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

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 [...]

Calling up a concrete foundation repair contractor 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 [...]