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Sir,The House Foundation has Been Inspected, Sir

By on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 | 1 Comment

Yesterday just before 1 p.m. there came a light rapping at the front door. “Be still my beating heart,” I told myself. The inspector is here! His name is Mike and he is a licensed structural engineer who’s website described him as just the kind person you want inspecting your slab foundation: unbiased, independent, yet [...]

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Foundation Inspection Protects Both Agents and Home Buyers

By on Monday, September 25th, 2006 | No Comments

Frank Kneller is involved in licensing the Cable Lock method of  foundation repair and wrote the following for the Houston Business Journal: “The floor plan is perfect, the landscaping is beautiful and the amenities are ideal. A prospective home buyer is sold on the appearance of a home, but there are questions about what is [...]

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Be Selective When Choosing a Foundation Inspector

By on Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments

These days almost anyone who appears to be an adult, has a hard hat, a tape measure and a clipboard can claim to be a foundation inspector. Even a well educated registered professional engineer can make the claim. But if his field of expertise is aeronautics or electrical, might as well have your dentist check [...]

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House Foundation Inspections – Engineer vs. Contractor

By on Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 | No Comments

If your home is showing the classic signs of foundation movement, like cracks in the brick and sheetrock, or sticking doors and windows, you might want to have it inspected. Do you call  foundation repair companies or an independent structural engineer? GeoDynamics is an engineering firm in Richardson, Texas and here is why they think [...]

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Before Foundation Repair Consider a Structural Engineer

By on Wednesday, May 17th, 2006 | 18 Comments

It’s hardly ever a bad idea to seek out advice especially on a project with the expense of concrete foundation repair. In most cases for a few hundred dollars you can hire an independent professional structural engineer to inspect your foundation and recommend a method of repair that’s best for you. You should look for [...]

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