Ways to Fight the Drought

In the previous blog, we talked about the drought and how if affects our homes.  O.K., what can we do about it?  Well, let’s first recap how the drought is affecting our homes. There are a lot of clays in the soil in this part of Texas.  As the moisture content...

The Drought

The Houston area has been in a drought for the last couple years and it is affecting the foundations of most of the homes here.  In 2010, we ended up about 10 inches below the normal amount of rainfall.  2011 was even worse, we ended the year around 24 to 28 inches...

Can anybody fix a foundation?

That is an interesting question.  Can anybody fix a foundation?  I have been in the construction field for about 30 years and I don’t hear that question very often. I guess anybody can if they want to.  It is a free country, isn’t it?  It is like asking...

Thanks

I wanted to say thanks to the group of people at SEO411.com who spent all the time to set up my new website. Robin did a great job of taking some of my thoughts and transforming them into an impressive group of pages.  She also spent extra time in walking me through...

Expensive foundation piers not always needed.

Our mission is to provide quality foundation inspection services at a competitive rate and help our clients understand the issues that effect foundations and what they can do to help prevent foundation problems in the future.  Many people think that if they have signs...

Our First Post

  Good morning, This is my first post and I will try to post regularly.  Please comment and let me know what kind of information you would like to see on these posts.  Do you want information on what causes foundation movement or what homeowners can do to prevent...