The Health & Safety Of Your Home Starts With The Foundation
We have been helping home and commercial property owners repair their foundation problems. We have protected millions of dollars in property value for our customers. And our promise is that we’ll protect yours with quality products and honest methods.
We have seen and repaired every foundation issue that we’ve run into – that wasn’t too far gone to fix. Deep foundation knowledge is a major benefit that you get when you choose Us.
Top quality products and honest methods. That’s how we repair and preserve the structural integrity of your home’s foundation.
You can trust this experience for your home – as hundreds of homeowners have done.
You should never neglect an issue with your foundation. If there is a problem, it can only get worse with time. Many foundation problems, such as excessive settlement or unchecked pressure on your basement walls can eventually jeopardize the structural integrity of your home.
We have highly trained specialists who can properly inspect your home or building’s foundation and help you understand if you have a settlement or wall problem. Inspections and cost estimates are free to property owners.
From the inspection, if damage is found, a plan to fix your foundation will be created along with a printed price quote.
We offer an array of solutions to save your foundation from further damage. Whether it’s due to hydrostatic pressure and water damage, or your foundation floor or walls sinking, buckling or shearing due to settlement.
If you have a concern about your foundation, or if you’ve spotted a clear trouble sign, don’t hesitate to call us and a zero-pressure, zero-obligation price quote. With our experienced eye, we’ll make sure nothing is missed and your foundation is taken care of, so that you can rest easy and focus on enjoying your home!
Have you noticed something odd or concerning about your foundation? Have a look at some of the most common symptoms that could mean your foundation needs help!
- Bowing block or poured concrete basement walls
- Foundation wall or basement floor cracks
- Leaning chimneys
- Soil settlement or erosion at the foundation
- Tilting or leaning concrete basement walls
- Signs of settlement including bouncy or off-level first-floor flooring – if above a crawlspace, this may indicate failure of the flooring system due to compromised columns or moisture damage to the flooring system
- Jamming of windows and doors throughout the house
- Cracks in the drywall or plaster at the corner of interior doors or windows
What Can Cause Foundation Problems?
The foundation of your home was designed to last the lifetime of your home. But over time things change. The soil beneath your home can shift or compact, and your foundation can begin to settle or sink. Water pressure against your foundation walls and cause severe damage.
It’s unknown when or how fast this can happen. However, once settling or wall damage does occur, it never gets better. Foundation issues can only get worse with time.
This can endanger your home’s structural integrity. This damage almost always effects the re-sale value of a home. Home inspectors and real estate agents know to look for the warning signs and then, if the buyer isn’t scared away, deep discounts are expected to repair the problem.
Causes of foundation problems:
- Hydrostatic Pressure: As water is soaked up into the soil surrounding your home’s foundation, more weight and pressure begins to build against your foundation’s walls. As great as our foundation walls may be, hydrostatic pressure can still cause your foundation walls to crack, tilt, or bow. With cracks, water can even begin to leak into your foundation and into your basement, causing further damage.
- Issues with Drainage: Not all drains are created equal, and when a draining solution for your foundation and basement is not being effective, it can lead to standing water that can deal further damage to your foundation as well as erode the surrounding soil.
- Expansive Soils: If your land, especially that around your house, is rich in expansive soils such as various clay minerals, it can spell trouble for when there’s a heavy rain. These soils soak up much more water than other soils, causing massive expansion as well as shrinking. This repeated process can lead to immense pressures on your foundation wall while making room for more water to seep down and begin wearing at your foundation.
- Trees and their Roots: The roots of trees will seek out water wherever it may be—even if that water is hiding in your drainage pipes or under your foundation. These roots can begin to separate the soil around and beneath your home, which can lead to home settlement.
- Loose, Poorly Compacted Foundation Soil: When foundation soil is introduced to help fill in hollow depressions and gaps, sometimes that soil can be left too loose, which can encourage water collection and erosion, and it can cause your home to settle as it begins to compress that new, loose soil.