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	<title>Repair My Foundation-A Homeowner&#039;s Look at the Options &#187; Methods of Repair</title>
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		<title>Foundation Repair In The News</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-in-the-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know a drought is taking its toll on the slab foundation in your area when the local television news is running stories on how busy foundation repair companies are. While some parts of the U.S. are finally drying out after record flooding this spring, other parts of the country including Texas are experiencing record [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Repair-Underpinning with Hybrid Piers</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-underpinning-with-hybrid-piers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three most common ways of underpinning a home foundation in need of repair are steel piers, pre-cast concrete cylinders (or push piers) and the drilled bell bottom piers. Each method has it’s pros and cons and affects the cost of foundation repair. Steel piers can be shoved into the ground deeper than concrete cylinders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slab Foundations – Repairing with the Bell Bottom Pier</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/slab-foundations-%e2%80%93-repairing-with-the-bell-bottom-pier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For home foundation repair, some companies say the old reliable bell bottom pier is the best.]]></description>
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		<title>Was Your Slab Foundation Level to Begin With?</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/was-your-slab-foundation-level-to-begin-with/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/was-your-slab-foundation-level-to-begin-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choosing a Contractor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Foundation (engineering)]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have your concrete slab  foundation inspected by either a repair contractor, or better yet, an independent professional structural engineer, you are likely to get an elevation report produced by one of two tools: A  Compu Level or a manometer.  When I had my inspection done, the engineer used a Compu Level. I received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Repair Cost</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Repair Cost]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So how much is it going to be, what is the cost of foundation repair? The straight answer: it depends. Foundation repair costs vary because each situation is different.  It depends on how many piers are needed to underpin the foundation.  You may need piers all around the house or maybe just in front.  One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link To Foundation Inspection Report Repaired</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/link-to-foundation-inspection-report-repaired/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/link-to-foundation-inspection-report-repaired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/?p=155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2006 I had my concrete slab foundation inspected by a local structural engineer and wrote about it on this blog. I also scanned his report into a PDF file and posted it. However, in the throes of changing hosting companies the link to this report was broken and remained so for some time.Â  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Repair Job Down the Street Still Good</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-job-down-the-street-still-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-job-down-the-street-still-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methods of Repair]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/?p=153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2006 I wrote about my then neighbor Dennis&#8217; foundation repair job. The contractor used the &#8220;pressed piles&#8221; method of repair. He then sold the house to a young woman we&#8217;ll call Shelia and moved. I was passing by last week and saw that a garage sale was going on at this same house. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concret Slab Foundation Gets Drilled Piers</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/concret-slab-foundation-gets-drilled-piers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/concret-slab-foundation-gets-drilled-piers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choosing a Contractor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/07/17/bobby-disappears-the-foundation-gets-drilled-piers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can tell when a guy sells the house, packs up and moves away. You can also tell when a guy just leaves. Bobby, the guy who lived behind me, has up and disappeared. Bobby was having no luck selling his house because it needed foundation repair. He deducted the cost of fixing the slab [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Repair &#8211; Steel Piers and Rust</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-steel-piers-and-rust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-steel-piers-and-rust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Methods of Repair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete slab foundation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/02/21/more-about-steel-piers-and-rust/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A question that comes to mind in considering steel piers for underpinning your concrete slab foundation is &#8220;are they going to rust or otherwise corrode?&#8221; Fair question. One of the answers involves using galvanized steel piers. Another method of corrosion protection for steel piers makes use of powder coating technology. However, there is a report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Not Romantic About Foundation Repair?</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/whats-not-romantic-about-foundation-repair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/whats-not-romantic-about-foundation-repair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/02/13/whats-not-romantic-about-foundation-repair/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The money wizards over at MSNBC are saying that consumers will spend 13.7 buh-zillion US dollars on Valentine&#8217;s Day gifts this year, an increase over last year&#8217;s sales. So I have to ask, &#8220;Where are the Valentine&#8217;s Day tie-ins for foundation repair advertising?&#8221; I have not heard one radio commercial or seen one print ad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Repair Companies Offering Coupons</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-companies-offering-coupons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-companies-offering-coupons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/02/02/beware-of-high-pressure-sales-tactics-from-pier-salesmen/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I live in the Dallas, Texas area where we are bombarded with advertising from foundation repair companies. Some of the ads are more soft sell than others but it seems they would all love to come out, shake your hand, ask how the kids are and give your concrete slab-on-ground foundation a free no-obligation inspection. