Terms of use for this website

What this site is

This is an informational website about differential foundation settlement in residential property, and a way to describe your situation and ask for service.

By using it, you agree to these terms of use. If you do not, please do not use the site.

The guidance here is general, not a diagnosis or an engineering opinion

Everything written on this site describes how foundation settlement generally presents and how it is generally investigated. It is not an assessment of your property, and it cannot be — no one has inspected it.

Foundations, soil conditions, drainage and prior repair history all differ by property, and the same visible symptom routinely has several possible causes with materially different answers. Nothing here is a substitute for an on-site inspection by a qualified professional, and where a licensed structural engineer or geotechnical professional is genuinely warranted, this site says so without offering that opinion itself.

Where we describe something you can check yourself — measuring a crack, watching whether it grows — we mean exactly that check and no further. A structural decision, a decision to pier a foundation, or a decision to hire based on cost alone should not be made from this content without a qualified, on-site assessment.

Sending us an enquiry

Submitting the form starts a conversation. It does not create a service agreement, book a visit, or commit either of us to anything.

Any actual work is agreed separately, in a written scope for a specific property, before it begins.

Please give accurate information in the form. A description that does not match the property wastes your time first.

Content on this site

The text, illustrations, diagrams and layout here are ours. You are welcome to read them, print them, and link to them. Republishing them as your own is not permitted.

We try to keep everything accurate and current, and we will correct what we find to be wrong. We do not promise the site is free of error or always available.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for loss arising from acting on the general information on this site rather than on an inspection and advice specific to your property.

Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California.

Changes

We may update these terms. The current version is always the one on this page, with its date at the top.