor or ill-suited construction materials for the building’s climatic or dynamic conditions. Climate and dynamic loads, such as door, gate, and rolling shutter installation, after the plaster installation, can cause the emergence of such surface cracks.
Resolving this often involves remaking the plaster or part of it by using materials more suitable for the specific installation.

Structural wall crack

In some cases, it is possible to find structural wall cracks or an interruption of a wall’s continuity caused by collapse or structural settlement. This can effectively threaten the building’s solidity. In such cases, it is absolutely necessary to act with professionalism, competence, and speed. The causes may be:

geological collapse of the land surrounding the foundation;
structural interventions on the building following the foundation’s construction;
poor distribution of any new loads;
digging near the foundation;
new load installation on a load-bearing part of the building (e.g. particularly heavy gates or doors).

In such cases, immediately consult the Tremoviter staff for quick and conclusive advice regarding your issue.

Foundation consolidation

Tremoviter performs foundational consolidation operations for the following reasons: structural problems; building enlargement project constraints, or for increasing the bearable static load.
The foundations of a building can cause structural problems when excavations have not been properly designed, and any land subsidence affects the foundations. In such cases, it is necessary to intervene with diligence. When it comes to this, Tremoviter is very experienced in the intervention of not only restoration but also structural modification of the foundations themselves.

Discover Tremoviter’s specific areas of intervention as a leading firm in Italy and France:

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Geological Consolidation

for consolidating land used to house foundations, roads, or heavily loaded civil works;

Structural Consolidation:

for consolidating dilapidated buildings, problems with cracks in the wall, or resolving any structural problems;

Coring:

for a punctual material analysis or the excavation of the housing of other structural and non-structural elements;

Drainage

drainage techniques for any use, from civil to industrial;

Wells

water well excavation for capturing and extracting underground water resources;

Civil Works

public and private, from implementing street plans to the structural recovery of private buildings.