With the rainy season almost upon us, it’s time to start thinking about drainage around your Austin hotel or commercial building. Drainage is a huge part of keeping the foundation in a healthy condition. Douglas Foundation Services are experts at installing French Drains and Surface Drains. Remember,
Read more →So really, how important is it to have the ground surrounding a home to slope away from the foundation? VERY IMPORTANT This is something that is extremely important for a Texas foundation’s well being over time. Remember, the key to maintaining a healthy foundation is to have
Read more →Do we just do foundation repair? There are a variety of companies that will fix foundations in Central Texas. But we are so much more than that. We are a foundation service company. We want to be your foundation repair contractor for life. And this means so
Read more →You know how you would think that having gutters – any gutters – would be the best thing for your home? Well that’s not always the case. When a home doesn’t have gutters and it rains, the water falls from the roof around the entire perimeter of
Read more →This probably looks like the typical crack you see in dry dirt. Chances are you probably have several of these cracks in your yard right now. Is it just a surface crack? Or is it more than that? Below is an image of this same area of
Read more →The wet brick and slab on this Austin area home is caused by the A/C condensation line, which is not extended at least 5 feet away from the house. This exactly what you do not want to do!! Right now this one area of the slab foundation
Read more →This Austin home had an issue with water going down the driveway and pooling in the garage. The homeowners called Douglas Foundation Repair for a solution to this problem. We cut out the bottom portion of the driveway and installed a drainage strip along the entire width
Read more →I will be posting soon a portrait of a broken home – a home that has so many issues it will probably take me a few posts to explain it all. But first let’s talk about the driveway and walkway to the front of this Austin home.
Read more →I had to take a picture of the facade of this beautiful old home. You just don’t find this amazing architecture often anymore. I love the eyebrow over the door. Beautiful! We were at this home to install proper drainage to the yard area. This next image
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