Our home of 40 years in Hickory Creek has seen the
back property line trees really grow in the last 15 years,
sucking moisture from the soil on the north side. Consequently,
there has been some movement from 1" to 3" of the foundation
on the north side.
Home contractors are notorious for not properly
constructing sufficient depth perimeter grade beams to minimize
water migration under the slab and proper load bearing which for
single story homes is about 1/4 ton per linear foot.
So in 2005, the garage north side was leveled and stabilized by 8 ft deep commercial piers I designed with leveling shims for my home with installation by a good contractor from Denton. The garage was fairly easy issue to solve . I am a professional consulting engineer and have had our on firm for 28 years.
The issues for the home foundation that SFR just fixed were
substantially more complex. I needed their experience and almost
magical equipment to measure the floor elevations all over the house and develop a good repair strategy and to get uniform elevation of the floor.
The SFR folks were very helpful, very professional. Crew was
obviously experienced and worked hard! My wife, was very pleased that the patio French door functioned properly again, and the gyp board cracks are All closed. Now we can finish home remodel on north side of home.
The leveling, has restored the main under floor sewer pipe flow line
elevation on the north side for proper flow, another reason to get it done.
It will be closely watched for any leaks that may develop.
I viewed some of the other reviews, and clearly some folks do not understand how difficult a job it is to fix complex foundation issues with all the hidden unknown conditions, like water and sewer lines, that can be upset with the slab being brought back to proper elevation .
The crew foreman yesterday brought my attention to a dribble water stream from my west neighbor's direction as my water meter showed zero flow in two of the new pier excavation holes about 3.5 ft down on WEST side.
The neighbor last year, had their foundation work done by another firm and it is now obvious they still have either an under floor water leak or a landscape sprinkler leak that, left un attended, would cause more problems for my home 25 feet away and under the garage. I have a plumber coming out ASAP to leak detect the west side of the property.
I mention this because your neighbor's problem can be your problem.
I recommend the folks at Structured Foundation Repairs for the thorough job that has been done .
F Bryant Hawkes, PE, Hawkes & Associates Inc, Consulting Engineers, Civil + MEP . read more