Sugar Land Foundation Repair Specialists, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has announced that they are ready to serve the foundation repair needs of both residential and commercial customers. The company is licensed and bonded and offers free estimates for home and building foundation repair needs. Aside from foundation repair, they also provide concrete raising and house leveling services.
Josh Metz, spokesperson for Sugar Land Foundation Repair Specialists, says, “We are happy to announce that we are now available to provide foundation repair services for homes and commercial buildings in Sugar Land, Texas. We also offer free estimates for those who are planning to have their foundation repaired.”
For those whose homes are sinking at one end or at several places, house leveling or house raising services are provided by Sugar Land Foundation Repair Specialists. The house sinking situation can have a number of causes. It might be that the house is sinking because of foundation erosion, or there is structural damage, or there have been changes in the soil, poor exterior drainage, plumbing leaks under the slab, or tree roots have found their way under the foundation.
Foundations often heave or settle because of water and the soil. When the effects of these two are combined, the result is foundation movement, including cracked walls and foundation settling. Foundation movement can happen in slab foundations, pier and beam foundations, and even in homes with full basements. House leveling can be provided as the solution. However, aside from house leveling, the various problems that have caused the shift in the foundation need to be taken care of.
For instance, clay soils tend to expand and can contribute to the movement of the foundation. Clay soils expand when they absorb water, thus exerting pressure on the foundation, pushing it upward. And when the soil dries, the direction of the pressure is reversed. The foundation settles and moves downward. Water from plumbing leaks can therefore cause foundation problems. Furthermore, too much flowerbed watering can also contribute to the problem. And improperly graded walks, driveways and patios can also result into too much water seeping into the soil under the foundation. Thus, all of these issues must be addressed or else, the problem with the foundation will return and there will be a need for foundation repair again.
House leveling for homes with a slab foundation can be done by a number of ways. These include the use of a chemical substance to fill in the gaps under the foundation; mudjacking; or excavating from the exterior of the home and then putting in piers or pilings. The piers could be bell bottom piers, helical piers, concrete pilings, or steel piers.
For homes with crawl space foundation, there are also a number of house leveling methods. These include the stabilization of the soil under the foundation by using a certain chemical mixture; the use of rods or braces to remedy sagging floors and reinforce damaged support stations; and the installation of pilings below the existing piers.
Sugar Land Foundation Repair Specialists will also address soil problems when doing house leveling. It should be noted that soil may also shift if it is too dry. Large trees can have their roots burrow underneath the foundation, absorbing as much as much as 100 gallons of water from the soil everyday. As the soil becomes drier, it shrinks, thus causing foundation movement. The problem is that this often occurs unevenly so that one area of the foundation may shrink while other parts will not. This could result into stair-shaped cracks on the foundation. By performing house leveling, Sugar Land Foundation Repair Specialists can prevent the occurrence of such cracks in the future and other similar problems.
Those who need more information about Sugar Land Foundation Repair Specialists and their foundation repair services can visit their website or contact them on the phone or through email. Their business hours are from Monday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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For more information about Sugar Land Foundation Repair Specialists, contact the company here:
Sugar Land Foundation Repair Specialists
Josh Metz
7139037234
sugarlandfoundationrepairspecialists@gmail.com
7215 New Territory Blvd Sugar Land, TX 77479
