Repair My Foundation-A Homeowner's Look at the Options

I came home the other day and found a flyer from a local foundation repair contractor 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 what that meant [...]

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 [...]

The inspection I had done on my concrete foundation calls for one root barrier to go between the slab and one live oak tree that is 12 feet from a corner of the home. One of the contractors I called for bids thinks I should have four of them. Two of them for other trees [...]

This has nothing to do with foundation repair or structural engineering although you could say there are drawings and metal work involved.
I need to raise my right hand and repeat, “I will never criticize my kids again.” Reason number one. Reason number two. And my favorite, reason number three.
That is all.

If your home is showing the classic signs of foundation movement, like cracks in the brick and sheetrock, or sticking doors and windows, you might want to have it inspected. Do you call a foundation repair contractor or an independent engineer? GeoDynamics is an engineering firm in Richardson, Texas and here is why they think [...]

Dudes, check your websites now and then.
If you are going to say you have a great reputation and include a link to your Better Business Bureau, you might want to make sure that when a potential customer clicks on that link it doesn’t take them to a page on the BBB site that says your [...]

I’m using soaker hoses around my concrete foundation in an attempt to keep a uniform layer of moisture in the clay soil on which my house sits. I also noticed that I had too much soaker hose on the east side of the house and not enough on west side, such that the hoses weren’t [...]

There is a woman two doors down from me who wants to sell her house and also needs foundation repair. I’ve not been inside her house but all the signs are there on the outside. She’s got the tell-tale zig-zag cracks in the brick and a widening crack by the garage door. Word is that [...]

Texas is a big state with a huge population whose houses sit largely on suspect soil. There are a lot of reasons why a concrete foundation in Texas might need repair although most of the time it has to do with expansive clay soils. But that is not always the case and I’ve put a [...]

It’s pretty safe to say that once the flood waters recede in Massachusetts, New Jersey and surrounding states, some homeowners are going to need to have their concrete basements and foundations checked for possible damage.
I’ve mentioned the NRWSRC website before. You can search for listings of member contractors in your state.
It’s a place to start.