chimney separation from house

[shweebies]

ok! We have known for a couple of months that the chimney is seperating from the house. Does anybody know what we need to do? We propped a telephone pole against the chimney to hopefully hold it in place. We live south of dallas and I guess we need to find a mason - but we can't find any decent recommendations. Does anybody know of a good mason in the dallas/fort worth area?

 

[LLigetfa]

it sounds like the foundation is inadequate. One method of shoring up a sinking foundation is to jack it back up with helical screw piles.
http://www.calhelicalsolutions.com/
http://www.oregonhelicalpiers.com/

 

[edthedawg]

I have family and friends in the area - I sent them your query. I'll post anything they come up with...

Hopefully something more useful than "let it fall, and stop building heavy things on sand!"

 

[edthedawg]

OK got some info for you...

one guy: "Shifting clay. He needs a foundation guy."

other guy just had his foundation reworked and recommends Kevin Birdsong - Fort Worth Foundation Repair. Card attached.

 

[shweebies]

Thanks so much! I have called someone in my area that work with these helical piers and look forward to any other information I can get to get this chimney back into shape. I was told we had to rebuild the whole thing - geez, I didn't even want to know how much that would cost! UGH!

Yeah, sandy loam soil is not the best thing to build anything on. I wish you could pier and beam a chimney

 

[shweebies]

Sweet! I am calling the Fort Worth guy right now!

hearth.com rocks!!

 

[peakbagger]

The helical screw anchors work real well as long as they have something to bolt to.