Drainage Solutions for Foundation Repair

Poor drainage often leads to the need for foundation repair and house leveling.

When moisture collects under a Dallas Forth Worth slab, the soil swells. This swelling or upheaval causes slab bending and cracking. As the slab bends, even before breaking, damage will occur to masonry, sheetrock and tile floors.

Cracks in these materials are signs of foundation problems that should be acted upon to minimize foundation repairs.

Our comprehensive on-site evaluation may include recommendations for drainage correction that you can implement at little or no cost. Granite can provide drainage correction as a part of a total foundation repair.

Practical solutions to fix drainage problems:

• Proper slope of soil away from house
• Gutter and A/C run-off control
• Surface Drains
• French Drains

Common Drainage Repairs Drainage correction and repair plays an important role in safeguarding against the need for foundation repairs. In the case of foundation heave (upheaval), drainage correction may eliminate the need for foundation underpinning.

Repairs include grading to alter the drainage slope, adding surface drains, or adding French drains. French drains collect and drain away sub surface water. Sub surface water is often the culprit as it causes soil in the first 3-5 feet of depth to expand, exerting inordinate pressure upon a foundation.

A French drain may include surface drains, as well as buried perforated pipe that collects sub-surface water. Excess water either flows off through a drain-pipe, or is accumulated in a reservoir and removed by a sump pump.

For more discussion of French Drain Systems and their impact on foundation repair and foundation repair cost, see the article: DRAIN AWAY™ - An Improved French Drain System for Correcting Water Drainage Problems in the Dallas Fort Worth Area

Repair Methods

• Steel piers
• Helical piers
• Concrete piers
• Soil injection
• Mudjacking
• Drainage
• Tunneling
• Root barrier

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Foundation Problem Signs

• Brick cracks
• Sloping floor
• Sticking window
• Cracks in walls
• Cracks in floor
• Cracks in tile
• Sunken floor
• Bouncy floor (Pier & Beam)

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