We got a call from a man who was taking care of his elderly father’s home while they got it ready for sale. He told us that his father had been fighting water coming in the basement through tie rods in the walls. These tie-rods are little metal rods that stick out of the foundation or are embedded in the foundation during the construction phase which you can see. They look like little dimples and...

 

A basement window well is right up against the basement window on the outside of the house. It is a hole outside the window that is dug away, to create light and air movement in your basement. Having a big hole in the ground, the soil has to be prevented from eroding or from coming back in towards the window. So there is a galvanized metal half circle around the base of the window that...

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A1 Foundation Crack Repair works with a lot of real estate agents who contract with us to help them get a home ready for sale. Therefore we have amassed a wealth of wisdom that can help homeowners get top dollar when they sell their homes in winter. With all the snow we have gotten in the last few winters, you want to be sure that the real estate For Sale sign is visible. When it...

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We recently fixed a sidewalk tripping hazard where the responsible party got sued and was held responsible for fixing it. We were called to the City of Boston to one of the funeral parlors in town. There is a walkway to the front door. If you have ever noticed a concrete walkway, there are lines in it. Multiple sections had sunken, creating a tripping hazard. Someone tripped, so he asked us to see what we...

Before you even begin pouring concrete in the winter, the first step is to find a qualified contractor. The key thing to discuss with the contractors you are consider are: Insurance. Be sure they have insurance: liability insurance and workman’s compensation. The liability insurance means if he damages your property in anyway, there is an insurance policy that can compensate you rather than having to go after the contractor for the payment. Workman’s comp is...

We went to do a repointing job on a stone foundation in Arlington, MA. Stone foundations are not unusual in the town of Arlington since it has mostly older homes (many of which have been beautifully restored). We noticed that there was some sand and soil where the wall and floor met which tells us that there was quite a bit of erosion of the soil on the exterior of the home that was finding...

We ran into a customer from 5 years ago in Worcester the other day with a new situation. There was  water leaking in around the water pipe leading into the house. The pipe was an old cast iron pipe that looked like it has spider webs around it. Upon a closer look, we found that it was roots. We went outside, and right above where the pipe entered the home was a huge bush. We...