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DIY & Home Improvement

Kolesar

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10. The clay soil on my house dissolved the foundation blocks and left cracks in them.

Reply to rusty quoin (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 11:54 AM

Dec 2016

The builders added an odd extension to the house and it ruined the foundation drains on one corner of the house. When I bought it thirty five years later, there was efflorescence
on the wall as the limey cement was dissolving.

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I just bought a house in Iowa. [View all] roody Jun 2016 OP

Retaining walls and French drains are your best friends. Warpy Jun 2016 #1

Cut and Fill catnhatnh Jun 2016 #2

Thank you. roody Jun 2016 #3

If you have the room in height on the house side to add dirt that's what I wold do. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2016 #4

Roody might get *free* soil from a contractor who excavated for a foundation Kolesar Dec 2016 #9

There is actually a lot to the answer. rusty quoin Jun 2016 #5

Thanks. I actually "inherited" some houses. Dad is still living well at 96. roody Jun 2016 #6

Word of caution about those accordion downspout extenders LiberalEsto Jun 2016 #7

The clay soil on my house dissolved the foundation blocks and left cracks in them. Kolesar Dec 2016 #10

DIY tips lerryfindcr Oct 2016 #8