Comments on: One Reason To Run with the Big Dogs http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/08/02/one-reason-to-run-with-the-big-dogs/ A home owner's look at foundation repair choices Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:02:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Digger http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/08/02/one-reason-to-run-with-the-big-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-5226 Digger Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:28:46 +0000 http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/08/02/one-reason-to-run-with-the-big-dogs/#comment-5226 It may be time to get a lawyer. To help build your case, I would document each time you call the contractor and note the response. Call every day for a week. You have the engineering report that states the need for and lack of piers in the middle of your slab. Be sure and get a copy of that report if you don't have one already. The Foundation Performance Association http://www.foundationperformance.org/members_attorneys.cfm is a trade group based in Houston, has member law firms that have experience in situations like yours. Click on the link above, give one of them a call and ask for advice. There may also be a mediation process they can point you to. If one of your local TV stations has a consumer advocate reporter that does "On Your Side" type stories, give them a call. It's possible that the threat of a public spanking might shame the contractor into doing the right thing. It may be time to get a lawyer. To help build your case, I would document each time you call the contractor and note the response. Call every day for a week.
You have the engineering report that states the need for and lack of piers in the middle of your slab. Be sure and get a copy of that report if you don’t have one already.

The Foundation Performance Association http://www.foundationperformance.org/members_attorneys.cfm
is a trade group based in Houston, has member law firms that have experience in situations like yours. Click on the link above, give one of them a call and ask for advice. There may also be a mediation process they can point you to.

If one of your local TV stations has a consumer advocate reporter that does “On Your Side” type stories, give them a call. It’s possible that the threat of a public spanking might shame the contractor into doing the right thing.

]]> By: mary elizabeth loper http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/08/02/one-reason-to-run-with-the-big-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-5223 mary elizabeth loper Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:42:36 +0000 http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/08/02/one-reason-to-run-with-the-big-dogs/#comment-5223 Level Check foundation repair was paid over $20K to tunnel and put piers iin a property I own. The house continued to move. The contractor and Level Check, which is sitll in business with the main office in Houston, Texas, will not respond to my calls. I cannot live in or sell the house because it is in such bac shape. I had a structural engineer report on the problem. It is his opinion that Level Check failed to put sufficient piers in the middle of the house. I have had an estimate of $32K by another company, but I have a lifetime warranty from Level Check. What can I do? Level Check foundation repair was paid over $20K to tunnel and put piers iin a property I own. The house continued to move. The contractor and Level Check, which is sitll in business with the main office in Houston, Texas, will not respond to my calls. I cannot live in or sell the house because it is in such bac shape. I had a structural engineer report on the problem. It is his opinion that Level Check failed to put sufficient piers in the middle of the house. I have had an estimate of $32K by another company, but I have a lifetime warranty from Level Check. What can I do?

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