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Archive for January, 2007


Foundation Repair – Double Your Piers, Double Your Fun

By on Monday, January 29th, 2007 | No Comments

I came home the other day and found a flyer from one of the local foundation repair companies hanging from my doorknob. “Knob-spam”, the kids call it. I started to throw it away but then saw the phrase “revolutionary new double pier perma-pile system.” Wow. Say that out loud three times fast. Curious as to [...]

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Are Steel Piers Going to Rust?

By on Friday, January 12th, 2007 | No Comments

If you are pondering which type of pier might be best to repair your concrete slab foundation, a fair question would be “How long is a steel pier going to last?” After all, they are basically steel pipes driven deep enough to encounter either bedrock or a similarly firm and stable strata of soil, then [...]

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