
Houston Foundation Analysis & Repair
About us
Houston Foundation Analysis & Repair Services is dedicated to the solution of problems for residential or commercial foundations. BEFORE you spend a fortune on sky high foundation repairs with no guarantee of success, let us inspect your foundation by our Texas-licensed Professional Engineer in Structural Engineering, Mark E. Haas, PE, with more than 30 years of engineering experience. Our recommended solutions treat the source of your foundation movement whereas foundation companies only treat the symptoms but not the underlying problem. Our recommended solutions often include one or more of the following; 1) Installation a tree root barriers and/or water barriers, 2) Installation of a new yard drainage system in combination with re-sloping of the surrounding soils. Call us now for an on-site inspection of your home or building which will include a detailed elevation report with our recommended solutions. Costs for our on-site visit and report are: 1) $450 for 2500sqft or less. 2) $600 for 5000sqft or less. 3) Greater than 5000sqft call 281-773-8331 for a quote.
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2) Installation of a new yard drainage system in combination with re-sloping of the soils surrounding the foundation. Call us now for an on-site inspection of your home or building. Cost for on-site visit and report: 1) $450 for 2500sqft or less. 2) $600 for 5000sqft or less. 3) Greater than 5000sqft call for quote., Houston Foundation Analysis & Repair Services (by Earth Ideas Co.) offers an on-site evaluation and detailed report by a licensed structural engineer of your house and building problems. We also advise the customer on the best remedy and solutions to your problems. Such solutions may include one or more of the following; 1) Installation a tree root barriers and/or water barriers
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"We regret that Mr. [Member Name Removed] was not completely satisfied with end results of our flagstone work. We have excellent rock layers and the work should have been cleaned up properly at the end of the job. Before any work begins all customers are given the cell phone number for the Earth Ideas owner to call for any problems that are not being resolved satisfactorily. The owner never received a call or was made aware of the situation."
"Thank you for the A rating!"
"Earth Ideas is happy that the customer is satisfied with the Drainage work and Gutter work performed. The dissatisfaction seems to be be the artificial turf. At the end of the job the customer expressed complete satisfaction with the artificial turf installation and paid us in full with no complaints. A week later the customer contacted us and said that he wanted a new estimate for an additional 6x10 turf area that was not in the original estimate. After the customer received our new estimate he contacted Earth Ideas and stated that "he did not think he should have to pay full price as he already spent a lot of money and that he believed Earth Ideas should install the new grass at below cost". Artificial turf installation is slow and costly and we replied to the customer that due to the time involved that we would have to make a profit. Unfortunately after that the customer became very dissatisfied."
"I am sorry the customer is unhappy with Earth Ideas. After reading the customers comments it appears his concerns are NOT about the overall quality of work but rather that 1 small tree died after installation. The customer was very happy at the final walk-through and made the final payment without any complaints. However several weeks the customer called about 1 tree was looking bad. It was discussed with the customer that the tree was disease free when planted and so the tree must now be either being under-watered or over-watered. Soon afterwards the customer reported that the tree had died. The owner of Earth Ideas came out to take a look at the tree and concluded that the customer had under-watered the tree. Before Earth Ideas installs any plants we let the customer know that plants are guaranteed healthy upon planting and that there is no guarantee on any plant materials. Despite this the owner of Earth Ideas was going to replace the tree free of charge for the customer however the customer chose not to return any of the Earth Ideas phone calls."
"The owner of Earth Ideas regrets the miscommunication with the customer. In this particular instance the customer was very happy with the over all job and quality performed however on the last day of the job the customer wanted us to do some additional work that was not in the original written estimate or agreement. Even though this work was not in original estimate we would have been happy to accommodate her wishes if only she had told us the day before as we did not have any drain parts with us. Because we had to return the the job the next day and purchase extra parts we gave the customer an estimate for the extra work. The customer feels that we should have done this work for free."
I had Earth Ideas help me take back my front yard and add a little curb appeal to my home. Mike came out and provided me a quote the next day. With all the rain we have been getting things were delayed a few times. The owner personally contacted me to reschedule around the weather issues, but as soon as the rain broke they were out there working away. My wife and I could not be more happy with the work, not to mention the cost was very competitive with the other bids I received. I would definitely recommend them.
