Residential

Clay Shrinkage Ground Improvement – Hockley, Essex Background The property is a 1920s solid brick wall home located in Hockley, Essex. Like many homes built on clay soils, it has experienced long-term seasonal movement, with historical issues dating back to the 1970s when clay heave required internal floor supports to be rebuilt. Around 25 years […]

Residential Subsidence Terraced Property in Nottingham experiencing subsidence remediated by Geobear Background A loss adjuster contacted Geobear to address a subsidence issue at a property in Nottingham. The property had suffered from structural movement at the rear of the building, due primarily to soil erosion caused by defective drainage. The subsidence was evidenced by cracks […]

Background A property investor purchased a four-storey building, including a basement, in Hamilton Park, Islington, London, with the intention of converting it into four apartments. The building suffered from significant structural issues due to clay shrinkage, causing subsidence, rotation, and separation from the neighbouring property. The client required a solution to improve the ground beneath […]

Subsidence Repair for Harrow Council – Saving £500k through a new approach to subsidence repair A block of flats with 12 units, owned and managed by Harrow Council, had suffered from structural movement due to the clay shrinking beneath the foundations. This resulted in cracks in the brickwork, internal walls and ceilings meaning it would […]

Subsidence in a Co. Wexford Property Executive Summary This case study examines the effective resolution of significant subsidence issues in a detached two-storey property in County Wexford, Ireland, utilising innovative Geobear solutions. Faced with extensive cracking in the structure, the homeowner sought a permanent and less disruptive solution than traditional concrete underpinning. Geobear’s approach, involving […]

Bulk stabilisation of housing stock A housing association in the Midlands had a large number of properties that had suffered from structural movement due to the drying of soils and drainage systems being in a state of disrepair. The properties were largely Victorian terraced homes located on busy one-way streets.  The traditional solution, mass concrete […]

Background At a property in the South West UK subsidence had become evident after cracks appeared in the walls. Geobear was contacted in March 2019 to inspect the damage that was affecting the front left corner of the property and where cracks opened rapidly during the autumn of 2018. Geobear arranged a site investigation which […]

Background In November 2022 Geobear stabilised a property in Bristol adjacent to a 22m Oak tree.  The property was featured in the local media as the tree had been identified as the cause of subsidence to the building and was due to be removed. Campaigners looked to prevent its removal by camping in the tree […]

Geobear resolves subsidence affecting the perimeter of the entire property Geobear was called out to a property in Leicestershire that had suffered from subsidence. A number of factors had caused the issue, primarily shrinking clay soil which was exacerbated by roots from adjacent trees. Pine trees lined the road where the property was located and […]

Strengthening the foundations and slab in a detached house Each year Geobear remediates hundreds of residential properties that have suffered from structural movement caused by subsidence. The teams work in all corners of the UK dealing with subsidence issues that have occurred for many reasons such as shrinkable clay soils or drainage problems.  At a […]

Geobear was contacted by Guildford Council to provide a solution for a distorted floor slab which had settled differently, up to 35mm. A design was prepared and quotation provided, within 8 days of referral. The design was to inject a specialist geopolymer in a grid pattern to 0.5m below the floor slab. The expansive geopolymer […]

Background Clay shrinkage subsidence, exacerbated by tree root influence, had caused significant subsidence damage to two neighbouring blocks of flats in Oxford. It is considered the damage commenced during the severe summer drought of 2018, with further movement during the dry summer of 2019. The damage was considered progressive and seasonal. Site Investigations were instigated, […]

On Hilary Road in East Acton, a vacant council house was in dire need of repair and stabilisation due to subsidence at the front and rear of the property. Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council called in Geobear to treat the subsidence quickly and efficiently so that people could be homed in the property as […]

At a council house in West London, a leaking drain had caused subsidence at the rear of the property. With a young family living inside, the issue needed to be rectified as soon as possible with minimum disruption for the tenants. Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council used Geobear’s innovative solution to fix the subsidence in […]

A homeowner in Leeds, UK contacted Geobear to discuss an issue with an extension built onto the side of their property. The one storey extension was built on standard raft foundations adjacent to the perimeter wall of the house. After a number of years small cracks started to appear on the internal walls where the […]

Geobear were on hand recently to repair a sinking floor at a residential property in the North of England. The owner had witnessed her floor gradually sink over the years and as the insurers would not cover it her engineer recommended going straight to Geobear. We provided a solution to stabilise the ground beneath the […]

A customer was experiencing difficulties with a 3 bedroom semi-detached house based in Towcester, Northamptonshire Due to the geology of the ground and large trees in close proximity to the house the property had become subject to subsidence. The client approached their insurance company who arranged for the movement to be monitored by Structural Engineers […]

A property in Nottinghamshire had experienced some major subsidence problems over the course of a number of years. Extensive cracks were showing along the brick work on the exterior of the house and throughout the inside of the property. As with many instances of subsidence, the full impact is much more pronounced when interior plasterboard […]

Background A harsh cold spell of weather in the UK was not a problem for Geobear as we stabilised an eight bedroom home in East Sussex. The building had an historic settlement issue;  several potential buyers of the property contacted Geobear looking for a solution. When our client acquired the property we conducted a full […]

The client Mitie are the facilities management suppliers for Hammersmith and Fulham council. Geobear have worked with Mitie to deliver subsidence repair solutions to a number of properties in and around the London area. On Munster Road the council own a three storey property which is occupied with tenants, but some serious subsidence was occurring […]