Is There Anything You Can Do?…
If you live in the epicenter of the crumbling foundations crisis and you have a positive lab report taken from a core sample…you may even have had a separate visual inspection assigning a CFSIC Severity Class code of 1…is there anything you can do? Is a crumbling foundation inevitable or even close to that?
Is there anything that you as a homeowner can make happen that will improve your chances of never having a crumbling foundation? The simple answer is “yes.”
That not enough people have raised the issue of foundation failure prevention is one of the great mysteries of the crumbling foundations crisis. Between now and the sunset date, CFSIC aims to do just that.
Many recognize the name Michael Dion. He is a professional engineer licensed in Connecticut. He has also been, since CFSIC’s inception, an approved contractor able to assist homeowners with crumbling foundation remediations. He has also conducted many visual examinations of foundations as a CFSIC-certified professional, where another contractor has done the remediation. Mike is a professional engineer. He doesn’t need a CFSIC certification to do what he does, but he realizes that his annual re-certification coursework enhances and expands his already broad knowledge in this area.
Mike has contributed an article for this this week’s Latest News, which will interest everyone in the crumbling foundations community. Go here to read it now (PDF).
Not only is this an easy to read and useful discussion about what Mike calls the “Ultimate Activator” – water – Mike discusses an equally useful set of tools for the homeowner’s toolbox. Tools that homeowners can use to delay, lessen the severity of, or even avert a crumbling foundation from happening. Are the measures that Mike Dion suggests foolproof? No…nothing is with this natural disaster…but if we can all agree that water is the culprit, Mike has indicated specific measures to manage water around the perimeter of a home that can be taken now, today, to keep that home safe.
His white paper is well worth reading and considering.
CFSIC is committed to getting information out about this crisis, and, with this information, if we can keep a home with a Severity Class code 1 foundation from becoming a 2 or a 3…even one home…then it’s “mission accomplished.”
The idea that a Severity Class coded 1 foundation, where the homeowner also has a positive lab report, means a “death sentence” for that home’s foundation, is not only an unsound idea but is an untruthful one.
(Please refer to the disclaimer found at the end of Mike’s white paper.)
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If you have any questions about the operation of the program, ESIS is your best source of information on your claim, and their phone number and email are shown below.
Phone: 844-763-1207
Email: cfsic@esis.com
As you work through the information and application process, here’s how you can get help:
– Call ESIS (the claim adjuster) at: 844-763-1207
– Email ESIS at: cfsic@esis.com
– Email CFSIC at: info@crumblingfoundations.org
To view a video of how to complete an electronic application, go here.
To apply for a Type 1 claim, go here.
To apply for a Type 2 claim, go here.
To learn more about the program, if you are a homeowner, including application help, go here.
To learn more about the program, if you are a contractor, go here.