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Foundation Repair Companies and Lifetime Warranties

By on Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 | No Comments

Something a lot of foundation repair companies like to talk about in their advertising in Texas is a “transferable lifetime warranty” on their work. Meaning that the foundation repair job is guaranteed for as long as you live in the house and even after you sell it. The new owner would get the same promise. [...]

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What’s Not Romantic About Foundation Repair?

By on Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 | No Comments

The money wizards over at MSNBC are saying that consumers will spend 13.7 buh-zillion US dollars on Valentine’s Day gifts this year, an increase over last year’s sales. So I have to ask, “Where are the Valentine’s Day tie-ins for foundation repair advertising?” I have not heard one radio commercial or seen one print ad [...]

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Foundation Repair Companies Offering Coupons

By on Friday, February 2nd, 2007 | No Comments

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. [...]

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Foundation Repair – Double Your Piers, Double Your Fun

By on Monday, January 29th, 2007 | No Comments

I came home the other day and found a flyer from one of the local foundation repair companies hanging from my doorknob. “Knob-spam”, the kids call it. I started to throw it away but then saw the phrase “revolutionary new double pier perma-pile system.” Wow. Say that out loud three times fast. Curious as to [...]

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Are Steel Piers Going to Rust?

By on Friday, January 12th, 2007 | No Comments

If you are pondering which type of pier might be best to repair your concrete slab foundation, a fair question would be “How long is a steel pier going to last?” After all, they are basically steel pipes driven deep enough to encounter either bedrock or a similarly firm and stable strata of soil, then [...]

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