Screwed below the layer that swells and shrinks, the pier stops caring what the clay does.
Expansive clay is the defining problem west of Macon. It swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and anything bearing on it moves through that cycle year after year until it stops coming back.
The permanent answer is to get the bearing below the layer that changes. A helical pier is advanced until the torque reading says it has reached stable material, which on a Lizella lot means past the zone that dries out and rehydrates each season.
Depth varies considerably across a property here, which is where torque verification earns its place. Each pier advances until the ground tells us it has arrived, so they finish at different depths. That value is recorded for every location on the job.
Lizella homeowners get the same scope every time, priced in writing before a crew books the date.

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