Yep, and have them shoot the grade at about 1/4-1/2" a foot if possible so water doesn't run too fast washing out, use larger rock in base and fill cracks with smaller gravel....it's what we do around here....if you're guy doesn't know what he's doing, get someone who does for your terrain and soil type.

Once it is attached, they can jack up the footing if needed.This is all based on the type of soils but usually helical's can be used in majority of soils unless the house was build on limestone or a giant rock.

Complete tear off required due to the building still has shake underneath and code dictates complete tear off.

Maybe the buyer knows something I don't: e.g. dollar is going down to zero, a huge gas/gold reserve is discovered underneath my property, etc.

Hey all, Have a problem tenant who caused ~$2000 in damages and some unpaid utilities... let her dog soil the carpet and refused to pay water bill last few months. 

If you have electrical outlets right above the countertops, you may have to move them up a bit to accommodate the higher counters (from the flooring underneath).

They are caused by settling soil.

I have tried talking to the 2 companies the realtor received estimates from and both have said that the crawl space under the house is enough to be able to do the work from underneath and not tear up the nice new hard wood floors.

I closed on a new house loan several years ago and Suntrust was the third mortgage lender to wind up with the loan by the time I closed.The originating lender was my bank and they knew the builder had failed to due a pretreatment of the soil prior to building the house. the city inspectors didn't require him to do it but we knew it could come up later.

The soil will expand if it is irrigated on a consistent basis.