Field Notes
The Line — What Foundations Tell You
Short field notes and video notes from real inspections: what stair-step cracks mean, why doors stick in August, what a 20-year-old Burleson slab looks like inside. Practical knowledge from the jobsite — posted as produced.
Coming first: the stair-step crack
Why brick fails in stair-steps in North Texas, and the difference between mortar shrinkage and structural movement.
The sticking-door season
August drought, September return of rain — the clay swing your doors feel before your eyes catch it.
Drainage: the half nobody quotes
Gutters, grade, and the five-year fix that often matters more than piers.