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Lancaster County · 22 years

Foundation Repair in Lancaster, PA

Walls back where they belong.

Bowing walls, stair-step cracks and settling corners are the foundation telling you the soil around it has won an argument. We stabilize the structure first, then deal with the water that caused it.

(800) 834-6584
A stabilized foundation wall, seen face-onElevation of a concrete block foundation wall carrying the floor framing above it, with earth below the footing. A red stair-step crack climbs the mortar joints on the left and is closed by a line of green injection ports following it. Three green carbon fiber straps run the full height of the wall, anchored by green plates at the joist and at the footing. At the right the footing has settled: a gold wedge marks the void under it, a red diagonal crack runs up the wall above, and a green helical pier with two helix plates is driven deep below the footing, with a green arrow showing the corner lifted back.Settled corner, underpinnedStair-step crack, injectedCarbon fiber straps, joist to footing

What's included

The actual scope

  • Carbon fiber and steel wall reinforcement
  • Push and helical pier underpinning
  • Structural crack injection
  • Stone foundation repointing
  • Settlement and heave correction

How it runs

Start to warranty

  1. Structural assessment and measurement
  2. Engineered repair plan
  3. Stabilize, then correct the drainage
  4. Lifetime warranty on the repair

Terms, plainly

Free estimate. No money down. Financing available. Lifetime warranty on waterproofing systems, and it transfers when you sell.

How the repair works

Stabilizing a wall that has moved

Not to scale · engineered per wall
Stabilizing a wall that has movedCutaway through the soil and a foundation wall that has bowed inward, with the basement floor and the floor framing above it. Gold arrows on the left show soil pressing against the wall, which curves in toward the middle; a red horizontal crack runs across it at mid-height. A green carbon fiber strap runs the full height of the inside face, and a helical pier is driven below the footing on the right, down into a band of load-bearing strata. Five numbered callouts. One, gold: saturated clay and freeze-thaw loading the wall laterally. Two, red: the horizontal crack and bow at mid-height. Three, green: the carbon fiber strap anchored at the joist and the footing. Four, green: a helical pier carrying the load down to stable strata. Five, green: the drain and gravel bed installed with the repair.12345GradeLoad-bearing strataFloor framing above
  1. The problem: Saturated clay and freeze-thaw put lateral pressure on the wall, season after season.
  2. The damage: The wall bows and cracks horizontally at mid-height, where the leverage is greatest.
  3. The system: Carbon fiber straps bonded to the wall and anchored at the joist and footing stop the movement.
  4. The system: Where a footing has settled, helical piers carry the load down to stable strata and lift it back.
  5. The system: Then we fix the water that caused it — stabilizing without drainage is half a repair.

Where you live changes the job

Foundation Repair on limestone is not foundation repair on red shale

Lancaster County has four distinct ground conditions, and each one changes how we size and place this work. Your town page has the specifics.

Limestone valley floor

Interior French drain tied into a sealed sump basin with a battery backup, because the volume shows up fast and all at once. Wall vapor barrier where the block has been wicking.

Northern red shale and clay

Interior drain at the footing to relieve the pressure, plus wall reinforcement (carbon fiber or steel) anywhere the block has started to move. Exterior grading and downspout extensions to stop feeding the clay.

Southern schist uplands

Drainage on the uphill side first — interior drain plus exterior interception where the grade allows — and a discharge line routed far enough downslope that it does not simply return.

Susquehanna river terraces

Sub-slab drainage with a high-capacity sealed sump and battery backup, mortar repointing on stone walls, and encapsulation where the space is unfinished.

Other things we fix while we are there

Get a real price on foundation repair.

Free estimate anywhere in Lancaster County, and an honest answer about whether it can wait.

(800) 834-6584