Grouting Smoke and Mirrors Part II

In one of my previous blogs, Grouting Smoke and Mirrors I discussed several types of grout with advantages and disadvantages for each type in particular applications. I would like to focus in.

Deflection vs Tilt: What’s The Difference?

This house is 2” lower in one area vs another. Does that mean it needs underpinning? Not necessarily. I have seen houses up to 9” out of level with very little damage and houses out of level 1”to 2”.

Grouting Smoke and Mirrors Part I

So you have a recommendation to pressure grout the soils to stabilize them for a structure of some sort, usually a building that is on top of the unstable soils. It seems that there is a lot of smoke.

Grouting Smoke and Mirrors Part III: Compaction Grouting

In one of my recent posts, I discussed the various types of grouting with the applications for them, advantages and optimal uses each for each type of grouting for the various applications usually.

Heave Protection for Foundations

Heave Protection for Foundations: Recap of the Need for Heave Mitigation

I’d like to give a quick summary of where we are at with the last few blogs...

Foundation Repair Tools

If The Only Tool They Have is a Hammer,

Then All Their Problems Start Looking Like Nails

International Building Code vs International Residential Code

There are 2 codes primarily followed by most code officials. The International Building Code (IBC) is the main code used for most construction. Although latitude is given to the engineer of record.