2006 May | Repair My Foundation-A Homeowner's Look at the Options

Archive for May, 2006


Local Man Gets Foundation Repair

His name is Dennis and he lives down the street from me. I was coming back from an errand and drove past his house. All the tell-tale signs of a concrete foundation repair job in progress were there. Piles of dirt, piles of pilings, piles of caps. I went home, grabbed my digital camera, walked [...]

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Enough with the sticking door already

I don’t know why it happened this morning but I couldn’t take any more of the silent taunting from the door that leads from the kitchen to the garage. “I’m just really hard to open and close,” it would say, “and your handy-man skills are puny. Go back to your computer.” Maybe it was watching [...]

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Is it foundation movement or something else?

If you are seeing weird things with walls or floors inside or outside of the house you may be wondering if the foundation needs repair or if something else is going on. Are those cracks in the garage walls the result of concrete foundation movement or because the space has become the rehearsal hall for [...]

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Consider a Structural Engineer

It’s hardly ever a bad idea to seek out advice especially on a project with the expense of concrete foundation repair. In most cases for a few hundred dollars you can hire an independent professional structural engineer to inspect your foundation and recommend a method of repair that’s best for you. You should look for [...]

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Record Rainfall in Northeast U.S.

It’s pretty safe to say that once the flood waters recede in Massachusetts, New Jersey and surrounding states, some homeowners are going to need to have their concrete basements and foundations checked for possible damage. I’ve mentioned the NRWSRC website before. You can search for listings of member contractors in your state. It’s a place [...]

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