Regrading Your Yard Can Save Your Foundation and Home
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Regrading your Houston lawn could help prevent future foundation repairs.
How Drainage Affects your Foundation
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Heavy downpours can wreak havoc on your home especially if proper drainage is not being utilized.
Keeping Your Foundation in Mind When Landscaping
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In a nutshell, proper landscaping can help you prevent foundation damage and extend the lifespan of your Houston home.
How Cold Weather Could Have Affected Your Foundation
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Low temperatures along with occasional snowfall, freezing rain, and ice can irreversibly affect your foundation and cause extensive structural damage throughout your home.
Protect Your Houston Home’s Foundation from April Showers
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The rainy seasons are here, and the puddles are only going to get bigger. Is your home ready?
Should You Water Your Foundation during the Winter?
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Maintaining a relatively constant moisture content in the soil around the foundation of a home is one of the preventative measures a Houston homeowner can take in order to avoid foundation problems.
Land Grading and How Draining Issues Hurt Your Home’s Foundation
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When building or adding onto a home, it is imperative that the land under and around your foundation be appropriately graded so that you will not have draining issues.
Getting Rid of Standing Water Around Your Home
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Having proper ways to drain standing water from your property is crucial. Not only does a drainage system help keep water away from a foundation, but they also prevent water damage by intercepting excess water.
How to Protect Your Home from the Rain
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Protecting your home from torrential Houston rains can be done in many ways depending on your location. You can protect your home with the use of french drains to lifting your home.