From: "John" 
Newsgroups: alt.building.construction alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Replacing shallow concrete foundations - worth it?
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:27:41 -0800
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Hi,

Our N.Z. timber house is on a slope. The side of the house facing the valley 
has concrete foundations that are very, very shallow (probably no more than 
8-10 inches deep). My guess is that when it is raining very very hard, and 
for a long time, the foundations can move a little bit. Another issue is 
when kids are playing with the garden hose... (ouch!)

We've had to replace one foundation that was kind of going down the valley 
actually.
Four other concrete foundations could be replaced.

The inside of the house is quite new, I'm scared that the repiling process 
may damage the nice work that been done inside.
Is the repiling process safe? Is the house likely to move when repiling?

The house is on clay.

Any opinions?

Thanks for any advice.