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Why hire a professional
engineer to assess your foundation?
Save money and preserve your home.
Professional engineers will propose a solution for your
foundation problems without worrying how large their
commission check will be on this job. The fixed fee
engineering report insures that you get a repair plan
that addresses the real foundation problem. The
engineered plan will not have extra piers to increase
the commission check of a salesman (with no increased
benefit to your house) or be a lowball bid to get your
business (and leave your home not properly repaired).
People will most often call a foundation repair company
when they suspect foundation damage to their home. This
is logical considering the amount of advertising dollars
repair companies spend to get the consumer to do just
that, in combination with the offer of a ‘free’
inspection and estimate. Anything ‘free’ is always
enticing, but then you get what you pay for also. The
cost of a free inspection is hidden in the price of the
repairs that generally average $10,000.
However, what most consumers are not aware of is that
the person doing the inspection is a salesman that is
most probably not an engineer, and there is no telling
how much he or she really understands foundations or the
reasons why they fail. In fact, they may have been
selling roofing, siding, or some other home repairs the
week before.
Often, consumers tell us that the reason they call an
engineer in is that after three or four such ‘free’
inspections and estimates, they have three or four
completely different solutions and possible causes of
the damage. And our engineers have found that such
solutions do not address the real problem, and can in
cases make the situation worse.
In addition, homeowners are not usually aware that many
municipalities in the Metroplex require an engineers’
report as part of the building permit, which is required
before repairs can be started. In essence they are
paying for an engineer, but an engineer that is working
for the repair company, not for them. Cut out the
middleman and get your engineering services directly. |
