Texas heat can damage your home\u2019s foundation. Here\u2019s how to protect it<\/a><\/p>\n\nWhat areas of Dallas have requested more foundation repairs?\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
According to an analysis of city data by The Dallas Morning News, permit requests for foundation repair are most common in the eastern and northern parts of the city. Particular hotspots are in Old East Dallas, Far North Dallas and the northwestern corner of the city near the intersection of Interstate 35E and Interstate 635.<\/p>\n
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By zip code, the No. 1 permit-requesting area is 75248 in Far North Dallas, with 471 over the six year period.<\/p>\n
However, that does not mean this area has the most foundation issues, only that property owners filed the most applications for repairs. Some locations where Green commonly sees foundation issues in Dallas are the M Streets and University Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Green said some of the repair hotspots have densely-built homes that are a little older, which can be more prone to foundation issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe technology wasn’t there back then,\u201d Green said. \u201cNow, they know how much steel they should put in the slab, how thick it should be and how they should prepare the soil. Just generationally, we’ve just gotten better at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Being close to water can be a factor as well, Green said, like near White Rock Lake or other bodies of water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it rains, [the groundwater] soaks into the soil, and then once it gets down to the rock, it flows a lot of times in the direction of where the lakes are, even underground,\u201d Green said. \u201cIt can cause some activity that way too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Green said a house\u2019s soil type and mineral makeup can also play a role. For instance, Hackberry Creek neighborhood in Irving has \u201csome of the most expansive soils in the whole metroplex,\u201d Green said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow when they build there, they know that, and they build deep foundations,\u201d Green said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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