Foundation Leak Detection Video Interview

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In the previous post (click here) we showed you some of the company’s colleagues throughout Texas.  Here is an interview from a few years ago featuring another colleague discussing foundation repairs and foundation plumbing leak detection.  Credit goes to Fox29 Daytime at 9 (San Antonio).

 

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Included is the YouTube transcript from this radio interview. This is the unedited version from YouTube, so spelling errors are included:

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you’re watching daytime at nine welcome
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back everybody okay I’m talking to all
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the homeowners out there if you’ve had
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foundation problems recently there’s
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probably some questions you didn’t ask
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that could possibly make a huge
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difference in your home and save you a
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lot of money Jim Parker CEO of Parker
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and Sons Plumbing and daniel road and
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join us he’s a field technician with GL
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hunt they’re here to educate our
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homeowners thank you guys for being here
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absolutely thank you for having us ok
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around the holidays we’re busy checking
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off our list doing all kinds of stuff
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we’re not thinking about foundation
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problems but first how do we know when
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we have a problem with our foundation
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well you’ll usually notice that the
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signs of cracks around your windows or
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doors or your doors start to stick or
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having trouble opening and closing those
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are the most obvious signs that
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homeowners usually see when they may
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have a foundation problem right when you
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can’t shut the door ok now when when
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people call you up you come and you
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repair the problem and a lot of other
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foundation companies do this as well but
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once you’re done with that what else
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should happen aesthetic tests should be
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performed on the plumbing system the
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static test test the integrity of the
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drain system because what could happen
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is yeah you may have your foundation
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lifted and you know during that process
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it could break plumbing you know you’re
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lifting a very heavy object or looking a
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house and all your plumbing is in case
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in dirt and you know it could very well
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break during that process so aesthetic
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test test the integrity of the drain
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system once that’s completed yeah tell
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me ok I don’t mean to interrupt you but
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once you’ve done the foundation work say
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you don’t have the static tests done
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what what could possibly happen there
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well what happens is that plant so as
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you’re running water it’s just going
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underneath the home and so what happens
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is that area starts to sink again so you
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may have had the foundation work done
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but if you don’t have that plumbing it’s
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going to happen all over again if you
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don’t have the pony ok and Daniel let’s
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be honest foundation issues could be
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very costly for a homeowner right
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do you guys do the static test when
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you’re done after we’re finished lifting
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the structure we contact Parker and Sons
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Plumbing they actually do it aesthetic
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sets for us or for the homeowner I think
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once the repairs are done tell me why
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you guys decide to work together on this
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what we work with with Jim because
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they’re extremely reliable the you know
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they show up when they’re supposed to
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they get us the reports that we need on
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time and and we can always rely on them
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to do what they say very good and Jim
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let me ask you is this mandated do
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people have to do this when it was no
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and that’s the reason why I asked Daniel
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and geo hunt to come out because it’s
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not mandated there’s a lot of foundation
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companies out there that don’t do this
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test and a homeowner only knows what
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they know if they never heard of a
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static test they’d never heard of
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testing the plumbing system after
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foundation works done then there’s a
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good chance they’re never going to have
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it done and a couple years their
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foundation starts to sink again in that
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same place they call that foundation
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company new they’re not business anymore
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you know so not everybody does it not
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all foundation coming to do it and it’s
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real important that we educate
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homeowners that it’s very important to
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have this test done and to call a
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company that realizes how important it
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is right and that’s reputable and that
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will actually fix the problem okay now
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is this the only time to have the static
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test done is it after foundation issues
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you know a good you know it’s really
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important to do it before also because
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if you do go to your insurance company
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or homeowner insurance company they may
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ask did you have a success done before
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you did foundation work and if you say
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no you have the foundation work done
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they may say you know what we’re not
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going to cover your plumbing issues we
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don’t know when it happened or what
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caused it so it’s a good idea to do it
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before also so we start seeing those
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cracks you can call us we can come out
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to a static test we’re running a special
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for you guys and we can get you Daniel
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out there and help from there too very
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good i love that you guys work in
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conjunction with each other because a
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lot of times homeowners they don’t know
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where to go I mean there’s so many
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different businesses out there there’s
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so many people doing these services and
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how you know which ones to trust mm-hmm
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right no you’re absolutely right we were
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talking about that earlier is just so
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important that we refer each other
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because we know the type of work that
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we’re going to do right okay so you say
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as soon
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you start seeing the cracks that’s the
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best time to do it right away the
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quicker the better or sooner you you fix
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your foundation that you can prevent
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further problems from having me
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foundation does it ever get better by
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itself it may temporarily get better
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with weather changes and things but
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actually repairing your foundation
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sooner before it gets worse is the best
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time to do it Jim and Daniel you guys
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are fantastic now you mentioned a
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special offer for viewers tell me a
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little bit more about that it’s a $95
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static test it’s a pass or fail test
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it’s going to tell you yes you have a
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plumbing problem underneath your
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foundation or no you don’t does it take
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long no I usually 45 minutes to an hour
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it shouldn’t take very long really that
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quickly that’s good to know cuz you know
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a lot of homeowners put it off because
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they say they don’t have the time right
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you could do it on a lunch break may be
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right very nice okay guys $95 for this
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static test parker & sons plumbing LLC
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make sure and give them a call if you’re
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thinking maybe you have other plumbing
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issues or maybe this might be happening
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to your house right now to 10 to three
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six nine eight three eight again Parker
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and sense plumbing LLC com and also the
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foundation issues I’m sure they can
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refer each other if you’re thinking
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maybe you have some cracks or something
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that needs to be repaired give them a
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call they’ll work together make it easy
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for you guys right definitely thank you
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guys for being your happy holidays thank
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you alright guys don’t forget 12 days