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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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Steady As She Goes

By on Friday, August 31st, 2007 | 1 Comment

I’ve been doing quite a bit of cosmetic fix-up inside the house over the last 10 months or so since I had root barriers installed. At the same time I had large shrubs removed from the west side of the slab foundation. In the meantime I’ve been fixing drywall and painting. There were some small [...]

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Clay Soil – Living In The Swell Times of Shrink-Swell

By on Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 | 1 Comment

This little blog is written from the Dallas, Texas part of the globe which happens to be in one of the busiest areas for foundation repair companies. Why? Most of the residential neighborhoods are built on what used to be black prairie farmland.  Where once they grew cotton they now grow housing developments planted in [...]

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Replacing Lost Moisture Under the Foundation

By on Monday, November 6th, 2006 | No Comments

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’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 [...]

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Installing Root Barriers

By on Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 | 3 Comments

The structural engineer who inspected my concrete slab foundation recommended tree root barriers be installed to stop foundation settlement due to loss of moisture in the clay soil that my home sits on. The thinking is that trees can suck a lot of water from under a foundation and contribute to the shrinking of clay [...]

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