Quality Wooden Screen Doors designed and produced in Maine.Generator Success Story: M//E Designs Matt Flego is Generator’s oldest member. He joined Generator as a volunteer and helped build the Generator space. Matt and Erik had the first studio at Generator. They established M//E Designs in 2011- producing handcrafted furniture and products as well as providing design services. Generator created a very fertile environment for networking – connecting M//E to various politicians, the Mayor, local business owners, potential investors, and other like minded businessmen. Their front door facing studio got them several walk-in clients looking for 3D printing, design services, and custom fabrication. M//E stools are currently sold in Vermont and NYC. stools will be sold internationally in the 2017 catalog. One of many big mile markers was their participation in the ECHO Science Center Data Visualization sculpture, which was built at Generator starting in spring 2015 and installed in October 2015.
Matt and Erik were featured in Seven Days, WCAX, Reconciledit promotional video, Generator Meet the Maker, and local news networks on ECHO. Thier growing success and contract with Room and Board confirmed their need to expand the company. In June of 2016 they moved out of Generator into the ALTernator: 388 Pine Street, Suite 3-M-1 in Burlington VT. Matt and Erik have created a private studio to house M//E Designs, Cardboard Teck Instantute, Tim Peters and John Yasaitis- some of Generator’s rapidly expanding businesses. Matt and Erik are the shepherds of some of Generator’s top talent and have helped foster many “graduate” success stories. Generator is a platform to help good ideas become great businesses.Window damage due to foundation settlement in Milton. Any opening made in a wall represents a weak point. This is especially true for load-bearing exterior walls. That's why foundation settlement will often cause cracks around window and door openings, as shown above.
Your windows and/or doors are sticking, jamming, or your doors have non-functioning locks. While there are many issues that can lead to sticking windows and doors, the two most common foundation-related causes are settlement and crawl space supports that have settled, shifted, or deteriorated. Foundation piers can be used to repair settlement issues, while crawl space jacks are a good solution for sagging floors over crawl spaces. We can help you fix your foundation with our warrantied solutions! Call us for a free foundation repair quote today! We serve Laconia, Burlington, Keene, Claremont, Plymouth, Lebanon, Franklin, Peterborough, Concord, Saint Albans (St Albans), Claremont, Berlin, Middlebury, Milton, and many nearby areas in Vermont and New Hampshire. Any problem with a home can be distressing, and doubly so when there's a problem with your foundation. Foundation problems related to sticking windows and doors are among the most obvious and inconvenient of them all.
Symptoms Of Sticking Windows & Doors We depend on windows and doors for ventilation, security, and aesthetic appeal. So when they don't operate correctly or don't look good because of skewed openings or cracks around openings, it's clear that something must be done. Below are images of windows and doors we've encountered that have been damaged due to foundation issues. (Click each photo to enlarge.) Cracks that extend along window and door openings can be a symptom of a much larger foundation settlement issue. If ignored, it's possible that the foundation problem that caused these cracks will get worse, potentially leading to more severe damage to your home. Window and door cracks that are connected to foundation problems have two common sources: Because of varying soil characteristics, foundation settlement is never uniform. Uneven settlement causes sections of a foundation or slab to crack and shift, while other sections remain in their original positions.
While foundations and slabs crack due to soil settlement, the wood framing supported above is more likely to bend or twist. This results in skewed openings for windows -- and doors and floors that dip. The drywall fastened to wood framing is not as flexible, so it’s more likely to crack -- especially at the corners of window and doors. When a house has a brick or stone exterior, a settled foundation is likely to have cracks in these upper masonry surfaces due to a lack in flexibility More about foundation settlement issues. At Northern Basement Systems, we address foundation settlement issues by installing foundation piers at key locations. The piers extend to stable load-bearing soil, attached to the foundation with steel brackets. This repair work prevents further settling -- and can even allow the foundation to be jacked back to its original position. Once the foundation is raised back up, cracks in the wall will close. Doors, locks, and windows may return to functionality, and further settlement damage will halt.
We offer two different types of foundation piers to address foundation settlement: push piers and helical piers. With either installation, there's a 25-year manufacturer's warranty, as well as our own performance warranty. More about foundation piers. Sinking Crawl Space Supports Crawl spaces are often poorly designed, with too few support columns, rotting floor joists and girders, and weak supporting soils causing the supports to sink. As the crawl space structure sinks, the floor that it supports will sink as well, creating uneven surfaces underfoot. And as the floor sinks, it will pull the interior walls that are attached to it downwards. As the walls sink, they pull apart, leaving cracks in your interior walls. And as the home warps, doors inside the home will jam and become difficult to open or shut. More about sinking crawl spaces. We repair crawl space structural issues with crawl space support jacks. We begin by excavating a hole for each support and creating a base of engineered fill.
A pre-cast concrete base is installed on top of the fill, and the support jack is mounted on top. Once installed, our crawl space supports will stop your floor from sinking and sagging. These adjustable jacks can also be modified to attempt to lift your floors and walls back to a level position. Crawl space jack systems install quickly -- with an installation usually being completed in about a day. They provide a superior solution to other repairs, such as concrete columns, shimming, and light-duty jack posts. More about crawl space jacks. When pinpointing what kind of foundation repair you'll need, it's important to note whether the visible problem in your home is centered around the interior of the structure or the exterior. If you have exterior cracks, jamming doors, and windows, then the problem is most likely not sinking crawl space supports. These cracks are most often caused by foundation settlement. Identifying The Source Of Window & Door Issues Crawl Space Structural Issue