Your Home’s Foundation and Drought Conditions
Do you find yourself in extreme drought conditions? Understanding what drought conditions can do to your foundation starts with understanding your regions soil conditions. The most common soil in Cental Ohio is clay. Other soil types are sandy soils, m iamian soils well suited for agriculture, muck or black soil best suited for growing vegetables, and limestone bedrock. Clay soil is nearly always the reason for bowing walls and settlement of your home. Clay is an expansive soil, meaning when it gets wet or holds water it will expand putting pressure on the exterior of your foundation walls. The opposite is also true during dry periods when it will shrink and let pressure off the walls. This effect compares to a pushing and shoving match and over the years your foundation loses the fight causing deflection —any type of inward movement such as bowing and tipping. In extreme drought conditions, settlement tends to occurs. Settlement of a home is when your foundation footer will sink a