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The stability of your home’s foundation is critical to the structural integrity of your home. Foundations rise, sink, and shift as the soil beneath them expands or contracts with the presence or absence of water, therefore controlling the water on your lot...

Having an enjoyable and functional outdoor living space is beneficial to your home’s value, and important to Dallas living. Residents enjoy the ability to be outdoors for many months of the year, and many homeowners build decks and patios to accommodate...

When building or buying a pier and beam home, it’s easy to overlook the crawlspace; after all, nobody wants to go down there! But the health of your foundation could depend on what’s going on in that unseen space you’d rather not think about. Foundations...

A solid foundation for your home is crucial to maintain the structural integrity of your house. The foundation is the protection from the decay and deterioration your home would experience if it were built directly on top of the ground on which your...

When building a home or other type of structure, the foundation type used is based on the soil in the area and what type of foundation will work best with that type of soil. Along with the local climate and soil conditions, the design of the house being...

The slabjacking process, also known as mudjacking, is a method of repairing cracked and/ or sunken, broken concrete slabs without replacing the entire slab. Slabjacking is the process of lifting a building, driveway, or any object by pumping a concrete...

There is a direct relationship between your home’s plumbing system and its foundation. If your house sits on a concrete slab foundation, there’s a good chance the plumbing system is encased within that slab (commonly called under slab plumbing). If not,...

Severe weather conditions can affect your home’s foundation and cause damage. From the harsh sun, heat, and drought conditions common across most of Texas many months out of every year, to the cold of freezing rain, snow, and ice, the clay soil of the Lone...

Why Do Foundations Sink? If your home is built on Texas soil, there are several possible reasons why your foundation might be sinking, starting with the soil itself. The dirt beneath your foundation directly affects the structural integrity of your home,...

The extreme weather and type of soil in Dallas and the surrounding areas can have an effect on your home’s foundation. The soils in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area vary from well drained sandy soil to highly expansive, corrosive, soils. As drought conditions...