PSA: That tiny blog about masonry repair in Ohio saved me $3,000 on a foundation job last month

Look, I know it sounds crazy, but hear me out. I stumbled on this blogger in Columbus who just posts about old brick and block fixes, no fancy layout or anything. Had a crack in my basement wall that a local contractor wanted $4,500 to fix. This guy's blog walked me through diagnosing it as a simple settling issue with a specific epoxy injection method. Spent about $600 on materials and a weekend afternoon. The before was a 3-foot hairline crack, the after is a sealed line you barely see. The timeframe was literally 6 hours of work. The cause was just reading through his step-by-step from 2017. Has anyone else found a niche blog that bailed them out of a big repair bill?

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olivia5732d ago

Man, that's such a win, love when the little guy beats the system like that.

the_wendy2d ago

Actually that wasn't really the "little guy" in this case since the company he sued had way less money than his backers.