{"id":1016,"date":"2017-01-30T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2017-01-30T11:45:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T16:45:40","slug":"how-to-identify-home-foundation-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/2017\/how-to-identify-home-foundation-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Identify Home Foundation Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you own a home in the Coppell, TX area, you want to keep an eye on small foundation concerns that could lead to big headaches.&nbsp; There are early warning signs that indicate foundation problems and the sooner you catch them, the easier and less expensive they can be to correct.&nbsp; Houses will settle over time and create some unevenness, but this is not a cause for panic.&nbsp; Watch for the warning signs and take these steps to check on your foundation periodically.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>4 Indoor Warning Signs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Any door in the home that begins to jam or fail to latch<\/li>\n<li>New cracks develop in walls, particularly where the wall meets the ceiling or the space above windows or doors<\/li>\n<li>Concrete floors covered by vinyl or ceramic tile begin to crack open<\/li>\n<li>Easy to open and close windows starts to stick or won&rsquo;t completely close<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Easy Regular Foundation Checks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check the outside of the home to see if the foundation is straight by looking at the length of the foundation wall from each corner.&nbsp; If there is a curve or bulge in the foundation, it could mean the foundation has shifted.&nbsp; If the home has a concrete perimeter foundation and you see flaking or chipping, check it by poking it with a sturdy screwdriver.&nbsp; It should be hard enough that you can&rsquo;t damage it.&nbsp; If you can, the concrete could be deteriorating.&nbsp; Check for puddles or rotting wood in the basement or crawl space.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>The Select Insurance Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the Select Insurance Agency in the Coppell, TX area, we care about helping you protect your home investment.&nbsp; A homeowner&rsquo;s policy may not help to cover foundation issues, but we can help you sort through policy options that can provide coverage for all kinds of situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you own a home in the Coppell, TX area, you want to keep an eye on small foundation concerns that could lead to big headaches.&nbsp; There are early warning signs that indicate foundation problems and the sooner you catch them, the easier and less expensive they can be to correct.&nbsp; Houses will settle over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[892,199],"class_list":["post-1016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-coppell-tx","tag-the-select-insurance-agency"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1017,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions\/1017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}