More house foundation issues...

Didn't want to hijack Bob's thread, so here's my question.

Im buying a '60's farm house with a known foundation problem. Moving my parents to the peaceful country so I can take care of them to live out their days. To put moms mind at ease, she hired an engineer and he gave the report to us and suggested mudjacking with lime, after having the foundation fixed with piers.

So if you have your foundation fixed, why wouldn't you have the mudjacking done to help stabilize the soil and fill any gaps/hollow spots created by lifting of the foundation? How expensive is mudjacking anyways?

When we started our foundation repair many years ago, we'd get estimates that were all over the place. Different prices and types of repairs/piers needed. Then we just hired an engineer to give us a repair plan. We then contacted several companies with the job, funny thing, all the jobs were quoted to within a $100 of each other. AMAZING!

Take your engineer report to a few companies and get your quotes and go from there.

Never had mud jacking recommended, so have no opinion on it. Good Luck!

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don't mudjack, check into this for filling/lifting. you do need to fill voids or you could get cracking later.

watched a show on this and looks like a good product and very stable after installed, think spray foam in a can type stuff but a lot tougher. never used it

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Been doing the research on the Poly-fill as well. Durability wise, I think its the better choice. But like in Bob's case, if you jack up a certain spot, it would make sense to me to fill the voids with something after you raise it. Give that part of the foundation as a whole, something to rest on besides the piers.

If you lift a large portion of the house or even a smaller portion more than an inch or so, its always a good idea to fill the void created with some kind of material whether concrete or some type of poly fill.

Just an FYI, Mudjacking is a term used for jacking a portion of the house using a slurry type concrete mix by injecting it to a point it lifts portions of the slab.

Using the same type slurry concrete mixture to just to fill the void created by installing piers is called pressure grouting.

Some people use the term mudjacking referring to both types though.

More importantly I would be more concerned about addressing the cause and correcting the issue that caused it to settle first. If the cause is not addressed piers will only be a temporary solution for the exterior, the interior will still settle if not addressed.

They are ethical and honest. Had companies out said had foundation problems. Called them after being referred from a friend told within variance gave us reports sold house no issues

When ours was lifted and leveled they used the poly fill stuff. Also had them lift and level some of the sidewalk while they were at it. Pretty slick stuff.

I've worked for a foundation repair company for 7 years. There's 2 types of mud-jacking; both have the same basic process but different goals. Mudjacking to lift uses a higher pressure pump and can result in plumbing issues after the fact. Mudjacking to void-fill uses a lower pressure pump and requires that plumbing issues are fixed after the foundation if lifted and before the mudjacking. We don't lift with MJ but we've worked with another company that does it.

I always recommend getting multiple opinions from companies and at least one engineer. Ask about the types of piers they use and look over their warranty and general conditions.

It's worth noting that the engineer is not warrantying the work or even the repair plan. Most reputable companies will not simply take the word of the engineer. Our company sends an analyst to evaluate a property even if you do have an engineer's report.