Foundation Inspections
A Foundation Inspection Performed by a Civil Engineer Provides Safety and Security
You’ll find foundation repair companies that offer free foundation inspections. The difference when you hire an engineer to perform a foundation inspection is that we provide an unbiased recommendation of repairs that you need – and not those you do not.
You see, and an engineer, we don’t benefit in any way from any repairs you may be having done. We can recommend a reputable foundation repair contractor if you do not already have one.
Our foundation inspection services offer you more:
- Use of a ziplevel (manometer)
- Understanding the cause of any foundation shifting, versus only providing structural repair
- Inspection of the crawl space under the home to view any potential foundation issues
- Knowledge that the foundation repair plan has been properly engineered
- Inspection of repairs to check that they were properly handled
Foundation inspections are an important step in determining the root cause of any damage to your house. If you don’t have a structural engineering firm do them, then they might misdiagnose what is wrong and offer improper solutions! Convergent Services specializes specifically with this type of work – we’re experts at finding problems so that our remediation recommendations will be more accurate for all parties involved.
A foundation inspection should involve looking at every inch from top-to bottom when it comes time to fix anything found during these assessments whether its due unstable soil beneath homes or major cracks showing up after heavy rains have caused flooding issues within living spaces.
Pier and Beam Foundation Inspections
A pier and beam foundation is a type of construction that’s common in Texas. The piers along with a chain wall support the building off it for easy access to service areas such as installing heating systems or plumbing fixtures if necessary; this way there won’t be any need go underneath like with other types when doing routine maintenance jobs around your house! When we perform our inspection services here at Convergent Services, we always crawl along all four sides – frontage roadways included-to make sure everything looks good under code.
If you’re concerned about the stability of your home’s foundation, we offer pier and beam inspections that will help diagnose any problems and look for structural defects in addition to looking for signs like decay or termite infestation in order to make sure there isn’t an underlying issue with water circulation throughout this part of the structure.
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