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Repair &#8211; Double Your Piers, Double Your Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-double-your-piers-double-your-fun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-double-your-piers-double-your-fun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/01/29/double-your-piers-double-your-fun/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came home the other day and found a flyer from one of the local foundation repair companies hanging from my doorknob. &#8220;Knob-spam&#8221;, the kids call it. I started to throw it away but then saw the phrase &#8220;revolutionary new double pier perma-pile system.&#8221; Wow. Say that out loud three times fast. Curious as to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Steel Piers Going to Rust?</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/are-steel-piers-going-to-rust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/are-steel-piers-going-to-rust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/01/12/are-steel-piers-going-to-rust/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are pondering which type of pier might be best to repair your concrete slab foundation, a fair question would be &#8220;How long is a steel pier going to last?&#8221; After all, they are basically steel pipes driven deep enough to encounter either bedrock or a similarly firm and stable strata of soil, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Repair With Two Types of Steel Piers</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-with-two-types-of-steel-piers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-with-two-types-of-steel-piers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2006/11/14/two-types-of-steel-piers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SABER is company that offers a lot of services having to do with concrete repair and slab leveling including residential foundations. If you are checking out foundation repair companies and have questions about about methods of repair and steel piers in particular the SABER website may be of help to you Their website describes two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Replacing Lost Moisture Under the Foundation</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/replacing-lost-moisture-under-the-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/replacing-lost-moisture-under-the-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2006/11/06/replacing-lost-moisture-under-the-foundation/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another thing Tom the Contractor suggested for reversing the loss of moisture under my slab foundation after the root barriers were installed was to rehydrate the soil. That&#8217;s a fancy word for squirting water into the dirt under the house. One of his crew went all around the foundation with machine similar to a power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying on Bell Bottom Piers For Foundation Repair</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/trying-on-bell-bottom-piers-for-foundation-repair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/trying-on-bell-bottom-piers-for-foundation-repair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2006/08/31/trying-on-bell-bottom-piers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been trying to get a grasp on foundation repair jargon and have been hearing the term &#8220;bell bottom piers&#8220;, the Du-West website has a pretty good explanation. It has nothing to do with pants. Another term for bell bottom piers is &#8220;drilled piers.&#8221; There is also a drawing on the site to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twisting The Piers Under Your House Foundation</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/twisting-the-piers-under-your-house-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/twisting-the-piers-under-your-house-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.repairfoundation.net/2006/08/17/untitled/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not very often that a word used on  foundation repair companies websites sends me running for the dictionary. It did today, but more on that in a moment. OK, if you just can&#8217;t wait, the word is &#8220;thixotropy.&#8221; If you live in a part of the country where you are bombarded with commercials for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soaker Hoses on Steroids</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/soaker-hoses-on-steroids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.repairfoundation.net/soaker-hoses-on-steroids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been talking about using soaker hoses to keep the soil around my foundation from completely drying up during this blazing hot and dry summer. If you have shrink-swell clay soil it can shrink away from your concrete slab during dry periods and possibly cause damage. This morning, I ran across the website of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Repair With Custom Made Steel Piers</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/foundation-repair-with-custom-made-steel-piers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foundation Repair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s hard on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steel Piers vs. Concrete</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/steel-piers-vs-concrete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was reading what I could find on steel piers vs. concrete piers for foundation repair and ran across the term &#8220;skin friction.&#8221; With my heart beating a little faster, I read on. It turns out that &#8220;skin friction&#8221; is an engineering term that describes the drag soil has on a pier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Does it Cost?</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/how-much-does-it-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calling up a concrete foundation repair contractor and asking how much it would cost is like lurching your smoking car into the mechanic&#8217;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 &#8220;it depends on what&#8217;s wrong.&#8221; A major factor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Man Gets Foundation Repair</title>
		<link>http://www.repairfoundation.net/local-man-gets-foundation-repair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 17:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Digger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His name is Dennis and he lives down the street from me. I was coming back from an errand and drove past his house. All the tell-tale signs of a concrete foundation repair job in progress were there. Piles of dirt, piles of pilings, piles of caps. I went home, grabbed my digital camera, walked [...]]]></description>
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