Recent content by JackF99

Thanks Neal, I would just like to make sure you understand... This triangle is just sloping from the rest of the concrete, and has not actually dropped any at the attachment of the rest of the slab. It sloped 1 inch before he worked on it, but now without watering, it is sloping 6/8 inch or so...

"If what he did worked at the time, the rest of the footing should have underpinned to actually solve the problem. Under pinning would have been to dig under the footing and put larger chunks of poured concrete to spread the load over a larger area and fill the voids and the floor should have...

The triangle at the corner has equal sides along the exterior and the long side along the inside attached to the rest of the foundation. The long side shows no sign of dropping, meaning there is no drop at all along that side. On the exterior slab there is no sign of cracking along the...

Thanks Neal for offering your help. What I understand about the way people build neighborhoods like mine is... Plan out the streets. Dig down for the sewers and streets to make them good and throw all the loose fluffy soil up on the sides to build the pads where the houses will rest. I made a...

Another thing is that at the roof top the fascia boards had separated about 1 1/2 inch. The brick now looks good, no cracks, but the caulking between the bricks and wood on the side had torn about 1/4 inch gap. I want to put flooring down but want this problem fixed with some certainty. Only...

Not sure why the time is 5:19 on this post. My clock is ok and I'm on CDT and it is 11:23

Before he worked on the house there was a crack down from the bottom of the window through bricks and mortar and one horizontal mortar joint had a 3/8 inch space for about 8 feet. This happened a couple years ago in the second hottest driest summer we have had in Dallas. I'd also like opinions...

Well, the guy dug out a rectangle shape under the slab edge and then used a auger to drill down two holes about 14" or so in diameter. He then put rebar in and filled with concrete. A few days later he added steel spacers and jacked the house up. This is what people call piers here I guess.

The bedroom is at the far left corner of the house and here is the 30" drop down to the next house. The level is 4 feet. The crack looks far worse than it was since I used a chisel to widen it in preparation of patching it with mapei. Another shot.. The wall has a drywall joint...

Ok guys... I have put radiant barrier just under the rafters of my roof. There is 2x4 width between the roof decking and this barrier. Will there be any problems. I also have a ridge vent. My thinking is this would not affect the life of the shingles but would allow the heated air to go up this...

If this is not the place to ask detailed info on foundations, please direct me to another forum where I could ask such questions. Anyway... I have a 1300 sq ft house with a bedroom that is approx. 14x11. The problem is that a 9 x 9 foot triangle of the corner is dropping down about 6 eights of...