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The VFW Post 7031 has been experiencing cracking in the foundation walls of the crawl space. The cracks seemed to be getting worse over the years. The crawlspace wall had settled a total of 1.55” due to ongoing erosion and poor drainage away from the building. The problem was escalating...
Customer inherited this property from his late parents. The home was outdated and had major issues in the basement, including water intrusion, foundation cracks and wall shearing. The homeowners decide they need to take care of the foundation and water issues if they had any hopes of renting or eventually...
Property Manager called about a 100 ft. parking lot retaining wall that has been compromised. The issue is that the retaining wall is leaning severely, about 4-5 inches over the past year. The property contains 3 apartment buildings and the retaining wall was constructed because of the severe slope alongside...
This family's summer home was built four years ago and already shows signs of significant settlement. Poor backfill and the unique location of the home, on the side of a mountain, caused the two-story deck to sink nearly 6 inches. Each deck post rests on a concrete retaining wall block...
June 2012 -- The Steele residence is a ranch style home with a full basement and brick foundation. Due to the hydrostatic pressure from the surrounding soil and extensive number of tree roots putting pressure on the foundation walls, the basement walls were showing horizontal and stair-step cracking, along with bowing....
March 14, 2012 -- The Duongs were in the process of trying to sell their home when they noticed the laminate in their kitchen begin to converge upward. After pulling the laminate back, they realized there was a severe crack traveling through the center of their kitchen floor. The crack made...
May 2012 --
The W. residence was built in 1999 and contains two cinder block retaining walls. They began to notice one of the retaining walls had stair case cracks and was beginning to lean. The wall was attached to the back of the home and causing the siding to shift.
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Vickie C. owns and operates a 1022’ long chicken house, which houses over 11,000 chickens. Only 2 years after construction, she began to notice settlement in the center of the structure on both sides. The settlement extended 55’ on each side and was so severe that it caused equipment failure...
April 16, 2012 -- The B. family has lived in their Abington home, built in 1999, for close to 10 years. Over the years, they began to notice their hardwood floors begin to severely sag in the center and the molding separate from the floor and ceiling. The footers of the...
April 2012 -- Vickie Combs owns and operates a 1022’ long chicken house, which houses over 11,000 chickens. Only 2 years after construction, she began to notice settlement in the center of the structure on both sides.
The settlement extended 55’ on each side and was so severe that it caused equipment...
February 2012 -- The Stevens home was built in 1977, with a porch converted to kitchen in 2000. Signs of foundation settlement were noticed within a few years of renovation. Cracks were noticed in the concrete slab and above sink window, sliding windows became unable to open and close, and a 3” settlement became apparent in the...
December 2011 -- The Yates home is a one‐story brick home, built in 1950. Poor drainage caused soil settlement, thus resulting in the footing settling also. The homeowner noticed cracks beneath the bay window which was added to the original structure. The Yates considered cosmetically covering the cracks, but felt the problem would have a negative effect...
Total Case Studies: 12
