Bowed foundation opinions

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

Who you gonna believe? Obviously, there are always exceptions. Note reference to a JLC article. Perhaps that is what I remember and mistakenly credited Ben.

Can tree roots penetrate foundations?

Hi all, I’m working on an article that will detail the ways that trees can damage houses, and it seems that foundations can be damaged by a tree’s roots. I’ve seen different descriptions of how this happens, however. Almost everything I read on Google says that roots cannot penetrate foundations and that roots merely sap water away from around foundations, causing them to sink (still bad). Some of these websites are kind of unreliable, though. On the other hand, a few inspectors have told me th…