Foundation Repair and Waterproofing – Concrete Repairman 480-725-7614
This home in Chandler, AZ, had some notable signs of foundation damage from a few different reasons. It’s a really good idea to check your foundation for anything out of the normal. Peeling paint, weathering, and anything else you see could be signs of a problem that will only get worse left untreated. Avoid high expense and take care of the problem before it worsens.
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Concrete Foundation Repair – Concrete Foundation Inspection
Stem Wall Cracking | Foundation Cracks | Floor Cracks | Fracture Repair
There are horizontal fractures in the steel rebar on the west side. Excuse me, it’s the east side of this home, and these fractures go all along here.
There’s a lot of moisture hanging out here in this area, and it’s attacking the rebar, causing it to expand up to five times this diameter. Some old stair-stepping cracks and fractures are coming back throughout this side. We have vertical fractures that are pretty close together and stair stepping along here, which means there’s too much water on this side of the home, which is affecting the stem wall and causing this side of the house to sink.
Where the concrete is chipped out is the old spalling that has occurred and been painted over. There are other minor vertical fractures, a sign of movement. This area has severe spalling, and the rain gutter comes down the spouts. The moisture over time will spoil this concrete and segregate it. The white stuff that you see right there is the white stuff that’s efflorescence or the salt deposit left behind from evaporated water. That crack and fracture next to the block where the block meets the stem wall means that the stem wall is moving down and the block is separating from the stem wall, which is caused by excessive moisture. The paint is peeling off of the stem wall here.
There is a crack developing right through this side of the home, which indicates that this side of the stem wall is going down from excessive moisture. Separation passing to the door is one of the big reasons we’re seeing this site move, as well as that vertical fracture by the door. This rainwater is consolidating here in this area. Sinking the stem wall in this area, there’s also an old patch there. There’s cracking in the brick at the front of the home. This is oxidized rebar, which is causing this crack and fracture and is starting to expand more and more. This area also has vertical cracks, indicating vertical movement in the stem wall. This is oxidized rebar as well. This whole area of the stem wall is coming off. It looks like a lot of this water coming off of this drainage is gathering here, and it can be repaired.
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