Foundation Services: What Each One Is For

Services are listed when the words appear on the contractor's own website. Always confirm the work with the company.

New foundation construction

For a new house, garage or addition.

New poured foundations for houses, garages and additions.

Does not address: Repairing or stabilizing an existing foundation.

1,461 contractors

Insulated concrete form walls, filled with concrete on site.

Does not address: Repairing an existing poured or block foundation.

249 contractors

Footings, formwork and walls for new foundations.

Does not address: Waterproofing or structural repair of an older foundation.

833 contractors

For cracks and damaged concrete. Does not stop a foundation that is still moving.

Crack injection, crack repair and wall reinforcement.

Does not address: A foundation that is still moving. Sealing a crack does not stop movement.

993 contractors

For keeping groundwater out of a basement.

Membranes, weeping tile and drainage around the foundation.

Does not address: Settlement, or a wall that is bowing.

314 contractors

For settlement, or for making a basement deeper. Engineering and permits may apply.

Helical piles, screw piles and piers that carry load to firmer soil.

Does not address: Water coming through a crack.

185 contractors

Deepening footings to lower a basement or support a foundation.

Does not address: A small crack that only lets in water.

361 contractors