Table of Contents
1. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT EXPANSIVE SOILS (page 6)
- What are expansive soils?
- Why do so many houses in the Greater Houston Area show signs of damage due to foundation movement?
- What areas of the Greater Houston Area are affected?
2. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SLAB-ON-GROUND FOUNDATIONS (page 8)
- What are post-tensioned slab-on-ground foundations?
- What are conventionally reinforced slab-on-ground foundations?
- What are the significant differences between conventionally reinforced and post-tensioned slab-on-ground foundation?
- Should it make any difference to a buyer what kind of slab-on- ground foundation a house has?
- How do slab-on-ground foundations work?
- What are active and dormant areas of slab-on-grade foundations?
