Thinking about DIY’ing your foundation crack? Knowing what you don’t know can save you a LOT of problems. If you consider yourself a home repair afficionado and notice a small crack in the foundation of...

We get it. Holiday season is over. You’re just back from that big trip and kids have to go to school. It’s a million degrees below outside and dark by four. The lassssst thing on...

WHAT’S BELOW YOUR FEET? FOUNDATION TALK ABOUT…FOUNDATION TYPES. As you might imagine, at Shield Foundation Repair, we see A LOT of foundations because, well, it’s what we do. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages,...

Is your floor not level? Are your doors and windows out of alignment? Maybe you have unexplained wall cracks. No, your house probably isn’t haunted, but it may need underpinning to bring things back to...

If you’ve been following our house move story from our last blog post, you’d know we were tasked to move a historic Edmonton home that was over 100 years old. While the preparation was epic,...

Moving homes is precise work at the best of times. When the home is over a hundred years old, the stakes get a whole lot higher. Shield Foundation Repair is proud to be part of...

The answer is… Complicated Damage to your concrete foundation (caused by cracks, settlement, or anything else) not only impacts the structural integrity of your home, but can be expensive to repair. You may think your...

Houses built in and around Edmonton before 1990 may have been insulated with Vermiculite, or “popcorn insulation”. Vermiculite is a naturally occurring “mica-like” mineral that was mined and processed into attic insulation starting in the...

“I’ve got water! Yikes! But I don’t see any cracks. What the heck is going on?” We hear this plea all the time. Sometimes the cause of your leaky basement foundation is a little trickier...

Dig out a wall, fix a crack, fill in the dirt again and go home. No big deal, right?   Sure, sometimes we run across relatively easy fixes. But often, a project that might seem...

Hiring a contractor At Shield Foundation Repair, we spend an enormous amount of time and effort making sure our customers are dealing with a company that meets or exceeds the highest industry and government standards....

Homes in and around Edmonton built earlier than 1990 were often insulated with vermiculite in walls and attics.   Roughly 70% of all vermiculite used for insulation before this time carries the risk of asbestos...