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<blockquote data-quote="davek" data-source="post: 1595298" data-attributes="member: 519"><p>It may not be the foundation lifting, with the drought it may be the ground shrinking. Clay soils can change volume considerably (like 20% if I remember correctly), so when the moisture is gone the soil shrinks and pulls away from the foundation.</p><p>Get an opinion from and engineer not associated with a foundation repair company. Of course, in the opinion of the foundation repair companies you always need repairs and/or piers.</p><p>I'm a bit cynical because I spent a lot of money on piering and an engineers opinion and the problems I was experiencing actually had nothing to do with the foundation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davek, post: 1595298, member: 519"] It may not be the foundation lifting, with the drought it may be the ground shrinking. Clay soils can change volume considerably (like 20% if I remember correctly), so when the moisture is gone the soil shrinks and pulls away from the foundation. Get an opinion from and engineer not associated with a foundation repair company. Of course, in the opinion of the foundation repair companies you always need repairs and/or piers. I'm a bit cynical because I spent a lot of money on piering and an engineers opinion and the problems I was experiencing actually had nothing to do with the foundation. [/QUOTE]
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