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DEHUMIDIFIERS IN CRALW SPACESWHY AND WHAT FOR?
It might be possible that you’ve heard of the need of having dehumidifiers in your crawlspace before, but have you ever wondered why...
Nov 30, 20234 min read
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COOKING OIL: THE CAUSE OF MY FOUNDATION DAMAGE
In this post we will explore how cooking oil became the bane of my house and how it was responsible for my foundation failing and all the...
Nov 9, 20236 min read
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Mold in Your Crawlspace: A Serious Health Hazard
It is no secret that crawlspaces in pier and beam foundations can harbor mold. And while for some mold might be less of an immediate...
Oct 26, 20233 min read
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HOMEOWNER’S INSURANCE, PART 2
In our previous post we went over general information regarding home insurance like what they cover, what they exclude, types of coverage...
Oct 6, 20235 min read
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HOMEOWNER’S INSURANCE
Home owners insurance. If you have a home then you absolutely need a homeowner’s insurance. These two go hand in hand. It is not a...
Sep 14, 20236 min read
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To DIY or Not To DIY: The dangers of repairing your own foundation.
Foundation repair. To do it yourself or not to do it yourself. That is the question. Even us, every now and then, have posted about DIY...
Aug 29, 20234 min read
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PREVENTING WINTER DAMAGE TO THE FOUNDATION
If there is one constant for homeowners in our beloved state is that foundations just can’t quite catch a break; if it’s not the dry...
Aug 17, 20236 min read
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DRY SEASON: Taking Care of your Foundation
We can’t stop the rain season from coming, any more than we can stop the dry season either. But the one thing we can do is prepare for...
Jul 20, 20233 min read
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RAIN SEASON: Taking Care of your Foundation
Time and again we’ve spoken about seasonal weather changes; soil being too dry, soil being too moist, but the fact of the matter is most...
Jul 13, 20233 min read
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ROOTS AND PLUMBING
‘I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A...
Jun 15, 20234 min read
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BASEMENT ANATOMY
For the third post regarding the anatomies of foundations, we will be focusing in basemen foundations. Etymologically, the words basement...
Jun 1, 20235 min read
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SLAB ON GRADE ANATOMY
In today’s post we will continue on discussing the anatomy of the most common types of foundation for residential buildings. Leaving...
May 18, 20233 min read
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PIER AND BEAM ANATOMY
Previously we have touched upon the subject of the different, or to be more precise, the most common types of foundations. Back then, we...
May 11, 20237 min read
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House Settling
Previously, we’ve talked about foundation leveling and foundation repair and in doing so we mentioned the term House Settling once or...
May 3, 20234 min read
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Foundation Leveling VS Foundation Repair
By now it is more than likely that you are well familiarized with what a ‘Foundation Problem’ is. We have talked about it in the past and...
Apr 6, 20235 min read
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Soaker Hoses and how they Benefit your Foundation
What is a soaker hose and what are the benefits of using one? A soaker hose looks just like most garden hoses, but there is one...
Mar 23, 20234 min read
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‘DIY Repairing Wall Cracks’
Wall cracks. We’ve talked about them. They are one of the first signs of foundation damage. Admittedly however, there are times where...
Mar 9, 20233 min read
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So Long Foundation: the results of builder incompetence
DISCLAIMER: The words in italics are those of Mrs. Traci Peacock, reproduced verbatim from an interview conducted with her for this...
Feb 20, 20235 min read
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‘Foundation Maintenance’
Last time we talked about exercises in prevention and today we will build upon that. While it is pretty much impossible to do something...
Feb 3, 20234 min read
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‘DIY: Checking Your Soil Moisture Levels’
In the very first post on this blog we talked about soil behavior, which, long story short, is responsible for foundation damage to our...
Jan 20, 20234 min read
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