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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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Foundation Repair with Pushed Concrete Piers

By on Monday, March 12th, 2012 | 1 Comment

Earlier this year one of my neighbors (Roy) had foundation repair done on his concrete slab. The hot dry summer drought had done its damage and resulted in some of the classic signs of foundation movement. You could see separation of the brick veneer away from the window frames in the front of the house [...]

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Foundation Repair and the Drought-5 Tips for Homeowners

By on Thursday, October 20th, 2011 | 5 Comments

Droughts are hard on the home foundation, no question about it. I was looking at a map from the US National Weather Service that showed almost a third of the country in drought conditions that range from “excessively dry” to “exceptional drought.” Not good. And to make matters worse, many areas included in the drought [...]

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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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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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