WEBVTT HELP YOU AVOID AN EXPENSIVE HEADACHE. >> THESE ARE CONCRETE CYLINDERS . REPORTER: THAT ARE DRIVEN BENEATH THE FOOTING OF A HOUSE. AARON GOUCHER IS THE GENERAL MANAGER AT OLSHAN FOUNDATION REPAIR, AND SAYS BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT, THIS MONTH ALONE, HE HAS MEETINGS WITH 500 HOMEOWNERS REGARDING FOUNDATION ISSUES. >> OUR SOILS HAVE A EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF CLAY IN THE SOILS SO WHEN IT GETS DRY THOSE SOILS SHRINK WHICH CAUSES HOUSES TO DROP AND TO SETTLE. >> I CAN STICK BOTH OF MY FINGERS IN THERE. REPORTER: IT’S A PROBLEM, KMBC 9 PHOTOJOURNALIST WHITNEY TYLER KNOWS IT ALL TOO WELL. >> WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS. REPORTER: SMALL PROBLEMS AROUND HER HOME, I CAN’T EVEN OPEN IT IS DEADBOLTED AND IT IS JAMMED UP HERE. REPORTER: TIPPED HER OFF THAT THE FOUNDATION MAY BE THE ISSUE. >> WE WERE PLANNING FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND SAVING FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND NOW THIS CA UP AND THIS WAS AN EXPENSE WE WERE NOT EXPECTING. THE AVERAGE COST OF A REPAIR, ANYWHERE FROM $2,500 ALL THE WAY TO $30,000 PLUS. >> THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAVE 5 PIERS THAT SUNK BECAUSE OF T DROUGHT AND SO THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG ALL OF THIS UP AND GO IN AND LIFT THE WHOLE THING UP I THINK THE BEST WAY YOU CAN TRY TO KEEP YOUR HOUSE FROM EXPERIENCING THESE ISSUES IS TO WATER ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF OF WATER PER WEEK ABOUT THREE FEET AWAY FROM YOUR FOUNDATION. REPORTER: KEEPING THE SOIL HYDRATED, WILL CREATE FRICTION AGAINST THE WALL, TO KEEP IT FROM SETTLING, THERE IS LIKE A GAP IN OUR YARD FROM OUR YARD TO OUR DRIVEWAY. REPORTER: BUT IF YOU DO NOTICE THESE TYPES OF ISSUES IN YOUR HOME, THE SOONER YOU CALL, TYPICALLY THE LESS THE HOME HAS MOVED WHICH IN INEVITABLY LEADS TO A LESSER PRICE FOR THE