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Foundation Repair Talk – Tips and talk from the foundation experts
DIY Foundation Repair (?)
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...
Read MoreJUST BECAUSE IT’S COLD OUT DOESN’T MEAN YOUR FOUNDATION ISSUE WILL GO AWAY
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...
Read MoreTypes of Foundations
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,...
Read MoreUnderpinning – Is your house a little out of whack?
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...
Read MoreHistoric House Move Part II – You don’t see something like this very often
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,...
Read MoreA History Lesson from Shield Foundation Repair
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...
Read MoreDoes Your Homeowners Insurance Cover Foundation Repair?
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...
Read MoreDo you have “popcorn insulation” in your attic? You might have an asbestos issue
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...
Read MoreSome Not So Obvious Ways Water Can Get Into Your Basement
“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...
Read MoreThere’s a lot more to what we do than you might think
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...
Read MoreHiring a Contractor (This May Be The Most Important Thing You Read On Our Site!)
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....
Read MoreWe can guarantee this is the biggest HEPA vacuum you’ve ever seen!
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...
Read MoreGet The Job Done Right. Call Shield.
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