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Foundation Repair and the Weather

By on Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 | 4 Comments

 This humble blog about foundation repair from the home owners point of view is written from a region is the U.S. where we have wide areas and tens of thousands of homes with slab foundations built on heavy clay soils. The trouble with clay dirt is that it expands when it gets wet and shrinks [...]

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My Foundation Slab Leak-Part One

By on Thursday, January 5th, 2012 | No Comments

“I don’t think you need piers. Maybe a few. But I do think you have a slab leak.” That’s what foundation consultant Richard Rash told me in November.  I had run across Mr. Rash’s website while researching foundation repair companies in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. After being in the foundation repair business for 30 years [...]

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Foundation Repair Maintanence with Soaker Hoses-7 Ways Homeowners Do it Wrong

By on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 | 3 Comments

There are 7 common mistakes homeowners make in maintaining their concrete slab foundations that sit on heavy clay soils. First, not having soaker hoses.

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Need Foundation Repair? Blame it On “Climate Change”

By on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | No Comments

If you need a foundation fix, it might be because of climate change (also known as “global warming”) At least that is the gist of an article written last year that I ran across in the New York times.

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The Number One Cause of Slab Foundation Problems

By on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 | 3 Comments

If it’s not the number one problem then it’s a very close second. It’s the soil. If your slab-on-ground concrete foundation sits on heavy clay soils that dry out , then swell up when heavy rains come, the foundation  is in danger of movement. It’s exactly this kind of expanding then shrinking that causes most [...]

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