Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
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Has anyone come across this company before? They use an injected polyurethan foam to remedy foundation settelement issues and lift subsiding structures.
We are considering trying them out for remedial works rather than removal and replacement of exisitng problem structures.
We are considering trying them out for remedial works rather than removal and replacement of exisitng problem structures.





RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
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RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
polyurethane foam is an accepted form to uplift excessive foundation settlement (akin to compensation grouting also see http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/geotech_new/posters/meiche...
However, as Focht3 has rightly pointed out, the ground conditions must be right to accept the grout.
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RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
Read their guarantee again - carefully. And check to see where the financial backing for their guarantee comes from. You may change your tune on the liability issue...
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RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
Good luck
RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
I do not intend to disparage any company or product, only to urge you to use caution - and prepare all your correspondence very carefully. Look at the documents from the point of view of an unhappy former customer's solicitors...
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RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
This year we were caught by a three month hot, dry spell (unusual for the UK where rain is a state of mind as much as weather) and a lot of old jobs subsided - nothing since I have been running the system (damned lucky for me obviously). Hopefully, need to use Uretek and similar will decrease to a minimal amount (no-one's perfect!) but for the time being I just wanted to know if anyone had heard of them and used them before we give them a go.
Still, Lutfi could be a rep from Uretek for all I know lol though I don't think so.
RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
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RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
I have never used Uretek products or service, and I never will. The product or the application is protected under law, and you need to be licensed installer.
Uretek is currently being specified by two or three state DOT's for pavement undersealing. (Could be more) It may function as well or better than convention grouts for this type of work. But again, I have a problem with a single source spec.
In terms of the deep injection for lifting structures, I don't see how this approach could compete with convention grouts, such as compaction grout, or fluid c/b grouts commonly used in compensation grouting. But keep in mind, chemical grouting using polyurethanes are commonly used for permeation grouting of sands. So could be a good application under the right conditions.
Sorry, can't comment on the permanence of this type of polyurethane.
RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
Just be wary if you see me post on conservatories as there I do have a vested interest haha
RE: Uretek Floor Lifting and Deep Injection Technology
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