Thanks for visiting our Homeowners of Texas blog and adding your 4 photos. Those cracks are consistent with the problems we are seeing with post-tension slab foundations on expansive clay soils. If I remember right, from 30 years ago when I lived in San Antonio and drove often to Laredo, Cibolo is right in the middle of Texas cotton farming country. Texas is the #1 cotton growing state in the country, because of its rich, clay soils; but the same soils that are good for farming are poor for building homes, especially with post-tension technology.
We’d like to hear as much about your story of home defects as you’re willing to share, so please send our president an email (TomArcher@HomeownersOfTexas.org) or give us a call (512-502-5349). What’s your status? Is there an active dispute with the builder? Are you working with an attorney? Have you contacted the TRCC (Texas Residential Construction Commission), and what was your experience with them? Are neighbors experiencing the same thing?
We are working with the Texas Legislature and interested stakeholders to reform the homebuilding industry, starting with abolishing (or completely reforming) the TRCC. There are many, many issues that can’t be addressed at one time, so we must prioritize and make the best case on behalf of homeowners as possible.
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Thanks for visiting our Homeowners of Texas blog and adding your 4 photos. Those cracks are consistent with the problems we are seeing with post-tension slab foundations on expansive clay soils. If I remember right, from 30 years ago when I lived in San Antonio and drove often to Laredo, Cibolo is right in the middle of Texas cotton farming country. Texas is the #1 cotton growing state in the country, because of its rich, clay soils; but the same soils that are good for farming are poor for building homes, especially with post-tension technology.
We’d like to hear as much about your story of home defects as you’re willing to share, so please send our president an email (TomArcher@HomeownersOfTexas.org) or give us a call (512-502-5349). What’s your status? Is there an active dispute with the builder? Are you working with an attorney? Have you contacted the TRCC (Texas Residential Construction Commission), and what was your experience with them? Are neighbors experiencing the same thing?
We are working with the Texas Legislature and interested stakeholders to reform the homebuilding industry, starting with abolishing (or completely reforming) the TRCC. There are many, many issues that can’t be addressed at one time, so we must prioritize and make the best case on behalf of homeowners as possible.
Wayne Caswell, Director
Homeowners of Texas, Inc.