Extreme Weather Can Affect Your Home’s Foundation?
With the unusual weather this year in Washington and around the globe, our priorities have been to stay hydrated when the temperatures get too high. We often forget the toll our homes take while protecting us from the harsh conditions outside. Just like we are told over and over to wear sunscreen to protect our skin, the sun can cause a home to dry out and prematurely age as well. Drought can cause soil, such as clay which is pretty common in the Seattle and surrounding areas, to shrink and crack and puts stress on a home’s foundation that can be costly to fix. Conversely, water can cause certain soils to expand or shrink, damaging a home’s foundation. Foundations tend to settle until they find support again. However far away from your foundation the dry soil has moved, that’s how far the foundation will move until it has soil to rest against again. This causes parts of your foundation and house to tilt in whatever direction the foundation started to fall and sink.
How do you know this damage hasn’t occurred already? Sometimes it’s obvious, but sometimes those cracks are sitting in places you cannot see. If there is settling present, our expert foundation professionals will let you know the extent of the damages and the steps to repair it.
Foundation issues are not to be ignored. Whether you are looking to purchase a home, just purchased a home, or are looking to relocate and put your home on the market, a detailed inspector will see foundations issues and the amount of work done would be the difference on the value you pay or sell at.