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by: aggiebutterfly Active Indicator LED Icon 11 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Sep 30, '14 10:23am  
I was able to find an old thread that I was going to post on to "bump", but it's locked.
 
I need a recommendation for foundation repair.  Our front door is very hard to open and some of our internal doors wont' close properly.  We also have a huge crack in our ceiling. 
 
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bubbleyes72 Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 9 years ago   Sep 30, '14 10:29am  
OMG, I don't know of anyone, but I have been told that foundation repair can be very costly. I wish you the best of luck, you will need to do your homework on this for sure. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Sep 30, '14 11:16am  
I was able to find an old thread that I was going to post on to "bump", but it's locked.
 
I need a recommendation for foundation repair.  Our front door is very hard to open and some of our internal doors wont' close properly.  We also have a huge crack in our ceiling. 
 
 
 
@aggiebutterfly: I had some of those same issues.  I got  quotes from foundation companies: Du-West, Jericho, Dawson and Olshan.  They all said i needed foundation repair ranging from $5000-$40,000.  Only one offered to to provide a preventative foundation watering system-Du-West for $3500.  All of the reps were sales people none were structural engineers.  So, i did some research and Found Michael Gray online.  He lives in Kingwood and is a structural engineer who specializes in foundations.  He has testified in many court cases as an expert witness in foundation repair cases. 
So he comes to my house and says that my house is aging appropriatly and doesn't  recommend foundation repair.  He did recommend some preventative measures like a foundation watering system.SO i had Prime Lawn come out and install a foundation watering system for me and some landscaping.  Well its been about 4 months now and the cracks are much smaller and some i don't see anymore.  My doors close like they should now.  Micheal Gray charged like $450 if i remember correctly.  But it was worth it to save me a ton of money and possible damage to my foundation from the "repair" companies. I think Prime Lawn charged about $2000 for the watering system. regrading of the lawn around my house and a couple pallets of sod. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Sep 30, '14 1:09pm  
Allied foundation did ours. We had several cracks in the sheetrock and some doors didn't close right. It was worse on the rear right corner of the house. Allied put in 16 foundation piers around the house at $200 each (total $3200).  A year later a couple of the cracks slightly opened again.  Allied came out and jacketed up more on some of the piers (at no cost).  Everything has been OK since then.  I recommend Allied. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Sep 30, '14 1:14pm  
Let me bookmark this thread NOW!!!!! Thanks @foxymama and @retired_engineer. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Sep 30, '14 5:12pm  
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