If you are a Michigander you know how brutal the winters can be here. Mother Nature bares no mercy on anything that is openly exposed to winter’s bone-chilling outdoor elements year after year. The professionals at Seaside Seawall are all too familiar with Mother Nature’s fury and know just what procedures to preform to repair any damages left behind. This week, Seaside Seawall is restoring a steel seawall in Waterford, MI. Ice pressure from the last winter season caused the wall to move a few inches out of its original position triggering it to lean toward the water thus weakening the wall. To restore strength to the wall, our professionals installed tiebacks together with anchors to keep it at its existing position. Workers are also installing weep-holes every 3 lineal ft along the wall. This procedure has been a proven benefit in draining off accumulated moisture from condensation or seepage and will keep this wall from moving again.
We advise that you perform a self-inspection of your seawall and or retaining wall each month or at least each season at the very least. If you see any changes or movements along your wall, no matter how unimportant you may think it is, contact one of our professionals to discuss your concerns. We will be happy to schedule one or our specialists to come out and examine the wall and help you determine what action, if any, needs to be done.
Gen. George S. Patten once said, “A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.”