Tips On Pier And Beam Foundation Repair Plano TX Residents Need!

In past years, the pier and beam foundation repair Plano TX residents received was the most common type of foundation repair in the Dallas and Fort Worth Texas region. The foundations tended to be robust and long lasting. However, the foundation repair Plano TX needed in a pier and beam home was greatly improved. The foundation repair method will be determined by the foundation repair specialists and the a structural engineer. Pier and Beam foundation repair is very common in the Dallas and Ft. Worth area.

Here are the common problems with pier and beam foundations:

1. Decay or damage to wooden beams and/or wooden joists. May be caused either by excessive moisture, or termites.

Solution: Replace damaged wood and re-shim.

2. Movement of interior piers. Until recently, the support for interior beams was wooden posts either sunk into the ground, or atop a concrete pad.  Most common problem is water induced upward and downward movement of the piers.

Solution: assure that water can not get under the foundation. Once moisture is stable, re-shim.

3. Movement of exterior piers. Cause of movement is often sinking piers due to the presence of water.  Exterior piers may be either wooden posts, or a concrete perimeter with concrete piers.

Solution: Assure proper water drainage away from exterior, and possibly add helical piers. Re-Shim as needed.

4. Shim failure. It is not uncommon to find that a house has been shimmed with a variety of non-standard materials such as plywood, sheet-rock, soft wood or even cardboard.

Solution: Replace inferior shim material with steel.

5. Inferior construction. Pier and beam houses built in the early 1900s may have inadequate load supporting ability, or may be failing due to the addition of a second story.

Solution: Add steel reinforcing beams and shim.

Seldom does the cost of repair of a pier and beam foundation approach that of a more recently built slab foundation. Our pier and beam foundation repair Plano TX has come to know is a top-shelf service that we offer at Cornerstone Foundation Repair and also a service we have significant experience in.

Pier and Beam foundation repair is different than slab concrete foundation repair and should be performed by a foundation repair contractor with knowledge of pier and beam foundations.