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

If you really want to get anal about monitoring cracks in walls that you think are being caused by foundation movement, I ran across the following device that can do just that. It’s the Avongard Crack Monitor.

Who could use one? According to the Avongard website:
…Anyone who designs, builds, manages, maintains, lives in, or inspects brick, [...]

Here’s another article regarding concrete foundation repair and real estate issues. Thanks to Damion Rutherford of e-foundation repair.
Foundation cracks and settlement problems are viewed as serious defect to a home. Most homeowners realize this and simply will not purchase a home unless proper repairs are made. In addition, many lending venues (FHA,VA,Conventional) simply will not [...]

The foundation repair radio commercial blared out of the speakers in the kitchen this morning ignoring the fact that I just wanted to know how hot it was going to be today. Yesterday it was so hot I was afraid of standing still in the sun lest I spontaneously burst into flame. That’s hard on [...]

I’m using soaker hoses around my concrete foundation in an attempt to keep a uniform layer of moisture in the clay soil on which my house sits. I also noticed that I had too much soaker hose on the east side of the house and not enough on west side, such that the hoses weren’t [...]