Real estate blog entries tagged with concrete by Brendan Marchant (Pillar to Post professional Home Inspection)

Channels
Consumer
Professional
States
USA
- AL
- AK
- AZ
- AR
- CA
- CO
- CT
- DE
- DC
- FL
- GA
- HI
- ID
- IL
- IN
- IA
- KS
- KY
- LA
- ME
- MD
- MA
- MI
- MN
- MS
- MO
- MT
- NE
- NV
- NH
- NJ
- NM
- NY
- NC
- ND
- OH
- OK
- OR
- PA
- RI
- SC
- SD
- TN
- TX
- VI
- UT
- VT
- VA
- WA
- WV
- WI
- WY
Canada
- AB
- BC
- MB
- NB
- NL
- NT
- NS
- NU
- ON
- PE
- QC
- SK
- YN

Home : Blogs : Brendan Marchant : Pillar To Post Greater Olympia : Tag "concrete"

concrete: Major Foundation types and moisture intrusion. - 09/22/08 10:26 AM

Stone Foundations
Stone foundations were standard fare before World War I. Stone foundations will only stay dry if the soil surrounding the foundation is dry-- hence it is unreasonable to expect them to be 100% dry. This being said, stone foundations are very vulnerable to leakage problems. If the construction was shoddy, there may remain gaps between the stones where the mortar was filled, which become an entry point for leaking water. If it is a mortared stone wall, then a leakage crack can be identified as a single thin crack localized around a particular region of the wall, especially where … (0 comments)

Related Links:

Brendan Marchant

Olympia, WA

More about me…

Pillar to Post professional Home Inspection

Address: 1001 Cooper PT rd SW, Suite 140 #326, Olympia, WA, 98502

Office Phone: (360) 753-5025

Email Me

Links

Archives

Find WA real estate agents and Olympia real estate on ActiveRain.

Disclaimer: ActiveRain Corp. does not necessarily endorse the real estate agents, loan officers and brokers listed on this site. These real estate profiles, blogs and blog entries are provided here as a courtesy to our visitors to help them make an informed decision when buying or selling a house. ActiveRain Corp. takes no responsibility for the content in these profiles, that are written by the members of this community.