Tom, I own a home built in 1856. I purchased it 20 years ago from the Bluebell Ice Cream company in Brenham. I had it moved south of Houston and completely restored it. Do you know of anyone who can be relied on to level this house? We are on the verge of completely refreshing our restoration but due to the dry spell we do have some sheet rock issues. I would like to get it back level as it was when we first moved it before the resto work begins! We have truly enjoyed your show for many years and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jack
Tom’s Answer:
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Tom: Yes, don’t do any repairs until the house is settled on a new foundation or repaired foundation that is not going to move anymore, Du-West Foundation Repair. What do I say Charlie? When you want the best call, Du-West, they can handle that, no problem. It’s very cool that you would have her old house like that and it can be taken care of but remember they always crawl a little bit. It’s just a part of the nature of those old homes.
Charlie: The Block and Base.
Tom: When they were built, they didn’t have sheet rock back then. Things didn’t crack. They had wood on the inside, wood on the outside, when you didn’t notice as much.
Charlie: What is it? Lease it, last it, lasting plaster or whatever.
Tom: Some of them would be plaster but the old ones here in Texas, they were just wood boards. They would put a wallpaper like afraid what it was called but it was a natural paper they would put over the wood. It’s to keep the draft from coming through. There was nothing that was real susceptible to the cracking like sheetrock.
Charlie: We have lots of grass in Texas but …
Tom: Anyway, Du-West Foundation Repair can stabilize that home [inaudible 00:01:02]
Charlie: The Block and Base, it’s different than Pier and Beam?
Tom: No, it’s just a different form of the terminology.