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Here in Fort Worth and Stephenville and North Texas standing water can cause a wide variety of problems, none more damaging or costly than the problems it can cause with a home’s foundation.  Just call GLP Foundation Repair in Fort Worth and Stephenville.

It also depends on what type of water is standing around the foundation.  Rain water collecting and pooling up around the foundation of a home can, believe it or not, enter concrete. Concrete foundations are porous, and water fills in any pores it can find.  Over time, the water can seep into the concrete foundation and ultimately break down the concrete. This break down will cause the foundation to crack, which will in turn cause foundations to shift and the home to become unsettled. Cracks in the ceiling or wall in the inside of the home can be a symptom of a foundation affected by standing water in Fort Worth and Stephenville, Arlington, Keller and all of North Texas.

In the winter, standing water can do the same thing regarding seepage into the concrete. However, cold weather creates a different problem. The water will seep into the concrete, freeze, and then expand and push the concrete outward rather than breaking it down. This will cause the foundation of the home to swell and push everything in the home up and cause seams in the walls and ceiling.

 Rain water is one type of water that can be found around the foundation of a home. However, if water is standing near a foundation and rain water is not suspected, there may be an issue with a broken water line beneath the home. This will create even bigger issues.

Aside from the effect standing water can have on concrete or cement foundations, this standing water around the exterior of the home can also soften the soil beneath the foundation and cause the entire home to sink. Of course, this sinking issue is a gradual one, but over time can cause a great number of problems over time. Pipes can break from the pressure of a changing landscape, and the value of the home can decrease exponentially if any sort of water damage is noticed on the foundation. Call GLP Foundation Repair in Fort Worth.

 The dangers of water standing or pooling up around the foundation of a home may not be easy to spot, and they may be gradual issues. But over time, standing water can greatly damage and devalue a home. Functional gutters and water channeling systems are the most effective way to keep water from standing around a home’s foundation. GLP Foundation Repair in Fort Worth and Stephenville specializes in Drainage Correction here

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 GLP Drainage Systems are customized for your home by Certified Technicians. We offer High Performance Storm Water Drain Systems. GLP Drainage solutions help eliminate pooling water near your home. GLP Drainage systems are resistant to clogging and do not damage your landscape.
 Drainage Systems that are installed incorrectly can cause expensive foundation problems. Let a Drainage expert at GLP Drainage  design the best and most economical solution for your homes water pooling issues.

GLP provides Flood Water Drainage Solutions and installation of drainage systems for residential and commercial properties throughout Stephenville, Fort Worth, Arlington, Southlake, and all of North Texas.


If you are looking for drainage contractors in FORT WORTH, Stephenville, Arlington and not sure what kind of storm drain or drain pipe you need installed,  just give GLP Drainage  a call and we will be more than happy to help resolve your drainage and erosion issues.

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If your job is as simple as adding drainage pipe and one catch basin or as complex as the installation of sump pump type drainage system GLP is the company to contact.

Here's a list of ways to drain storm water properly. There are many types of drainage systems for your lawn or garden in Fort Worth. French Drain, Channel Drain, Gutter Downspouts Piped away from house.
 Sump Pump Area Surface Drain Basin,
 Catch Basin, Leveling and Grading Retaining Wall.

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Not all lawn drainage problems can be handled by using only one type of drain system. It all depends on the specific problem your yard has and what your overall goals are for your yard.

Before installing your new drainage system you need to take into consideration any changes you want to make to your yard's landscape. If you're planning on re-sodding or changing any landscaped areas on your yard, the changes should be made before your new drainage system is installed. This is to prevent any water flow changes after the drainage system is done.

When your property undergoes changes in landscape and design, oftentimes grades, contours, swells and other important drainage features change as well. It is vital to your finished landscape, to the structure of your home and oftentimes to the relationship you have with your neighbors, that all drainage and water flow on your property is properly addressed and thoroughly planned for.
Contact GLP Drainage of Fort Worth today for all your Fort Worth Storm Water Drainage needs.

