Houses talk. A door that used to close cleanly starts catching on the frame. A hallway develops a dip you feel with bare feet. A hairline appears above a doorway, gets patched, and shows up again eight months later. Individually, none of that necessarily means trouble. Foundation problems in DFW rarely announce themselves all at… Read More »

October is the best month of the year to pay attention to your foundation, and most people in Dallas and Fort Worth never think about it until something goes wrong. A fall foundation checklist is the simplest way to stay ahead of that, and working through one takes less time than mowing the yard. Here… Read More »

Almost every house in Dallas and Fort Worth has a foundation crack somewhere. Walk the perimeter of any home built more than a decade ago and you will find something: a line in the mortar, a hairline running up the garage slab, a seam above a doorway that keeps coming back after you paint it…. Read More »

The first time someone tells you to water your house, it sounds like a joke. Lawns get watered. Gardens get watered. Concrete does not seem like it should need a drink. But foundation watering is one of the most effective and least expensive things a North Texas homeowner can do to protect a house, and… Read More »

If your house in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington or one of the older neighborhoods around the metroplex was built before the 1960s, there is a good chance it sits on a pier and beam foundation. Maybe you noticed a sloping hallway. Maybe a door started sticking, or a spot in the living room floor feels… Read More »