Recent content by Goldwinger

Your mention of possible soil compaction underneath the interior piers got me to remembering that the foundation was poured in the late fall. Our rainy season usually flips on like a light switch around late September/first of October. The soil had to have been very wet and for at least a...

The house has a perimeter footing (all around) and interior to the house are probably eight or so large concrete pads that the house also rests on. The perimeter of the foundation is fine with no cracks and, thankfully, no one mentioned settlement there. The floor is dirt with plastic on top...

I think it is wise to pull in an engineer again as you suggest. When I had an engineer come out last Fall to look at the sagging issue, I didn't realize another part of the floor around our new-ish expanded kitchen island was "sinking" as well. Once the foundation company pointed it out, I can...

Neat idea about the golf ball. We have a lot of wood flooring so that would be easy to test out. We have a crawlspace and not a basement. There are a lot of things in the way so the steel beams (that will be attached to the pier supports with brackets) won't be continuous and will be broken...

I titled the post as foundation settlement because the foundation company report stated we have "significant foundation settlement". But your question brings up the point that the areas of the most deflection are a result of sagging joists and not the result of sinking piers. So if -.5 inch...

Thank you. I contacted the engineer that came out initially and asked if he would review the suggestions of the foundation company but the engineer declined citing potential liability issues. He doesn't want to be linked to any company doing the actual work since he can't guarantee quality. I...

Hello, I would really appreciate any thoughts on the scope of a proposed foundation repair solution on my house. My living room floor has a very noticeable bounce and sag that has gotten progressively worse over the last 23 years (house was built in 1999). I called out an engineer who...