Nice guys. A good crew that worked well together and seemed to know what they were doing. Mike came by several times to check on progress and Brian came by as well.
was very knowledgeable about what needed to be done and why other
options were not feasible. He was very concise on the work that needed
to done.
The work was scheduled to be completed 3 days after the quote. The crew
arrived at my home at the designated time to perform the work and
completed by the end of the day. The work site was left very clean.
The entire experience was very professional and the work was completed in a surprisingly timely manner.
Description of work:
Installed 3 drains in my yard connected to a pipe (buried below the
surface) to remove the flooding areas. The yard was graded to ensure
that excess water would be funneled to the 3 drains. The 2 gutter
downspouts on the side of my house where the flooding was occurring were
also tied into the drain pipe. The drain pipe was laid from the
backyard to the curb in front of the house to drain to the street.
The curb was removed, pipe installed, and the curb was replaced with new
cement. For any areas that had grass, the grass was removed and then
replaced once the pipe was installed. All ground ares that were
disturbed were tamped down to ensure that the original look of the yard
was maintained.
The work was scheduled to be completed 3 days after the quote. The crew arrived at my home at the designated time to perform the work and completed by the end of the day. The work site was left very clean.
The entire experience was very professional and the work was completed in a surprisingly timely manner.
Description of work:
Installed 3 drains in my yard connected to a pipe (buried below the surface) to remove the flooding areas. The yard was graded to ensure that excess water would be funneled to the 3 drains. The 2 gutter downspouts on the side of my house where the flooding was occurring were also tied into the drain pipe. The drain pipe was laid from the backyard to the curb in front of the house to drain to the street.
The curb was removed, pipe installed, and the curb was replaced with new cement. For any areas that had grass, the grass was removed and then replaced once the pipe was installed. All ground ares that were disturbed were tamped down to ensure that the original look of the yard was maintained.
They must have dug 250' of trenches. They made very little mess considering the job.
They cut one wire to a sprinkler zone and would not rest until it was fixed. Super crew.
The company was recommended by a foundation engineer that surveyed the house. He recommended two companies, I requested quotes from both. The prices were about the same.
I choose Earth Ideas as they presented a thorough quote. They provided a written quote with itemized list of the work they would do and pricing for each item. When I asked for some additional work prior to showing up on site they said they would only consider this if this was in the original estimate. I thought this was good business because both parties would be working off a written agreement prior to starting any work.
We agreed on the date of the work and they showed up promptly. The owner was present at the start of the job. We reviewed the job together prior to starting any work. He introduced me to the crew foreman and that I could speak with on any questions. The owner told me if there were any things that were not going to my satisfaction I could call him. That ended up not being necessary, the work was done as I expected and cleaned up properly.
Since this yard had a sprinkler system installed, they guaranteed to repair any damage during digging. As was inevitable some pipes were damaged. These were repaired on on-site by the crew. One line could not be fixed in the time and early in the morning the next day a worker showed up and made repairs to my satisfaction.
Overall I would use Earth Ideas again and would recommend them. They do seem a little overly cautious on having proper paperwork in place but that does avoid any problems once the work is started.
On Friday Ms Jennifer calls me around 11AM to tell me they can't make it and they need to reschedule the appointment. Again she is very polite. I'm not happy about it but I understand that "Life Happens" She tries to reschedule me for a week later but I'm a little persistent in wanting something sooner. She says they have an opening for Saturday Oct 4th at 12:30PM. Great I'll be there.
This a rental house so I get there 30 minutes early just in case they show up before 12:30PM. I sat in my truck waiting from 12PM until 2PM. NO SHOW ! NOT EVEN A PHONE CALL. I tried calling them but it turns out they are closed on Saturdays.
I call Ms Jennifer on Monday morning Oct 6th. and tell her what happened. Again she tried to reschedule me for some time later in the week but that was unacceptable to me so she said that Mike would go to my rental house that evening around 6PM.
He called me from the house & quoted me $1500. I have 2 other quotes from other companies for $475 & $400.
Both Jennifer & Mike seem very friendly on the phone but I got the feeling that they didn't want my business. I don't know if the job was too small or too far.
If they didn't want the job I would rather them tell me up front so we don't have to waste each others time.
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