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If you’re one of the many homeowners in Boston who’ve been experiencing foundation problems, you’re probably looking for a reliable foundation repair company to have your home inspected and make the necessary repairs. With years of experience in foundation repair, Hardrock masonry and construction in Boston can provide you with a free foundation analysis, along with recommendations on how to handle any issues that are found.
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HAVE YOU HAD BAD WINTER
WEATHER CAUSING CRACKS ?
If you live in the Boston area, you may have heard a lot of news lately about foundation settlement. After a few days of harsh winter weather last month, cracks began to appear in the walls of many homes, and homeowners were baffled as to what had caused them. The culprit, it turned out, were frozen ground shifts that had occurred throughout the region in recent months.
The ground freezes and thaws as temperatures trend up and down with the passing seasons, and these seasonal movements can cause the foundation to settle unevenly. This will result in unbalanced weight on one side of your home or another, which causes cracks in your walls—in some instances, these can be quite dramatic and may even show up before winter’s end. You may notice that new cracks would appear overnight as you’re watching TV or preparing dinner. This is because movements like this are often imperceptible until they have caused obvious physical issues; if your home has been shifting for a long time without any evidence of foundation settlement, you’ll likely only really see its effects once significant damage has been done.
In an effort to prevent further complications, it’s important that you call our professional foundation repair specialist to assess your situation and determine what kind of damage has already occurred in your foundation.
FOUNDATION CRACKS
DO YOU HAVE CRACKS
APPEARING IN YOUR WALLS?
Older houses often have foundation cracks, which can be a major annoyance. However, there are some things you can do to help prevent them from becoming worse.
First, inspect the area surrounding your home’s foundation for tiny hairline cracks. Unless they start to grow or many hairline cracks start to emerge, you generally won’t need to deal with them since they are often not dangerous. Keep a watch on the cracks, however, and contact your builder or foundation representative if they widen. This will stop them from becoming bigger and posing complications in the future. It is essential to get a crack fixed straight away if it becomes big enough to pose a safety risk.
If you have a basement that has been getting wet or has been damp, you should make sure that the water is draining properly. A sump pump may need to be installed if water has been pooling near the foundation of your home.
SIGNS OF FOUNDATION PROBLEMS
Look for the warning signs telling
you to check your foundations
Sometimes there are warning signs that you may need to have your foundation checked out. While these signs aren’t always a guarantee that you have a problem, it is always good to be aware of what they are and what they could mean.
The biggest warning sign that you might have foundation problems is if you start noticing cracks in your walls or floors. If you notice small hairline cracks in your drywall, this doesn’t necessarily mean that something is wrong with your foundation, but if those cracks start getting bigger and bigger over the years, it could be a sign that there are shifting forces in your basement.
Another thing to watch for are doors and windows that won’t close properly. If a door or window sticks when you try to close it, or if one seems to be different from every other door or window in the house, it can also mean that there are forces pulling on the building.
These are just some of the things you should look for to see if you might need an inspection by our professional; however, if any of these things happen to be happening in your home right now and you’re not sure what’s going on, contact our professional who can come out and give you peace of mind as far as your foundation goes.