Comments on: The Smart Way to Use Foundation Repair Coupons http://www.repairfoundation.net/2008/06/23/the-smart-way-to-use-foundation-repair-coupons/ 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/2008/06/23/the-smart-way-to-use-foundation-repair-coupons/comment-page-1/#comment-11403 Digger Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:56:05 +0000 http://www.repairfoundation.net/?p=150#comment-11403 Thanks for the kind words about the blog. I am just a home owner like you and not in the foundation repair business nor do I know anybody in the business. I always recommend spending a few hundred dollars to have an independent professional structural engineer inspect your foundation and provide a detailed report. They will know if it is a drainage issue and can suggest methods of repair that is right for your situation. Since you are in the DFW area, you can visit the Foundation Performance Association website http://www.foundationperformance.org/members_structural_engineers.cfm and search for structural engineers. Most are based in the Houston area, but there is one in Richardson and one in Allen. I used the one in Richardson for my inspection. He has a few repair companies he recommends, not because of financial ties, but because he has confidence in their work. Always ask about that when talking to engineers. Good luck! Thanks for the kind words about the blog. I am just a home owner like you and not in the foundation repair business nor do I know anybody in the business.

I always recommend spending a few hundred dollars to have an independent professional structural engineer inspect your foundation and provide a detailed report. They will know if it is a drainage issue and can suggest methods of repair that is right for your situation.

Since you are in the DFW area, you can visit the Foundation Performance Association website http://www.foundationperformance.org/members_structural_engineers.cfm and search for structural engineers.

Most are based in the Houston area, but there is one in Richardson and one in Allen. I used the one in Richardson for my inspection. He has a few repair companies he recommends, not because of financial ties, but because he has confidence in their work. Always ask about that when talking to engineers.

Good luck!

]]> By: Alex http://www.repairfoundation.net/2008/06/23/the-smart-way-to-use-foundation-repair-coupons/comment-page-1/#comment-11399 Alex Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:59:21 +0000 http://www.repairfoundation.net/?p=150#comment-11399 I have to say that I really have enjoyed your blog. Two things I am curious about. One, are you a foundation repair company? Two, if not who would you suggest in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. I have had a fit with my foundation. We moved in March of 2008 and did a little foundation repair on the outside of the house and did a few interior piers as well. There is one part of the house in the hall way that is sinking but didn't put piers there. Once the ran stopped we started getting cracks everywhere! That prompted me to go on a mission. Alas the soaker hoses were put in place. The cracks started to disappate but are still getting little cracks here and there. I assume on a 1950's house on slab this is normal and could only imagine what a 'foundation' guy would want to do if he walked in here. That said I have not been interested in getting another foundation repair company out just yet because I want to see how things end up after the summer. I guess I just haven't really had anywhere to turn to and this blog seems like good information. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. I have learned (and this may be bad advice) that 75% of foundation issues are not resolved by piers but are drainage and water issues instead. I have to say that I really have enjoyed your blog. Two things I am curious about. One, are you a foundation repair company? Two, if not who would you suggest in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. I have had a fit with my foundation. We moved in March of 2008 and did a little foundation repair on the outside of the house and did a few interior piers as well. There is one part of the house in the hall way that is sinking but didn’t put piers there. Once the ran stopped we started getting cracks everywhere! That prompted me to go on a mission. Alas the soaker hoses were put in place. The cracks started to disappate but are still getting little cracks here and there. I assume on a 1950’s house on slab this is normal and could only imagine what a ‘foundation’ guy would want to do if he walked in here.

That said I have not been interested in getting another foundation repair company out just yet because I want to see how things end up after the summer. I guess I just haven’t really had anywhere to turn to and this blog seems like good information. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. I have learned (and this may be bad advice) that 75% of foundation issues are not resolved by piers but are drainage and water issues instead.

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