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Old 08-10-2011, 06:36 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, TX
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With this hot weather, I have a few crevices in the dirt opening up in my backyard, especially alongside a fence, causing it to lean over a little since the posts are getting loose.

I've been running my sprinklers to wet the area down.

I know this is a dumb question, but does filling them up with dirt going to help any?

Also there is holes around some parts of my foundation where the dirt is caving in. Fill that up with dirt too?

I do have a foundation guy coming out on Friday to do an assessment.

TIA
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Watering will do more than extra dirt. The extra dirt you are adding has a lot of moisture, which, inevitably will just dry out even more, reopening the gap.
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:40 PM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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cBach is right. Watering is more effective. Only a REALLY good, long toe chucker is gonna solve the problem
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Old 08-10-2011, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, TX
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cBach is right. Watering is more effective. Only a REALLY good, long toe chucker is gonna solve the problem
Toe chucker?

What is that? LOL
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Old 08-10-2011, 10:49 PM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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A really good rain storm I grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast and that's what we always called them One that goes on steadily for an hour or more, with a heavy downpour...not a drizzle or sprinkling.

The dirt around our foundation is pulling away too, but my husband tries to keep it watered as much as he can. Hand watering and/or sprinklers can only do so much though....mother nature is the true cure!
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Old 08-10-2011, 11:33 PM
 
Location: Austin
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A really good rain storm I grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast and that's what we always called them One that goes on steadily for an hour or more, with a heavy downpour...not a drizzle or sprinkling.
Oh...that sounds so good right now.
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Old 08-11-2011, 07:40 AM
 
Location: Round Rock, TX
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I just found a good article about this. Luckily I haven't been flooding - just watering areas around the house with a rainbird sprinkler for 20 minutes at a time:

soil maintenance
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Old 08-11-2011, 07:48 AM
 
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Get those soaker hoses made out of recycled tires and line the foundation. Then install mulch on top to keep the moisture in. If you don't, you'll soon find your walls cracking and the foundation breaking up. You can set them up end to end with a timer at the faucet and let them run about an hour a day.
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Old 08-11-2011, 08:19 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Oh, ya'll mean "gully washer". Yep, that's what we need for sure!

I hosed down the perimeter of my foundation a few days ago. Guess that wasn't the right technique. Oh well...

I really hope we don't see a drought like this again for another 50 years or so. By then it won't matter to me anyway.
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