Man, I needed 8 piers on my house, at $500.00/each.

They're digging to lift her now...

Ahh, the joys of homeownership... Something ALWAYS breaks coming up to the holidays.

2000- It was the garage door opener
2001- The garage door
2002- The plumbing was stopped up, causing washer to flood the house.
2003- Hot water heater
2004- Bye Year
2005- The foundation

 

It's always something, but I have to ask, you neeed PIERS for your house?

 

'fo gees is sure enough cheaper than having your crib fall in on ya.

 

He didn't water the dirt around the foundation during the dry season. The earth dried out, cracked and fell away from his house foundation. The foundation cracked. Now they need to jack up the foundation of his house and put jackstands (piers) under it. Otherwise it keeps sinking and cracking.

 

All true except we did water it... Some. Sprinklers ran too- I still have gaps in my yard you could lose your keys in....

Guy said as hot as TX was this year, with no real rain since April, they were 45 days hbehind in starting work due to so many needinf foundation repair...

 

Holy Chit! How deep are piers normally? If one were building a house in Texas, couldn't you go deeper to be safe?

Why did you mention a lighter in the topic?

 

I reckon' he thought his wallet was $4000 lighter.

Sorry to hear cia.

 

DOH!, I need to catch up on some sleep.

 

That sucks man.

 

Same here.
I didn't open this one after reading the title.
My thought was "man, I'd just give up smokin".

 

CIA is the man. While everyone else in the neighborhood is putting their cars up on blocks...

 

That sux.

Hope the repairs go well and they don't run over budget.

 

Dam you have to water your house in texas. WTF never heard of it. We have freezing problems here in the winter but if they built right then is not an issue.. good luck !!!

 

They're learning lessons from years past. Now they tell them to pour the slabs 12" - 14" thick, with 6" above the dirt line (minimum), and 6 - 8 inches below the dirt line (minimum). When they dug the dirt away from my house, the slab was maybe 3" - 4" deep under the dirt line.

Unfortunately, they don't build residential slab foundations like they do commercial slabs (Rebar); at least, not in the 70's & 80's...

My neighbor needed 20 piers on hers, to the tune of $10,000.00, so- I guess I have no room to complain...

Most pople wouldn't expect such problems with a slab foundation sitting on mother earth; but, then again- this is Texas... A big-**** convection oven.

We're only 3-feet from He!!'s heat!

 

Did they pump cement underthe slab to raise it back up, or just to stop it from sinking?