peridot972
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06-28-14 01:40 PM - Post#169421
Any recommendations of companies for foundation repair? I would like to get at least 3 estimates and would like them from companies people have experience with.
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Don4
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06-28-14 07:21 PM - Post#169423
In response to peridot972
As with any home repair you must educate yourself before committing to any repairs.
I used Stratum Foundation using their St2 system of concrete piers. 16 piers on one side and back of the house, no root barriers. It worked for my foundation problems. A neighbor went with their St3 system and it worked fine for them. This was not the cheapest estimate, nor was it the most expensive.
I went with Stratum because they were not pushy with upgrades or root barriers. Seemed honest. The company owner did the estimate form my repairs. If you decide to go with Stratum for the repairs, please let me know since they have a referral program (no big deal if you don't).
I had an estimate by All-Pro, they missed a spot in their assessment that all the other estimates pointed out, so they got a strike from me. They also pushed heavily for root barriers. I do know someone in Plano who used All-Pro about a year ago, and they are happy with the work that was done.
Edited by Don4 on 06-28-14 07:24 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Gary
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06-29-14 12:30 AM - Post#169438
In response to Don4
I had estimates from Brown Foundation Repair, RamJack and Du-West.
All three were recommended by friends who had experience using them on their own homes.
I went with Ramjack because of the transferable warranty and they would drive their steel piers down to load bearing strata. They weren't the cheapest nor the most expensive.
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Stirling
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06-29-14 09:12 PM - Post#169448
In response to Gary
We have over 30 piers sunk into our house. Previous owners, realtor and housing inspector seemed to all be in cahoots and screwed us pretty good. We were young and dumb.
Five years post lube job, we choose to go with Olshan but we first got an independent engineer to recommend where we needed work and perform post-work inspection.
I'm sure most companies do this: well cut white guy shows up and performs slick sales job. On the day of the job, the only person speaking English is the foreman, who knows if the rest are legal. All the b.s. about the high tech piers they use, they ended up digging holes with shovels, and used simple floor jacks to push plain old round concrete piers with a cable threaded through the middle. They told us they sunk the piers to solid bed rock which was complete B.S. - 3 years later they redid nearly all the first set of piers adding more segments (I thought you pushed to bed rock last time?!?). The independent engineer told us that they would probably need to hit 12-15 feet where we live. There's not one pier they sunk anywhere near that depth.
To shorten this, we ended up pulling the original independent engineers report and threatening them with a court battle as our piers kept sinking. They also did a half-baked job filling in the areas where they dug around the foundation and it dried out the area around the edge causing more issues. I continually asked them to put a bigger berm around our foundation, all they wanted to do was use the dirt they had dug out. They've re-pushed ALL of the piers and some up to 3 times. They also ended up putting in more piers to fix issues they promised would be fixed the first two go-arounds. It's not fun having your flooring pulled for this.
Your home probably is not this bad but Olshan is clearly not what they pay Nolan to tell you they are. We went with them solely because we knew we could bend them over the barrel later on when we knew we would need to.
Edited by Stirling on 06-29-14 09:13 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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StacyLynn624
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06-29-14 10:01 PM - Post#169449
In response to Stirling
We used Arch. They were recommended by our realtor who had used them on her own house. They did a great job, and the quote was reasonable.
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peridot972
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07-02-14 02:21 PM - Post#169502
In response to StacyLynn624
Thanks all. I appreciate the help.
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LEM
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07-04-14 04:59 AM - Post#169524
In response to peridot972
We had foundation work done 2 years ago. A structural engineer from GeoDynamic, in Richardson, came and did a 13 page report on what was needed(8 were useful and 5 were boilerplate, but still a very comprehensive report). He suggest several companies of which we went with A-1 Piering. Sam who came out is the owner and was the one on site giving instructions when the job was done.Professional and could not be more pleased.
LEM
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