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| Structural Foundation Repairs Can Be
Dangerous |
| By Greg Vanden Berge |
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Over the years I have seen contractors repair damaged foundations with
amazement sometimes. How in the heck did these professionals remove the
damaged structural foundation to a large building without it collapsing?
Like I said, sometimes I can't believe some of the structural foundation
repairs that I have seen in the past.
Structural foundation repairs require a person or contractor with
experience and I'm not kidding around. The structural foundation is
usually holding up the home and if it's removed incorrectly, the entire
home or large sections of the home could actually collapse and this
wouldn't be a good thing, especially if you're the one underneath the
home while this happened. |
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The average homeowner or handyman and even some
contractors, shouldn't tackle dangerous foundation repairs. It's not
worth it to you or your family. I can't tell you how many times I have
given an estimate for a project with foundation damage, only years later
to find out that the homeowner patched it together themselves and the
damage is now worse than it was before.
If you have damage to your footings or concrete foundation pads, and you
can't shore up that section of the home properly, it wouldn't be a bad
idea to pay an experienced contractor for his time to explain the
process to you, especially if you persist on doing the job yourself.
Anyone who is lacking enough experience to repair foundation damage or
any other kind of structural damage should hire a professional who has
enough experience to fix the foundation properly. It's just not worth
it, any other way. |
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