Foundation Repair in Lancaster County, PA

Direction and movement, in that order. Vertical and diagonal cracks are usually settlement and usually repairable; a horizontal crack with the wall leaning in is the one we treat soonest. Whether it's still moving matters more than how wide it is, and that takes a measurement.

For most residential repairs, no, and we write an engineered repair plan for every job regardless. Where a structure genuinely needs a licensed engineer's stamp we'll tell you and help arrange it. What you always get is the measurements, the reasoning and a fixed price in writing.

Yes, and that works in your favour. An inspector finding a documented structural repair with a transferable lifetime warranty is a very different conversation from an inspector finding an undisclosed crack. We give you the paperwork specifically so it can be handed over at closing.

Usually two to four days depending on how many piers and how the access is. Each one is driven until the load test says it's bearing, so depth is an outcome of the load test, and we don't promise a number up front. You get the torque and load figures with the completion paperwork.

Interior work runs all year, and piering is largely unaffected by cold. What winter does complicate is exterior excavation in frozen ground. If the timing matters we'll tell you plainly which parts can be done now and which are better waiting for a thaw.