The weather in Des Moines, Iowa can be very unpredictable. January can have freezing ice and snow, rain, or a warm spell can mean rain and a lot of water leaking into your basement. The freezing and then flooding can cause cracks in your home’s foundation to get much worse. As a homeowner, the unpredictability […]
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With the winter months here, you should be on the lookout for a few things around your house that could potentially cause issues. One of these things is frozen pipes. Frozen pipes can lead to flooded basements if they thaw out and crack. Not all cracked pipes are going to be obvious. In fact,
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Foundation Repair with Push Piers If your home is experiencing foundation settlement and showing it in the form of drywall cracks, nail pops, and sticking windows and doors, you need to address this issue right away. Otherwise, your home will sustain even more damage that will be dangerous for your foundation and your family. Your
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Why Is My Foundation Wall Bowing Or Buckling? Many homes in the Midwest, like Des Moines, are sitting on foundations constructed of concrete blocks. During housing booms, concrete blocks become popular with builders because they can build a foundation quickly and move on to the above-ground structure faster than they can with poured concrete. A
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6 Things You Can Learn From Protecting your Basement From Moisture Are you frustrated with having water in your basement? A wet basement isn’t just an inconvenient hassle for homeowners to deal with. It can pose real problems to your health, home, and property. Any form of moisture can result in harmful mold, damage to
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HOW DO YOU REPAIR A SINKING FOUNDATION? To repair a sinking foundation, you will need to install piers. This is a fact that everyone in the industry agrees upon. These are steel posts that are driven into the ground around your home, then secured to your foundation with a steel bracket. Piers hold your foundation
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The Differences Between Basement Foundation types When it comes to buying a home or building a new one, basement-foundation-types is imperative that every homeowner understands different things about the home’s main structures and systems. While few people forget to think about the home’s foundation, the simple truth of the matter is that this is
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What it takes to Excavate and Replace Walls from the Exterior If you’re considering investing in foundation repair or basement waterproofing, it’s important to understand what your options are and what is expected with the options. Over the years waterproofing has improved a lot with technology and better options that come with warranties. Foundation excavation
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Street Creep can rattle your Driveway and Foundation and be very Costly if Ignored! Here in Des Moines, we are subject to a lot of seasonal changes. In the summer, the soil around the city becomes dry. Then, in the rain-heavy or freezing cold days, the soil can expand like crazy. Experiencing each season is
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Have Basement Wall Cracks? The basement foundation wall of your home is very important. The walls of your basement are responsible for keeping moisture out of your home, as well as maintaining the stability of your home’s structure. The most common cause of basement water seepage in poured concrete foundations is a vertical crack. When
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