Yeah, my foundation problems seem to have worsened a bit over the past two weeks. I'm really worried now. Advice/referrals needed please. :-(
seems mine have too...but until we get rain to see what happens, i'm not going to do anything about it.
I feel like I need to do something though. I'm seeing a very visible crack in the foundation and cracks in the wall seams...clearly one corner of the house has sunk a little bit. Ultimately it will have to be fixed one way or another. The only hope I have is that if a good amount of rain allows it to come back up, then maybe I can get away with patching everything up.
This is the correct approach. Ultimately, Mother Nature will dictate the course of action that needs to be taken. Obviously, cosmetic repairs will need to be done at some point, but by waiting for rain, you will at least allow the soil to swell back up to its original capacity. Right now, consistent moisture (while taking into account sun patterns, and where they fall on your house) is the most important thing. Once we get a nice steady rainfall, then you can address the issues with your foundation.
here's a neat thing I just found out about foundation repair. when you call them out to diagnose and repair your foundation, and they level your house and tell you that you have a lifetime guarantee, that does NOT guarantee you that it will never get un-level ever again. we spent almost 10k in 03 for Atlas to level our foundation, and we started having issues with doors not latching and some cracks in sheetrock in July, they finally came out to check it and informed us that the middle of the house had sunk some and was causing the problems. Since this area wasn't where they had worked last time, it isn't covered under warrantee they now want 10k to level the foundation yet AGAIN. that just seems wrong
Not to freak anyone out but even when the rain finally comes, I don't think we are out of the woods yet. Someone at work mentioned that you have to be careful because if your foundation has settled much due to the dry conditions, when the heavy rains finally do arrive and saturate the ground, the swelling of the land can sometimes happen fast enough that gas and water lines can be sheered off underground, which is not an easy thing to fix, obviously. I sure as hell hope that doesn't happen to me.