Dallas Fort Worth Flood Damage to Foundations

Below we give a detailed list of questions to ask and inspections to make in assessing whether or not a building foundation damage or crack was caused by flooding

A catalog of types of damage that occur in masonry block foundation walls is atBLOCK FOUNDATION & WALL DEFECTS .

In sum, the building inspector seeing this structure after flooding has occurred needs to:

• Determine if the building was exposed to flood waters, and if so, determine the level of flood water that was encountered.
• Compare flood water levelsto the depth of the foundation below grade.
• Look for evidence of damageto the building: Examine the size, shape, pattern, age, and location of foundation cracks or other evidence of movement (such as tipping or leaning), and relate that evidence to the location of water and earth pressure on the building. Also relate that evidence to the history of foundation damage, movement, and water entry in the building.
• Identify both non-structural cracksor damage (such as a crack in a basement floor slab poured inside of a perimeter foundation) as well as cracks that involve the structure.
• Decide if the building is unsafe. If the inspector is not trained to make this assessment, a foundation engineer of an experienced foundation repair contractor should be consulted if there is evidence of foundation damage or movement that in the inspector's judgment affects the structure and its stability or safety. Certain types of masonry wall or foundation damage such as broken bond courses in a structural brick wall, can make a building very unsafe and could justify evacuation an immediate temporary support.-- BRICK FOUNDATION & WALL DEFECTS .
• Decide if the building needs repair, and understand the cause of the damage sufficiently to suggest an effective repair if repair work is necessary.

Fine Vertical Cracks in a Masonry Block Foundation Wall - Caused by Flooding?

Complaint/observation: hairline vertical crack in a masonry block garage wall. This photo shows the interior surface of the garage wall in the picture we provided above.

The building owner did not know if these cracks were present before the building had been subjected to flooding, but he posed that the damage was due to flooding and had pressed an insurance claim.

The foundation inspector has multiple obligations: she or he has a general obligation to protect the safety of a building's occupants by being able to recognize if the structure is unsafe and needs repair (if that is within the scope of the inspector's expertise). The inspector needs to accurately diagnose the cause of the damage, not only for insurance claim purposes, but also because without an understanding of the cause, the need for repair, and the proper repair may not be specified.

Key diagnostic observations:In this foundation wall there was no bulging, bowing, or leaning observed in the wall. Other walls in the same building were not damaged.

This masonry block foundation crack photo was provided by Bob Maltempo , an engineer who inspects foundations for damage. Maltempo observed vertical hairline cracks in the masonry block foundation, at regular intervals of this building which was constructed in the 1950's on Long Island in New York

Fine vertical or near-vertical cracks in a masonry block foundation may be caused by shrinkage in the concrete blocks - a condition that occurs shortly after construction. Shrinkage cracks in masonry tend to be uniform in width, top to bottom, but might be more narrow at the crack bottom where the masonry blocks are pinned to a (presumably not shrinking) footing.

Fine vertical or near-vertical cracks in a concrete block wall may also be caused by footing settlement. If that cause is present, careful measurement should find that the wall is not at exactly the same height on both sides of the vertical crack.

Floodwaters around a building, if they press principally on only the wall exterior, can cause a wall to buckle, bend, or lean inwards. These pressures often cause horizontal cracking in a masonry block wall; vertical cracks would be unusual. That pattern of movement was absent from this home.

How would a flood cause a vertical crack in a masonry block foundation wall? Floodwaters or even wet soils around a building might cause footing settlement, particularly in a newer building whose footings may have been placed on poorly-compacted soil. That pattern of movement was also absent from the home.

Since floodwaters would be expected to surround a home built on a relatively flat lot, one would also seek to determine why only one wall of the building was affected. There could be explanations for that asymmetry.

Our opinion was that the cracks in this masonry block wall were chiropractors of masonry block shrinkage, that they were most likely caused by that effect and not caused by flooding.