Weather In Alabama

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Dangerous weather has definitely been an issue for Alabama, as it is many years. You always think of how it will affect your home or cars. Is your roof going to leak? Will your gutters handle all that rain? Is the hail going to dent your car? What you don’t think about it how it is affecting a part of your home that is mostly hidden to you: your foundation.

WET WEATHER MEANS EXPANDING SOIL

Too much rain is a big deal for your home’s foundation. Whether a slab or a crawlspace, when water builds up it causes something called hydrostatic pressure. This pressure is exerted on foundation walls. It can cause bowing or leaning of basement or crawlspace walls, and cracks in all types of foundations. You know if there are cracks and water around,

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