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Foundation Repair and the Drought-5 Tips for Homeowners

By on Thursday, October 20th, 2011 | 3 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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Foundation Repair In The News

By on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 | 1 Comment

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 [...]

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Water Foundation – What’s Up With That?

By on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 | 1 Comment

The following is a recreation of a conversation between me and a neighbor when I first moved here. His name is Ed and he is wearing a ball cap and a Dallas Cowboys T-shirt.   Me: “What are those black hoses I see around your house?” Ed: “Soaker hose. Water foundation.” Me: “Excuse me, what?” [...]

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Need Foundation Repair? Blame it On “Climate Change”

By on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | No Comments

If you need a foundation fix, it might be because of climate change (also known as “global warming”) At least that is the gist of an article written last year that I ran across in the New York times.

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The Number One Cause of Slab Foundation Problems

By on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 | 3 Comments

If it’s not the number one problem then it’s a very close second. It’s the soil. If your slab-on-ground concrete foundation sits on heavy clay soils that dry out , then swell up when heavy rains come, the foundation  is in danger of movement. It’s exactly this kind of expanding then shrinking that causes most [...]

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