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Austin Foundation Repair

By on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

It’s weird, but I never thought that Austin foundation repair would really need much of a mention because of the way I think about the geography there. Hill Country, lots of bluffs and cliffs, rocky outcroppings everywhere. When I think of Austin I picture lot’s of limestone and chalk, not foundation bending shrink-swell clay soils. [...]

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Foundation Repair With Custom Made Steel Piers

By on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 | No Comments

The foundation repair radio commercial blared out of the speakers in the kitchen this morning ignoring the fact that I just wanted to know how hot it was going to be today. Yesterday it was so hot I was afraid of standing still in the sun lest I spontaneously burst into flame. That’s hard on [...]

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Foundation Repair, How Much Does it Cost?

By on Monday, June 19th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Calling up foundation repair companies and asking how much it would cost is like lurching your smoking car into the mechanic’s parking lot and asking him how may dollars it will take to fix it without even popping the hood. Both are going to say “it depends on what’s wrong.” A major factor in foundation [...]

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Texas Engineers Talk About Roots and Foundation Repair

By on Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 | No Comments

Given the amount of concrete foundation repair that happens in the Lone Star State, the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers has published a set of guidelines for the evaluation and repair of residential foundations. The document includes a couple of paragraphs regarding the effects of trees and shrubs near the foundation:

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Tree Roots & Foundation Damage Part Deux

By on Saturday, June 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments

While some Texas concrete foundation repair companies tell us that trees living too close to the house can cause major foundation problems there is a pretty famous garden and landscape expert in the Dallas area who begs to differ. I’ve heard him say as much on his radio show and the following represents a typical [...]

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