Archive for August, 2007
Steady As She Goes
I’ve been doing quite a bit of cosmetic fix-up inside the house over the last 10 months or so since I had root barriers installed. At the same time I had large shrubs removed from the west side of the slab foundation.
In the meantime I’ve been fixing drywall and painting. There were some small wall [...]
Posted: August 31st, 2007 under Soaker Hoses, Tree Roots and Shrubs.
Comments: 1
One Reason To Run with the Big Dogs
My next door neighbor Don had his concrete slab-on-ground foundation repaired three years ago. He paid close to $7,000 and the job came with a lifetime warranty.
Don wasn’t satisfied with the results of the first job. His foundation was moving more than he thought it should and not as level so he called them back [...]
Posted: August 2nd, 2007 under Choosing a Contractor.
Comments: 2
Checking the Soaker Hoses
We had a bit of a dry spell last week and I decided to run my soaker hoses to make sure the soil around my concrete slab foundation was staying moist.
I hadn’t needed to run the soaker hoses in quite a while. Even though I have gutters that take most of the rainfall away from [...]
Posted: August 1st, 2007 under Soaker Hoses.
Comments: none