Problems With Your Foundation, Basement or Concrete?

Find someone to perform repair work on several types of structural, sinking concrete slab and wet basement projects.

If you think your home has a problem in one of these categories, make a quick call and talk about it.

They will offer some tips right on the phone, or perhaps create a time to come over to inspect your house and provide some advice on how to remedy it.

Not Sure If You Have a Problem or Not?

When it comes to realizing home structure issues, in some instances the homeowner knows right away something is wrong. In some instances, the symptoms are really evident. Other times the signs are difficult to see.

And these problems can come up in all types of houses, no matter what kind of design or age they are.

Here Are Some Situations To Look For

• Water pools around your home after a rain or you have a soggy crawlspace
• Windows or doors stick to their frames when you try to open or shut them
• There is water in your basement
• Gaps between doors and their frames, chiefly exterior doors and garage doors
• Uneven or pitched interior floors
• Cracks in exterior or interior brick walls or their mortar
• Vertical cracking in drywall, particularly between a door frame and the ceiling
• Any cracking in solid surface interior or exterior walls
• Cracked or separated interior molding, sometimes crown or door moldings
• Considerable cracks in a concrete basement floor or foundation
• Damp, humid and musty-smelling basement
• Wood floors are sagging, weak or sloping, or tile floor sections have become loose
• Spaces between walls and ceiling or wall and floor
• Separation between meeting exterior walls or wall and chimney

Are These Problems Hard to Fix?

Homeowners often think that foundation problems would be almost impossible to deal with, but, most of the time, most can be fixed.

But these house fixes take trained and experienced foundation repair companies and workers, dealing with specialized gear, to adjust and fix a sinking home foundation, complete a home leveling or other substantial structural matter.

Basement Waterproofing Service in South Tacoma

If your basement is always getting wet, these waterproofing experts can determine what is causing water to get into it.

Your Pierce County basement waterproofing treatment may not even entail any work inside your structure itself, but instead focus just on the grounds and landscaping around the house. They will have a plan to resolve the problem.

South Tacoma Concrete Slab Jacking Lifting Service

If a part of your concrete driveway, sidewalk or courtyard has sunk, they can usually get that corrected too. The technique used to raise it back up is known as slab jacking or mud jacking.

During this mud jacking operation, they pump a thick liquid material underneath the area of the slab that needs to be lifted up. This heavy mixture expands to the gaps under the slab, stiffens and pushes the slab up. Rather cool.

When each of your walkway, porch and driveway slabs are all at the same level again, they are going to look even better. And no one will be stumbling and tripping on the uneven edges any more either.

Why Do Home Structure Problems Develop?

Under your house, driveway and yard, the dirt is very incrementally shifting. It lengthens and contracts due to water, temperature and other variables. This small, but repeated shifting can cause the building above the ground to react.

Portions of the foundation can shift up or down or side to side. The movement is nominal, but even little motions, happening many times, may result in an issue with the building itself one day.

A handful of homeowners get a problem in one of these areas; most will not. One of the big things that cause house foundation challenges is how much water is around and beneath the house.

A home which is constructed on a properly graded lot, where rain water is forced to drain away from the home, and a home that has a strong gutter system is in a better position to deal with these predicaments than a home which does not have decent lot grading or the right gutters.

Another element that impacts these problems is the natural makeup of the soil under the house. Various types of soils differ in just how much moisture they retain. Some types of soil retains more water (and swells and contracts) more than other types do.

The soil here in Pierce County is classified as only being mildly absorbent, so that one variable is in your favor.

Environment and repeated physical forces can cause microscopic cracks in your house’s structure. These microscopic cracks bring in air and moisture, and some of those very small cracks become big cracks, and some of those big cracks grow to be big problem cracks.

Is It Alright To Wait on My Inspection?

If you are concerned with a condition at your home, it’s recommended you have it looked over and corrected if necessary. At a minimum have it checked. Try not to wait.

You shouldn’t merely ignore the situation and only hope that it disappears. It won’t go away on its own.

Basement foundation crack repair is something a homeowner should tackle soon and not later.

Bear in mind, your foundation actually holds up the whole building. The walls, roof and floors all count on it. If you forget to take care of it you might end up in a worse scenario a year from now.

When rainwater drips into a basement, it will prompt problems such as humidity and mold. Plus, the amount of moisture coming in will generally climb each year.

If you are interested in trying to sell your house in the next few years, just realize that no buyer desires to put down an offer on a house that has a structural problem or has a history of water seepage in the basement.

And also, if you are a real estate seller, you have to reveal to the buyer all critical troubles with your property or you could wind up in civil headaches in the future.

If you are noticing some worrying warning signs at your home, don’t be stressed that the situation is too difficult or costly to be fixed.

Experienced contractors and companies can resolve almost every condition.

Get Your Property Repaired

Work with a company that’s been working in this home repair field for years. Good professional contractors have the experience necessary to perform detailed foundation investigations and completely fix your condition.

The South Tacoma Service Area

The usual work area essentially is the entire metro area, so that includes the Eastside and South End neighborhoods, Fern Hill and the Tacoma Mall area. You can include the 98409, 98418, 98408, 98466 and 98467 zips too.

Common Repair Services:

– Making Houses Level
– General Foundation Fixes
– Concrete Slab Jacking
– Filling Up Concrete Cracks
– Sealing Basements

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