And this is the second February in a row where the answer was a lame... "Fix a structural problem and use up 2/3rds of our savings."
Last year we had a foundation company take a look at our living room, which is the room where the chimney is, for some cracking and separating we noticed. The whole house has piers around it but also has some random issues- like all of the decks that were built around it that cause drainage issues.
The salesman at that company recommended we get a plumbing test done to make sure it wasn't just settling due to a plumbing leak somewhere that could resolve the issue. Lo and behold, there was a plumbing leak that spanned from our powder bath all the way to the other outside wall under our laundry room. We got that repaired and then waited to see if anything would change with the foundation.
Now here we are a year later and called the same company out and we now have a plan to put in 11 new piers (replacing the old ones), plus add a root barrier to the giant live oak that sits too close to the house on this side, and improve the drainage all around. It's got a hefty price tag.
Plus we have a lot of work to do. The deck just holds water and the bushes are wild. We already had the front landscaping pulled out in anticipation of putting in something new in the spring. We are hoping the bushes will be ripped out for free when they do the foundation work.
Three weekends after he started, Bean has the entire deck and fence ripped out!
He could have easily done it in 1-2 weekends but he chose to take breaks and rest and hang out with us instead of working straight through.
The foundation work is starting soon and then we can get some simple landscaping in!
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