'foundation repair' Category
MBR CEO Offers You A Free Lunch. Or Breakfast.
A Message From The MBR Guaranteed Foundation Repairs CEO
I’m a busy person. I’m sure that you are too.
We can help you stay ahead of the curve with on-site MCE courses, sales meeting breakfasts, and even educational “Lunch and Learn” programs. We’ll come to your office, and we’ll even provide the food; all you need to [...]New Article: Should You Insulate Your Foundation?
Fresh on the heels of the recent ice storm to hit the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, we have new article up: “Should You Insulate Your Foundation?” Here’s an excerpt:
An uninsulated foundation can result in a large heat loss from an otherwise tightly sealed, well-insulated house. It can also make below-grade rooms uncomfortable. Foundation insulation, on [...]
Slab Foundation vs. Pier on Beam Foundation: What’s the difference?
A foundation is basically the root of a house. The house sits on the foundation, which, much like the roots of trees or plants, holds it in place.
There are two major types of foundations used today: Pier on beam, and slab.
Slab
First, is the slab (also called a slab-on-grade) foundation. As it sounds, [...]Van Zandt Cottage Section Now Up!
You can learn just how we repaired and restored the only structure of its type in the City of Fort Worth that is still in its original location.The full story on the Van Zandt Cottage in Forth Worth is here.
A little bit about the historic Van Zandt Cottage…
We mentioned in an earlier entry that were were going to be creating a section that took you behind the scenes with MBR Guaranteed Foundation Repairs, detailing our work on the foundation of the historic Van Zandt Cottage. Some people have written us asking “What’s the significance of the Van Zandt College? What’s the big [...]
Coming Soon: MBR Helps Restore Historic Van Zandt Home
We’re currently working on a feature detailing how we’re helping to restore the hitoric Van Zandt home in Forth Worth. Check back here for more behind the scenes details on restoring this important peice of Texas history.
Healthy Foundations: This Is NOT What Your Lawn Should Look Like…
… at least, your lawn shouldn’t look like the picture above if you want to keep your foundation in good shape. That’s right– not watering your lawn can do more than just dry out the grass in your yard; it can damage the foundation of your property.
Regular lawn watering helps to prevent edge settlement caused [...]After The Foundation Repair: What Happens Next?
After MBR finishes up a foundation repair job, we get a number of questions regarding follow-up, maintainance and rain. Here are a few questions on foundation after-care, and what you can do to keep your foundation and your home in good condition.
Why haven’t all the cracks gone away?
Foundation repairs will ensure life-long structural integrity of [...]Some Causes of Foundation Problems
Foundation problems can be caused be loose soil, not enough water and many other reasons in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Water is the main enemy in expansive soils problems. There is either too much water, causing the soil to swell, or not enough, causing the soil to shrink.
If all soils beneath a foundation swells [...]New Videos Up In Our Video Section!
We’ve added three new videos to the MBR Guaranteed Foundation Repair Video section:
A quick one minute guide showing signs that your house mightneed foundation repairs
Two 30 second commercials.While the number given is for our Waco Foundation Repair service center, you can also contact MBR with numbers in Arlington, and Dallas, or just by sending us [...]