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EcoTech Seismic Solutions
Protect your home, your family and your investment
Earthquakes are a reality in the Pacific Northwest. At least four faults pass beneath the Portland area, capable of producing earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 7.
Most insurance companies will not provide earthquake insurance unless your home has been seismically retrofitted. An earthquake could literally level the equity you have in your home, leaving you with a mortgage payment for a home that you can no longer occupy.
You can take action to protect your home against earthquake damage.
A Seismic Retrofit Will:
- Reduce potential property damage from an earthquake.
- Improve your personal safety.
- Make it possible for you to obtain earthquake insurance to protect the equity you’ve worked so hard to build.
Contact us for a complimentary assessment of your home’s earthquake readiness. Please visit our contact page or get a quote page and let us know how we can serve you!
EcoTech is a proud member of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Group. Please visit the CREW site for valuable information about earthquakes and earthquake preparedness.
Most Portland area homes are built on top of a foundation; gravity is the only connection between the house and its substructure. Earthquakes can shake these homes off of their foundations.
Each home’s retrofit needs are unique. EcoTech designs a specific retrofit plan for each house. Your Seismic Solutions retrofit may include:
• Securing the house to the foundation.
• Attaching beams to floor joists.
• Securing posts to beams.
• Building shear walls in houses with cripple walls.
• Installing a seismic gas shutoff valve.
• Securing the hot water heater to a wall or post.
• Providing your family with an earthquake survival kit.
