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A gap between the floor and the baseboard, uneven tilting floors, or a bounce as someone walks across the room these are signs of sagging or sloping floors in a home. Unfortunately, sagging or sloping floors are an issue that most often gets worse over time. It can be...

Just recently we encountered some homeowners with concerns about their driveway in El Reno, OK. The were experiencing problems with their driveways kinking at the street approach and damage to the garage stem wall.   While having the home reviewed several times...

Retaining wall repair methods On sloped lots in Oklahoma City, it is common to see walls leaning away from the original position when it was poured. This is caused by the loose soil backfilled against the wall and slowly compressing. This pressure begins to force the...

The Vesta team was happy to support Terra Richmond, a Eufaula Round-up Club Rodeo Queen Contestant in this years Whole Hawg Day rodeo. Terra is 16 years old. she was born in Ruidoso New Mexico where her love for horses first began. She learned to ride at a very young...

From the day they're built or poured, foundation walls must put up with an extraordinary amount of pressure from the surrounding soil. Over time, and due to a variety of factors - mostly to do with too much or too little moisture in that surrounding soil - foundation...

Many Homeowners ask us why we are so thorough on our inspections.  During an evaluation of your foundation it is important to know whether or not you actually have a problem, how extensive, and at what rate.  The proper way to determine the condition of your...

For most customers in the state of Oklahoma, cracked driveways and sidewalks are a way of life.  Many of these problems are caused by three overlooked items.  Many builders and developers install a bed of sand on top of the ground prior to pouring the...

When selecting a foundation repair option to fix your home, you first have to understand several aspects of the problem. First, the soil is typically causing the settlement or failure in the home. Second, how heavy the home is can determine the type of pier and how...

Heavy snowfall is not a normal thing here in the southern part of the states. After the significant snowstorm we experienced last month, homeowners were left with several feet of snow. As we enter into March, temperatures begin to warm up, and the snow starts to melt....

A Sapulpa, OK customer we recently visited asked us to provide an inspection on the reasons why they were experiencing settlement along their driveway and their garage wall.  After a detailed inspection, the Vesta Foundation Repair team found that water was...

Helical piers can provide your home with permanent foundation support whether it is suffering from soil settlement, or you're wanting to prevent the settlement from happening. What exactly is a helical pier and what does it do? Helical piers get its name from...

Customers in the Greater OKC area are constantly asking us about the joints or 'lines' in their driveway and sidewalk slabs. Our readers have heard concrete is guaranteed to do two things:  (1) Get Hard and (2) CRACK!  These lines are designed to help...