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Today's Poll!Area home foundations suffering from drought
Ron Hollandsworth of State Wide Waterproofing talks about the process of filling and repairing a crack in a Jefferson City home’s basement. The crack was caused by the summer drought and the movement of the dirt around the foundation. Photo by Julie Smith.
Monday, September 10, 2012
An exterior wall of Gail Cook’s Jamestown home shows the effects of settlement caused by multiple small cracks in the home’s foundation. The cracks, and the resulting structural damage are a result of this year’s drought.
Gail and Yvonne Cook built their home 19 years ago, but due to the recent lack of rain, the couple will have to spend thousands of dollars to fix their home’s foundation.
“My foundation settled and cracked, which let the walls of the house settle,” Gail Cook said. “We got cracks in the mortar and foundation and doors that wont shut.”
The Cooks aren’t the only homeowners in the area facing foundation instability. Lack of moisture in the ground since last winter has begun to ....
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JCLifer 8 months, 1 week ago
Nothing that a little piering into bedrock won't fix. Nice little business for the foundation recovery companies to get $20k-$100k out of your pockets. How about a 2nd mortgage?
TickledPink 8 months, 1 week ago
My first thought was "Great, now I have to start watering my house too??" Bad enough all my trees are dying and my yard looks like it's mid November.
JMO 8 months, 1 week ago
My neighbor was watering her foundation this summer. I'd never heard of such a thing.
Littleinvestor 8 months, 1 week ago
I watered the foundation for an older relative. The dirt had pulled away by 1/2 to a full inch in places. My house is built on solid rock, literally, down in the Ozarks. No problem with it, so far, and we didn't even water the lawn or trees. Grass seed is cheaper than 10s of thousands of gallons of water and I'm not about to coddle a well established tree. If they can't make it, they make excellent firewood. You know what? All but one pear tree are still alive.
him 8 months, 1 week ago
I watered mine too. I never even thought about it until I heard of peoples foundations cracking. That's when I started to water mine. Talked to my insurance guy and its not even covered under most policy's.
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