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Steel Piers vs. Concrete For Foundation Repair

By on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 | No Comments

The other day I was reading what I could find on steel piers vs. concrete piers for foundation repair and ran across the term “skin friction.” With my heart beating a little faster, I read on. It turns out that “skin friction” is an engineering term that describes the drag soil has on a pier [...]

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Foundation Repair and Selling the House

By on Friday, June 23rd, 2006 | No Comments

There is a woman two doors down from me who wants to sell her house and also needs foundation repair. I’ve not been inside her house but all the signs are there on the outside. She’s got the tell-tale zig-zag cracks in the brick and a widening crack by the garage door. Word is that [...]

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Foundation Repair, How Much Does it Cost?

By on Monday, June 19th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Calling up foundation repair companies and asking how much it would cost is like lurching your smoking car into the mechanic’s parking lot and asking him how may dollars it will take to fix it without even popping the hood. Both are going to say “it depends on what’s wrong.” A major factor in foundation [...]

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Texas Engineers Talk About Roots and Foundation Repair

By on Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 | No Comments

Given the amount of concrete foundation repair that happens in the Lone Star State, the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers has published a set of guidelines for the evaluation and repair of residential foundations. The document includes a couple of paragraphs regarding the effects of trees and shrubs near the foundation:

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Tree Roots & Foundation Damage Part Deux

By on Saturday, June 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments

While some Texas concrete foundation repair companies tell us that trees living too close to the house can cause major foundation problems there is a pretty famous garden and landscape expert in the Dallas area who begs to differ. I’ve heard him say as much on his radio show and the following represents a typical [...]

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