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Nearly fifty wet-dry cycles have passed under First Colony since the first slabs went down in 1977 — long enough that a second repair, not a first, is the ordinary case here.
Clay does not settle a house once and stop. It swells through a wet spring and shrinks through a dry August, and a slab poured in 1977 has ridden that cycle close to fifty times. That is why First Colony calls so often involve a house that has already been piered — an earlier repair stabilized part of the perimeter while the rest kept moving, and the difference eventually shows up as a door that will not latch. The oldest sections add a second variable: some are pier-and-beam rather than slab, which changes the diagnosis completely and rules out most of what works on a slab.
Assessing homes that have had prior foundation work to determine if additional piers are needed.
Some of First Colony's oldest homes were built on raised foundations rather than slabs.
Updating decades-old grading and drainage that no longer matches current best practice.
A thorough look for homes with a long ownership or repair history.
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