I am a plumbing contractor, I am seeing a lot of new projects fall through in the past few months. A drywall contractor i know does about 180 houses a year, only has 10 bids out right now. What is everyone else seeing in their markets? Also, im always open to give plumbing advice for any frens that need it :)
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Also in Texas on clay. My house is broken right down the middle. Minor plumbing issues thus far. I'm only a few miles north of everyone built on limestone. Not knowledge I had when I built. Gonna cost around 15,000 to get it leveled. I am in no hurry to spend that, buy will eventually have to. I'm central. You out east?
I'm in Michigan my fren, but I have also leveled houses before, it's a pain but you can do it yourself.
That may just be the encouragement I needed. I do most everything myself and have thought much about it. Would you recommend any particular reference sites or manuals? My rule is usually, if I can do ot as well or better, I do it myself. In this case, it is bad but has not caused great headaches, so I would be willing to lower my standard to if I can do ot almost as good, or even satisfactorily
You only need a laser and some floor jacks. Or a couple levels if you don't have a laser. (6-8') It's not too bad, but it takes a while. If you raise the house any more than 1/4" a month, you will crack some walls and have some repair work there.
Thank you. Lasers I got. If this place makes it for another year or two, I will report back
Just east of Austin. As soon as i moved in had a soil treatment done to stablize the foundation. but the damage had already hapened as i was moving in. check out: https://www.douglasfoundationrepair.com/soil-stabilization-existing.html i certainly noticed a difference this last year, very little movement when my neighbors were devloping issues, it was so dry so long.
Thanks I will check them out. Centex has q great warranty, but they price accordingly.