Foundation Problems


Your entire home or commercial building rests on its foundation. Problems with your foundation can affect any part of the building, causing structural problems, wall cracks and jamming doors and windows.


Your Foundation is Under a Lot of
Stress and Pressure

Not only does it support the weight of your house and everything in it, the earth around your foundation puts pressure on it too:

Moisture in the Soil
  As the soils around your foundation go through wet/dry cycles, they expand and contract, which affects your foundation walls and floors.
  The moisture content of the soil around your home can change due to:
  • Spring runoff
  • Heavy Rains
  • Poor Drainage
Type of Soil
 

Different soils handle the weight of your home differently. Some don’t support the weight very well and others compact at different rates resulting in uneven settlement.
Trees
 

As you watch the trees around your home grow, their roots are growing too. When they mature, the roots of larger trees can suck enough water from the soil to contribute to the wet/dry cycles that damage your foundation.
The wet/dry cycles of the soil around your home change the pressure against your foundation walls. Repeated cycles has the effect of something pushing and pulling on your foundation walls and floor and it causes them to crack.
   
Uneven settlement means one part of your home might end up higher or lower than another part and it too will cause cracks in your basement floor, foundation wall or in the structure of your home.
   
That small crack in your basement wall could be the first sign of a serious foundation problem. Left untreated, not only will the crack probably get larger, it could lead to the collapse of your foundation wall.
   

 

The experts at The Crack Doctor are foundation repair specialists.

Call1-877-709-2809 or Contact Us today for your Free 50 pt Foundation Assessment to put your home or business on a solid foundation.

 
 
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They were extremely courteous, friendly, efficient and very informative. Not only did they repair the crack in the wall but they were extremely professional and did not leave any detail un-noticed.

Cris,
Toronto