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Foundation of the home is like the legs of the human body. When legs
are not proper or working poorly in the human body, the human body Email Address
fails to perform e iciently. In the same way, when the foundation of the
house is not proper, the house also acts poorly. The future
performance of any house mainly depends on their strong foundation.
The movements of the foundation disturbs the stability of house, and Submit
hence develops the foundation cracks which ultimately decrease the
performance of the house.
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In dry spell (summer season), moisture gets evaporated from the
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ground, and the soil shrinks. Soil will get pulled away from the
foundations. When the soil shi s away, it creates a gap below or near to
the foundation. Hence if the foundation is not supported properly,
cracks will start to appear due to the failure of foundation as the
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laid at a level where the movements due to moisture cease or the crack
cease.
(b) How the Clay Soil or Expansive Soil or Black
Cotton Soil Cause the Foundation Cracks? COMMON CONFUSIO
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Topography and soil condition (types of soil) also makes a huge GHAR CALCULATORS
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Foundation resting on clay soil will reduce the stability of the house.
The clay soil has an expansive nature like black cotton soil. It will Earth Filling Cost Calculator
expand when there is too much water and shrink heavily on drying. The Stamp Duty Calculator
expansion of clay soil thus causes the upheaval which is opposite of
settlement process. Hence soil pushes the foundation up and Compound Wall Cost Calculator
Furthermore, when the soil dries out, it will shrink and make space for ASK YOUR QUER
movement of the foundation. Such soil exerts huge pressure while
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swelling and shrinking, thus making supporting soil unstable. This
movement causes the failure of foundation and hence cracks start to
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Large trees growing next to your home can also be the reason of
foundation cracks due to the failure of foundation. When foundation
soil is a shrinkable clay, diagonal cracks can occur due to dehydration
action of growing roots of large trees. Dehydration action of the
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rain, diagonal cracks will appear due to upward thrust created by the
growing roots on a portion of the foundation of the building.
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Sometimes natural disaster like earthquakes, hurricanes and storms
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lead to the foundation problems. The earthquake force, wind force and
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water pressure produce movements in the foundation of the house and
hence develop the foundation cracks. In case of an earthquake, the
foundation generally fails due to a phenomenon called “Liquefaction”.
Further foundation along streams, river, reclaimed soils may fail due to
sliding. Sometimes due to lateral pressure, it may overturn and fail. GHAR CALCULATORS
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in the house. But foundation cracks appearing due to the failure of Earth Filling Cost Calculator
foundation indicates that there are problems in the foundation of the
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house. Hence, it is must to take preventive measures to stop the failure
of foundation as the cost of foundation repairs are very high and the Compound Wall Cost Calculator
rebuilding or strengthening foundation is also an uphill task not
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possible generally for a common man.
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