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Re: OT: Texas Draught and Foundation pull-away
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Posted by noncompos on September 11, 2006 at 12:50:25 from (65.102.43.41):
In Reply to: OT: Texas Draught and Foundation pull-away posted by Stephen R. Horton (TX) on September 11, 2006 at 09:28:19:
Stephen: there should've been some kind of retaining wall/holder to keep the fill from slipping out. I think David Gray is right, because generally nothing you can push up under the slab will take up the weight the way the fill did when it was new. Even putting concrete in won't push up the slab edge to relieve downward pressure, and if the ground is soft a piece of concrete will settle, too. Depending on how much you want/can afford to spend, stabilise what's left as best you can; if you can get some kind of foundation under the eroding corner (without losing any more fill there than you have to) then block/brick up to the bottom edge of the slab, it might save it.A professional might be able to tell if the edge needed to be jacked up slighty, but that's really ticklish: you have as much chance of cracking it pushing up as relieving just the downward warping (if it's lost enough fill to warp: it may still be OK if only a little bit is exposed). The problem is you can't tell how much the remaining fill under the slab has settled/softened without chancing softening it more checking it. Ticklish, to say the least. Good luck.
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