Foundation Repair Manual

If you are interested in technical aspects of foundation repair, you will want to check out the “Foundation Repair Manual.

The #1 guide to foundation repair

Per reviews from Amazon:

This book offers the most authoritative source of information on repairing damaged foundations, with excellent advice on maintenance and preventative measures designed to avoid the need for repair. You get state-of-the-art methods in foundation repair; clear guidance on choosing the right methods for the job; up-to-date techniques for preventing, evaluating, and reversing damage from expansive soils; expert instruction in hands-on techniques such as shimming interior pier caps and underpinning perimeter beams; help with mudjacking, deep pressure grouting, and chemical stabilization; foundation troubleshooting tips; preventative measures, including drainage, moisture barriers, and vegetation control; establishing the need for repair – plus help with estimates.

From the Back Cover

The #1 guide to foundation repair.

This book offers the most authoritative source for information on repairing damaged foundations. Also offered is excellent advice on maintenance and preventative measures designed to avoid the need for repair. Based on many years’ experience and written by an internationally recognized authority, this book gives you: state-of-the-art methods in foundation repair; clear guidance on choosing the right methods for the job; up-to-date techniques for preventing, evaluating, and reversing damange from expansive soils; expert instruction in hands-on techniques such as shimming interior pier caps and underpinning perimeter eams; help with mudjacking, deep pressure grouting, and chemical stabilization; foundation troubleshooitng tips; preventative measures, including drainage, moisture barriers, and vegetation control; establishing the need for repair–plus help with estimates. Real help for real foundation problems–that’s what you’ll find in this incomparable handbook. Light on math and theory, and heavy on things you need to know, suhc as how to handle gas, electric, and plumbing conduits and where to place jacks, if’s you one-stop
ultimate authority for foundation repair.

Foundation Repair

Foundation Repair

About the Author

Robert Wade Brown is an internationally respected expert on foundation problems and expansive soils, and the author of six prior books on these subjects. A physical chemist and petroleum engineer, he has developed systems that stimulate oil well production. He owns Brown Foundation Repair and Consulting, Inc., in Garland, Texas, and consults around the world through Brown Consolidated, Inc.

Excerpts of the book are viewable on google books also.  A great read for anyone needing information on foundation repair.

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