Screw Piles In The Fens
Screw piles for homes, farm buildings and commercial sites across the Fens, long enough to reach through peat and silt to firmer ground.
Screw Piles In The Fens
Screw piling in The Fens
Foundations Built For Fenland Ground
Across the Fens of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, soft ground is a fact of life. Screw piles give homes and buildings a firm footing without fighting the water.
Fenland soils are typically peat, silt and soft clay over firmer strata, with a high water table kept in check by drains and pumping. As peat dries it shrinks, and much of the land has been sinking for centuries. Shallow foundations on ground like this can settle unevenly, while screw piles carry the load down to stable ground.
We work across the whole region, from Ely and Chatteris to Spalding, Wisbech and Downham Market, on homes, extensions, farm buildings and commercial sites.
We also cover:
- Ely
- Littleport
- Chatteris
- Whittlesey
- March
- Wisbech
- Ramsey
- Spalding
- Holbeach
- Long Sutton
- Crowland
- Downham Market
Our services in The Fens
Screw Piling Services In The Fens
Design, materials and installation from one specialist team, for homes and commercial sites alike.
Screw Pile Installation In The Fens
Installation with no trenches to flood and nothing to pump out, carrying on whatever the weather, with load verified on every pile.
Screw Pile Foundations In The Fens
Screw pile foundations with reinforced ground beams or rafts, for extensions, bungalows, barns and commercial buildings on Fenland ground.
Ground Screws In The Fens
Ground screws for decking, fencing, garden rooms, field shelters and solar arrays, with no concrete bases to crack on soft ground.
Ground screws or screw piles?Screw Pile Contractor In The Fens
An East Anglian screw pile contractor with long experience of Fenland sites, working for homeowners, farmers, builders and engineers.
Get A Price For Your The Fens Project
Email or WhatsApp us your drawings, or call 0330 043 3216. We will come back to you with a price.
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Why Screw Piles Suit The Fens
Where the ground is soft and the water is high, a screw pile finds firm footing below.
Ask about your site- Peat shrinkage and sinking land
- Soft silts and clays
- A high water table and drainage dykes
- Older homes that have settled
- Farm buildings and grain stores
- Wide, open and exposed sites
Questions & answers
Screw Piling In The Fens: Your Questions
More answers are on our FAQs page. Nearby, we also cover screw piles in March, screw piles in Cambridge, screw piles in Norwich.
0330 043 3216Which parts of the Fens do you cover?
All of it, across Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, including Ely, Chatteris, Whittlesey, March, Wisbech, Spalding, Holbeach, Downham Market and Littleport.
Why do Fenland houses settle?
Much of the Fens is peat and soft silt, which can shrink as it dries out, so shallow foundations can move unevenly. Piled foundations take the load below these soft layers.
Can you underpin a house in the Fens?
Often, yes. Screw pile underpinning is a practical way to steady existing foundations where traditional underpinning would mean deep digging in wet ground. A structural engineer's assessment is the usual first step, and we can work from their report.
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Planning A Project In The Fens?
Send us your drawings or a few details and we will come back to you with a price. We are open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm.