Bracket Foundation Support Systems Blog
How to Protect New Home Construction from Foundation Failure
Can new home construction be protected from foundation failure? In an earlier blog post we listed three reasons why new homes can have foundation failures and explained why you need to hire a soils engineer to evaluate your house plot before building. If the engineer deter .... Read more...
November 18th, 2010 by Brackett Foundation Repairs | No Comments »
Building A New Home? Get a Soils Engineer First
You would be surprised to know that new homes have foundation repair problems. Why? They built on soil that was not well compacted They did not test the soil for load bearing capacity They did not evaluate the soil for expansive clay content So if you’re getting r .... Read more...
November 7th, 2010 by Brackett Foundation Repairs | No Comments »
Brackett Installs New Construction Piling
Often we think of foundation repair with older buildings, after the earth under them has settled. But we also do preventive work. When builders are building on ground which doesn’t provide adequate support for the buildings, new construction helical piles can be insta .... Read more...
October 21st, 2010 by Brackett Foundation Repairs | No Comments »