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Old 11-30-2012, 11:21 PM
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I've read several new threads on foundation issues...I understand the Valley Ranch/Las Colinas area is a "hot spot". Are there other areas of the Metroplex where these problems are endemic? Are there areas considered relatively "safe" from these problems?
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Old 12-01-2012, 10:37 AM
 
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Not that I've ever heard. Irving is really bad but the builders are using more post and beam foundations which mitigates it a bit. Anything south of the Red River is bad. The only place I think that may be better is in Corinth in Denton County. I recall seeing a lot of sandy soil there. I used to love to garden until I moved here. Clay soil sucks.

I recall that the soil in Las Colinas is only at one other place on Earth, in South Africa.
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Old 12-02-2012, 11:57 AM
 
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The areas on the Austin Chalk outcrop and on the sandy/sand-loam soil areas have little problems. The Austin Chalk runs up and down I-35 corridor.

If you google soil maps for the particular county you can find out where these are.

I can drive around and look at the vegetation and tell where they are. With some practice you can too.

Austin Chalk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is a general soil map. Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant have many micro sites so you need to look a a detailed county map.

http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/soil/docs/tx_gsm_map.pdf
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:13 AM
 
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From around DFW west, the soil becomes much more Sandy and not near the clay soils you see east of the airport. There are areas in Ft Worth that are built on solid rock.

Search CD for foundation problems. There have been some very good threads over the last 3-4 years with good information.
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:15 AM
 
Location: Kaufman County, Texas
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Don't believe for a minute that sandy loam soil doesn't have foundation problems. With the extended droughts we've been having these last few years, even that type of soil can have problems, and you just can't pour enough water on it. My parents' home on sandy loam in Hunt County had to have $15k of foundation work done, and they also lost many trees due to the drought.
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