By: Nancy
Hello Frank. Regarding your answer to “Jeremy” on April 11, is it acceptable to simply fill the gap with sandy loam mixed with organic matter? Thus having a layer of sandy loam between the foundation...
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Hello Nancy, the pulling away of the soil would indicate that the soil is lacking sufficient moisture, but there may an attributing factor. When you added the soil, did you loosen the soil that was...
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I hadn’t thought of that, but no, I didn’t break up and mix the soil underneath. There was probably even old mulch and black plastic that was covered up. My main concern is keeping my wall from...
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The best solution is to mix the sandy loam mix with the clay soil to limit expansion. If you do fill the gap with this mix, do proper mulch and water the clay soil to limit expansion. The amount of...
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One front corner of my 12 yr old house has dipped and the slab has developed a crack. There was a Pear tree at that corner and I got it cut after i noticed a wall separation in the front. I am watering...
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Sand is often used when grading a newly constructed home, since it is an easy material to grade. What sand does though is to let water flow quickly away from that area. Adding compost into the soil...
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Dear Frank, We are purchasing a land with an existing foundation in CT. The foundation was poured in 2007, a very large time gap. From surface, it still looks ok with some very minor cracks. But I...
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The foundation can still suffer from movement over this period, so it s good to have it checked out, but if the structure is not sitting on it, it would not have suffered from the same stresses as it...
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Landscapers recently regraded our very flat yard so it slopes better toward the street. They amended the flower bed by the front foundation so the soil has more compost and is more “loamy”. The rest of...
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Garden beds are generally designed to soak up more water than the remaining parts of the property, so this will always be a concern. If the mulch is at the same level as the yard, excess water will run...
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