http://www.repairfoundation.net A home owner's concrete look at foundation repair choices Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:28:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are experiencing a pretty long hot dry spell in my part of the world. That means making sure the clay soil around my concrete slab-on-ground foundation doesn't dry up and pull away. I've been running the soaker hoses pretty regularly and they do a nice job keeping the ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2008/08/05/keep-an-eye-on-the-soaker-hoses/ You have the classic signs of concrete slab foundation distress. OK, your house does. Doors and windows don't work right, you have cracks around the frames or cracks in your brick veneer. You think your foundation is going to need some work. Then you open the mail or the ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2008/06/23/the-smart-way-to-use-foundation-repair-coupons/ In my part of the world the spring rains are coming to an end and the soil is getting drier. Since my concrete slab foundation sits on shrink-swell clay soils, I have to make a concerted effort to keep the dirt around the foundation moist. It's really not that big ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2008/05/31/moving-into-soaker-hose-season/ Every concrete slab that may need repair presents its own symptoms and problems. Each situation is different. The guy next door to me had piers installed all around the perimeter of his house. But the guy down the street only needed piers under the east and south side of the ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2008/04/09/cost-of-foundation-repair/ The house behind and across the alley from mine is up for sale again. A fellow named Bobby used to live there but he just left one day. I know Bobby had once owned the house because he had converted the garage into a den, added a swimming pool and ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2008/02/18/el-cheapo-foundation-repair-inc/ 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. ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/08/31/steady-as-she-goes/ My next door neighbor Don had his concrete slab-on-ground foundation repaired three years ago. He paid close to $7,000 and the job came with a lifetime warranty. Don wasn't satisfied with the results of the first job. His foundation was moving more than he thought it should and not as level ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/08/02/one-reason-to-run-with-the-big-dogs/ We had a bit of a dry spell last week and I decided to run my soaker hoses to make sure the soil around my concrete slab foundation was staying moist. I hadn't needed to run the soaker hoses in quite a while. Even though I have gutters that take most ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/08/01/checking-the-soaker-hoses/ 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 ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/07/17/bobby-disappears-the-foundation-gets-drilled-piers/ As I recall, soaker hoses are those porous rubber conduits one drapes around the perimeter of the foundation to supply an even measure of moisture to the slab. It's smart to do this if your house sits on shrink-swell clay soils. I haven't had to use mine for six months. After ... http://www.repairfoundation.net/2007/06/26/soaker-hoses-feeling-neglectedfor-now/