Texas Drought Warning
Drought conditions can threaten a home’s foundation by causing soil to shrink beyond the tolerances it was designed for. For more information about how to limit the damage low rainfall can cause to your home’s foundation, check out our free tips. If you suspect your foundation is in need of repair, contact us for a free inspection today!
Due to extreme drought, burn bans have been issued for Denton, Parker, Terrant, and Wise counties and the national weather service has prepared a drought statement for the DFW area and set up a drought information page at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/drought.html. For local news stories about the drought, click here.
For more information, visit the US Drought Monitor at http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
Fort Worth Soil Conditions
Fort Worth, along with Dallas, Houston, and Corpus Christi is one of the cities with the highest demand for foundation repair in Texas. Fort Worth has very rocky soil with shallow bedrock and is composed of mostly silty clay, silty loam, and gravely soil. Fort Worth is slightly more stable than Dallas with more rocky areas and slightly less plasticity in its soil, but it is still one of the areas most prone to soils that shift due to weather or moisture induced swelling and shrinking.
If you would like to take a detailed look at the soil in your neighbourhood, consider looking at the United States Department of Agriculture’s Soil Survey Tool. It can give you an in-depth look at exactly what type of soil your home sits on and the characteristics one can expect from soils of that type.
For your convenience, we have compiled a tutorial on how to use the Soil Survey Tool which you can read by clicking here.