Foundation raising in Auburn AL - a settled house brought back close to level
Sloping floors, sticking doors or a corner that's dropped can mean the foundation has settled. We'll show you whether lifting it back makes sense.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We respond within 1 business day.
Foundation raising that starts with what's underneath
Foundation raising in Auburn lifts a settled house so its foundation can be repaired, replaced or set on firmer support. It usually starts with sloping floors or a corner that's dropped. For a whole-house lift, we dig tunnels underneath, set beams in them and raise the house on hydraulic jacks, slowly and evenly so the frame isn't strained.
Before any talk of lifting, I ask you to have a structural engineer look at the house, since that tells us whether raising it or holding it in place makes sense, and we work from what the engineer finds. The price and the schedule turn mostly on whether the foundation only needs lifting or has to be replaced, then on its type, the height, permits, inspections and weather. Your written estimate spells out each of those.
Ways to raise or hold your house
Get a quoteLift the whole house
When the foundation needs repair or replacing, we raise the house on beams and jacks. You'd stay elsewhere for the lift itself, though your furniture can stay inside.
Hold it with piles
Helical piles, steel shafts screwed into the ground and fixed to the foundation, can steady a house against more settling when it doesn't need lifting.
Lift it back on piles
The same piles can also bring a settled corner back close to where it started, which suits a house that has dropped on one side.
Cutting and repouring
When the work opens a slab, walk or driveway, we do the concrete cutting and can pour a new concrete driveway once the house is back down.
More services
- Concrete driveway building
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete retaining walls
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Slab foundation building
- Foundation installation
- Concrete parking lot building
- Concrete footings
- Concrete cutting
Tell us about your house
Send your address, the foundation type and any engineer's report through the form, or tell us on the phone, and we'll reply within one business day.
- A free on-site look
- Each choice explained in writing
- No obligation to go ahead
Why homeowners trust us with a lift
I look at your house myself
I come out to see the job myself, and I'm on site with our crew when the work is done, so the person who planned it is there for it.
Licensed and fully insured
Alabama's home builders board covers home repairs over $10,000 in labor and materials, and you can check any contractor's license with the City of Auburn Inspection Services Department at (334) 501-3170.
Permit questions settled early
The city requires a permit for all construction, so we find out early what it wants and handle the paperwork for our part or show you what you'll file.