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We all should be so rooted

Written by Charles Gale on . Posted in Surefoot.

There’s a reason trees don’t grow from concrete slabs. 

Turns out a slab isn’t the most stable way to anchor something to the earth. 

They can sink, buckle, crack, break, or, in a flood, just slide away. 

That’s why our homes don’t have concrete foundations. Instead, our 100% steel Surefoot system works like a tree’s deep root network, securely connecting our foundation to the earth while resisting gravity, uplift, shear, and moment loads.

Nicknamed the “metal tree stump,” Surefoot spreads its footing over a greater surface area, achieving larger load capacities faster and more cost-effectively.

Surefoot footings provide a stable base in any penetrable soil: sands, silts, clays, small gravels and even rock. 

Best of all, you can install a Surefoot in about half the time of a conventional foundation. 

It’s a pretty great system, but it would be remiss of us to claim too much credit. 

Anyway, the next time you install a Surefoot in an afternoon and feel grateful for the time you’ve saved, don’t thank us. 

Thank a tree.

Cheers,

Jeff

Jeff Williams is Momo’s chief marketing officer.

Ominous image of a tornado threatening a suburban street.

Built for Cyclone Country

Written by Charles Gale on . Posted in Footings, Surefoot.

Residents in Far North Queensland are no strangers to cyclones. The big storms roll in from the Coral Sea all the time.

But Cyclone Monica, which barrelled across the Cape York Peninsula in 2006 was different. 

Monica shattered rainfall records. Wind gusts hit 220 mph. And 140 million trees were damaged or destroyed. 

The silver lining? No people were hurt in the storm.

The storm was a reminder of how important it is to be prepared whenever you want to put up a new building. Especially if it’s a hospital.  

When the citizens of Aurukun (pop. 1,269) needed to build a hospital, they wanted it to make it cyclone-proof. 

So they used our footings.  

Our 100% steel Momo Footings system works like a tree’s deep root network, securely connecting our foundation to the earth while resisting gravity, uplift, shear, and moment loads.

And they’re the same footings we use in every Momo Home. 

We hope your home never has to stand up to cyclone winds. 

But isn’t it nice to know it could? 

Cheers,

Jeff

Jeff Williams is Momo’s chief marketing officer.