Inspect & measure
Interior, exterior and underneath. We take elevation readings across the floor to map the movement, document cracks, and check grading, gutters and drainage around the whole perimeter.
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Foundation Repair
on the Gulf Coast
Settling foundations, bowing walls, cracked slabs and floors that no longer sit level. We identify the mechanism causing the movement, stabilize the structure with engineered supports, and document every bit of it.
The short version
Why foundations
Why foundations
settle
The two types of foundation settlement we primarily deal with are differential and uniform settlement. Those settlements are caused by:
- Sandy soils that erode
- Uncompacted fill
- A high water table
- Organic and clay pockets in the soil
What we repair
Problems we solve
Problems we solve
every week
If you are looking at one of these, it has a known cause and a known fix. That is where we come in.
Symptoms we repair regularly
- Foundation settlement
- Bowing & leaning walls
- Floor & slab cracks
- Uneven & sagging floors
- Tilting chimneys & stoops
- Foundation cracks
Repair methods
The systems
The systems
we install
We create an individualized repair plan to permanently stabilize the failing foundation. No single product solves every foundation problem, and any contractor who says one product will fix everything is not giving you the value you are actually after.
Method 01
Helical Piers
Steel shafts with helical bearing plates, screwed into the ground until they reach load-bearing strata. Installation torque is measured continuously, which gives a direct read on the capacity of every individual pier. Ideal for all structures, from homes and three-story houses to condos and hotels, as well as additions, new construction and wet sites where excavation is impractical.
Helical piers in detail
Method 02
Push Piers
Steel pier sections driven to depth using the weight of the structure itself as the reaction force. Because the house does the pushing, each pier is effectively load-tested as it is installed. Well suited to heavier masonry homes with real settlement to recover.
Method 03
Method 04
Wall Braces & Anchors
For walls being pushed inward by lateral soil pressure. Steel braces resist further movement immediately; where there is room outside, anchors allow the wall to be tightened back toward plumb over a series of adjustments rather than all at once.
Crawlspace Support Posts
Adjustable galvanized steel posts that take the bounce out of a floor and bring it back toward level.
Floor supports in detail Method 05French Drains
Pooling and standing water outside the home or in the yard can show poor drainage and percolating around the property. This can lead to extensive foundation concerns and needs to be addressed. Installing a proper drainage system could save your yard and help prevent future foundation concerns for your home.
Exterior drainage in detail
Method 06
Crack Repair & Sealing
Once movement is arrested, cracks get repaired properly — epoxy injection for poured concrete, engineered carbon fiber or steel reinforcement where a wall needs added tensile strength. Never as a substitute for fixing the cause.
Our process
What a repair
What a repair
actually looks like
Diagnose the cause
We figure out what moved and why. The cause drives the design; the symptoms only tell us where to look.
Design & price the fix
You receive a written plan: pier type, pier locations and count, what will be restored and what will not. Engineered drawings where the job calls for them.
Install & document
Our crews install to spec and log installation torque or drive pressure at every pier. You get the warranty information at closeout. That will matter at resale.
Cost
What drives
What drives
the price
We will not print a number here that turns out to be wrong for your house. What we can do is tell you exactly what moves the price, so you can read any estimate — ours or a competitor's — and understand what you are comparing.
- Repair method
- Support posts, piers or wall bracing
- Number of supports
- Driven by the length of the affected area
- Depth to bearing soil
- Deeper strata means more material per pier
- Access
- Tight crawlspaces and interior work take longer
- Structure weight
- Masonry and two-story loads need more capacity
- Related work
- Drainage, French drains and finish repairs
One thing worth saying plainly: the cheapest quote is usually cheap because it addresses fewer supports, shallower depths, or the crack instead of the cause. Ask any contractor what happens if the movement continues, and get the answer in writing.
Included with every estimate
- A full on-site inspection at no charge
- Floor elevation readings, so the movement is measured rather than guessed
- A written explanation of the cause, in plain English
- Scope, materials and support locations spelled out
Where we work
Foundation repair in
Foundation repair in
Mobile & Baldwin
We repair foundations in Mobile, Prichard, Chickasaw, Saraland, Satsuma, Creola, Semmes, Wilmer, Citronelle, Theodore, Tillmans Corner, Irvington, Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island and the surrounding communities of Mobile County, Alabama.
Based in Foley in Baldwin County, we serve Daphne, Fairhope, Spanish Fort, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Bay Minette, Robertsdale, Loxley, Silverhill, Summerdale, Elberta, Magnolia Springs, Lillian, Point Clear, Montrose, Bon Secour, Fort Morgan and the communities between them.
Foundation repair FAQs
Questions we
Questions we
get asked
What happens if I do not fix a foundation crack?
If the crack is the result of active movement, it keeps opening. The damage then works outward from the foundation into everything attached to it: door and window frames rack out of square, drywall and brick separate, tile fails along the same lines, and rigid supply and drain lines come under stress they were never designed for.
None of that is sudden, which is exactly why it gets ignored. The repair scope grows quietly, year over year, until the fix is several times what it would have been.
How do I know whether a crack is structural?
A few reliable signals: cracks that are wider at one end than the other, diagonal or stair-step cracks in block and brick, horizontal cracks in a foundation wall, and any crack that is visibly larger than it was six months ago. Horizontal cracking is the one to treat most urgently, because it indicates lateral pressure on the wall.
We will tell you which kind you have, and we will say so even when the answer means we do not sell you anything.
Will my house be lifted back to level?
Often, at least partially. The first objective of any repair is to stop the movement; recovering elevation is the second. How much comes back depends on how long the settlement has been going on, what the structure is built from, and whether lifting would crack finishes that have since adjusted to the settled position.
We will give you a realistic expectation before the work starts. Anyone promising a perfectly level floor sight-unseen has not measured your house yet.
Does foundation repair come with a warranty?
Yes. Our structural repairs carry a written warranty, and the terms are handed over at closeout. Read the transferability clause on any warranty you are offered — a warranty that transfers to the next owner is worth considerably more when you sell.
How soon should I have it looked at?
Now, if you are noticing multiple symptoms at once, if anything changed after a heavy storm season, or if a crack has visibly grown. The inspection is free and carries no obligation, so the only thing waiting buys you is a larger repair.
Related
Keep reading
Helical Piers
How they work, where they are the right call, and why installation torque is the number that matters.
ReadCrawlspace Stabilization
Sagging, bouncy floors above a crawlspace, and the support system that fixes them for good.
ReadCrawlspace Drainage
Getting water out from under the house — the single best thing you can do to protect a foundation here.
Read
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Get it measured
Get it measured
before you guess
Elevation readings, a plain-English explanation, and a written price. If your foundation does not need structural repair, we will tell you that.