Foundation Repair
Foundation problems rarely announce themselves. They show up as doors that stick, cracks above the windows, floors that slope toward one corner, and gaps where the trim used to sit flush. We crawl under the house and figure out what's actually moving, whether it's a cracking or bowing wall, moisture rotting out the floor framing, or support that's given out underneath, and we fix the cause so it holds. We reinforce and stabilize from below with carbon fiber, crack injection, and engineered steel support, not by jacking up a floor today just to watch it drop again next spring.
Foundations, the straight version
You usually feel it before you see it. Doors and windows that stick or won't latch, diagonal cracks running up from the corners of door and window frames, floors that slope or bounce, gaps opening between the trim and the wall, stair-step cracks in brick or block. Those are the tells. Any one of them can have a harmless explanation. Several together, especially if they're getting worse, usually mean something's moving underneath and it's worth a look.
We go under the house, take measurements and photos, and show you what's happening. We don't diagnose a foundation from the curb.
It comes down to our soil. Atlanta sits on red clay, and red clay is expansive. It swells when it's wet and shrinks when it dries out. Through our long humid stretch from May through September it stays saturated and pushes on your footings; in a dry spell it pulls back and leaves them with less to bear on. That seasonal swing, year after year, is what works a foundation loose.
Then there's the housing stock. A lot of homes in places like Grant Park, Kirkwood, Decatur, and older parts of Marietta went up decades ago, before modern footing and drainage standards. They were never built for what our clay does over fifty years. We've spent enough time under Atlanta-area homes to know what your soil and your home's era tend to throw at us.
They overlap, and honestly a lot of foundation problems start as moisture problems. If your footings are settling because water is undermining the soil under them, the real fix is two parts: stabilize the structure and stop the water. If your floors sag because joists rotted in a damp crawl space, that's where our crawl space encapsulation work meets our foundation work. We repair the framing and dry the space out so it doesn't happen again.
And if the water has made it into a basement and the walls are cracking or bowing under the pressure, that crosses into basement waterproofing territory. The point is we look at the whole picture under your house, not just the one symptom you called about.
Both, and we do it from underneath. When floors have dropped or developed waves, we build engineered steel support under the span: drop girders set beside the foundation walls to carry the floor system and take the pressure off the wall, plus stabilization beams and adjustable steel columns mid-span to lift the low spots back toward level. We bring it as close as the structure safely allows, not always all the way, because pushing too hard on old framing can crack things that were fine.
What we don't do is push piers or underpin footings. That's a different kind of deep-foundation work, and we're not going to sell you on something we're not the right crew for. If that's genuinely what your home needs, we'll tell you straight and point you toward the kind of contractor or engineer who can help. What we're built for is reinforcing and stabilizing the structure from below, sealing and bracing cracking walls, and stopping the moisture that's usually driving the movement in the first place.
It depends entirely on what's moving and why. Sealing a single crack is a different job from reinforcing a bowing wall with carbon fiber or building a run of steel support to re-level a sagging floor, and we won't pretend otherwise with a one-size number. We break down the typical ranges by problem on our Atlanta foundation repair cost page — and if sagging or bouncy floors are the symptom, the cause-and-fix breakdown is on our sagging floor repair page. The free inspection is where you get a real figure: we go under, find the cause, and put the scope and the price in writing before you commit to anything. And if it's a bigger project, we offer interest-free financing so you can spread it out.
How It Works
We keep the process simple and transparent so you know exactly what to expect before anyone starts work.
We evaluate the crawlspace or basement and document what we find with photos and moisture readings.
We review moisture levels, drainage, and structural integrity to understand the full picture.
You receive a practical proposal tailored to your property. No jargon, no pressure, no surprises.
Our team performs the work and walks you through the result so you see exactly what was done and why.
What We Do
Here's how we assess foundation issues and bring stability back to your home.
Before we touch anything, we walk the property to find what's moving and why. That means measuring floor slope, checking for stair-step cracks in brick or block, getting under the house to look for moisture undermining the footings, and reading the drainage around the home. You get a plain-language rundown of what we found and which repairs actually address the cause, not just the cracks you can see.
When a foundation or basement wall starts to bow or crack under soil pressure, carbon-fiber straps lock it in place and stop the movement. They're high-strength, low-profile, and permanent, anchored top and bottom so the wall can't keep flexing. It's the fix for a wall that's leaning in on you without tearing out and rebuilding it.
Cracks in a foundation or poured wall let water in and, left alone, keep growing. We seal them from the inside with a structural epoxy or polyurethane injection that fills the crack full-depth and bonds the concrete back together. It stops the leak and keeps the crack from spreading.
When the framing carrying your floors gives out, or the foundation wall needs the load taken off it, we build engineered support underneath. Drop girders set beside the foundation walls carry the floor system and relieve the pressure on the wall; properly sized steel and beams tie into solid bearing so the load actually goes somewhere instead of riding on tired framing.
Sagging, bouncy, or wavy floors trace back to something underneath: rotted joists, undersized beams, or failed support. We build stabilization beams and adjustable steel columns into the middle of the span, lift the low spots back toward level, and rebuild rotten joists, band joist, or subfloor where water has damaged them, so the floor holds instead of dropping again.
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