Repairing damage on the active Tahunanui Slump is always challenging. The house had been both shunted forward from movement behind, as well as losing support off to the side as land slid down into an adjacent gully. Working with Vector Structural Engineers, we helped develop a solution involving drains, deep anchored foundations, disconnecting then reconnecting the piles and installing a new staircase access to the deck, which floats above, rather than sits on, the ground below.
Duration: 01/01/1970 - 01/01/1970
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