Soil Types You May Find on Your Property. According to Sargeant, the type of soil that makes up your lawn and gardens might not be ideal, but it certainly is unique. “Each geographical area has ...

Clay soil is expansive and can cause serious damage to your home’s foundation. Foundation settlement is a common foundation problem, especially for homes in Denver built on damp clay soils.

Expansive or active soils are a form of ground composition that expand and shift when they encounter moisture. When the soil or clay meets water, it expands, and when it dries out again, it shrinks.

However, in generalizing, there are less than two dozen types of soil in our commonwealth, at least as recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and I shall proceed to list them.

In fact, expansive clay soil is the most predominant geologic hazard across the U.S. Several geotechnical solutions can alleviate these problems. On new construction, the options are: removal and ...

While devastating effects of expansive soils are usually seen in recently constructed homes, this is not exclusively the case, says Daniel D. Overton, P.E., President and Principal Geotechnical ...

There's unstable soil, called expansive soil, under homes in Colorado. It can expand, move and damage buildings. We take a closer look at what people need to know.

Long a hot topic in James City County, the problem of “shrink-swell” soil recently has expanded to statewide discussions. The Virginia Housing Study Commission has formed a subcommittee… ...