Foundation, Concrete or Water Problems Here in SW Bellevue?

Find someone to repair settling concrete slabs, house structure issues, concrete cracks and damp basements for building owners in the Somerset and Newport Hills area.

So if your house is displaying a few symptoms of one of these conditions, you ought to pencil in a few minutes for a brief phone call and talk about it.

You could describe your situation over the phone and perhaps they could line up a time to come by your property and take a close look.

Do You Have a House Problem?

Typically a King County homeowner can tell they have a structure problem. In some circumstances, the information is actually noticeable.

In other instances the indicators are difficult to find. These issues can show up in all sorts of different houses, from old to new and from affordable houses to expensive ones.

These Are Warnings To Be On the Lookout For:

• You detect uneven or not level interior floors
• There are spaces right around doors, typically an outside door or garage door
• Some doors or windows stick to their frames when you try to open or close them
• There are splits in external or interior brick walls or their mortar
• There’s a vertical crack in sheet rock, normally between a door frame and the ceiling
• There is water in your basement
• You see separating or cracked interior molding, normally crown or door molding
• You think a floor is sagging, warping or sloping, or floor tiles are loose or broken.
• There is a separation between two exterior walls or a wall and chimney
• You notice a crack in a solid surface exterior or interior wall
• You notice a wet crawlspace or water sitting by your house after a rain
• You come across significant cracks in your cement basement floor or concrete blocks
• There are cracks between a wall and the ceiling or a wall and the floor
• Your basement seems damp, unpleasant and has that musty smell

This Looks Like a Tough Problem to Correct

Big building structure problems, which includes leveling a whole house, is a large project, but these kinds of tasks are done every day. They be completed though.

Homeowners are sometimes amazed that someone can permanently raise their home, but it can be done. You just need to find the best contractor get it done for you.

That being said, handling a home structural obstacle takes an experienced contractor and work crew, together with the right tools and equipment to raise and fix a home which is no longer straight and level.

Somerset Basement Waterproofing Service Near Me

If you’re dealing with a wet basement, there is a professional who can figure out why rain water is leaking in.

Your Southwest Bellevue basement waterproofing treatment may not even need any work inside your home itself, but rather just on the grounds and landscape areas surrounding the house. They can come up with a way to fix the problem.

Somerset Concrete Mudjacking Services

If you notice that a portion of your cement sidewalk, courtyard, or porch has sunk a little, they can usually lift it back up to where it was meant to be. This process is sometimes called either slabjacking or mudjacking.

The process of mudjacking successful, yet kind of easy to do.

They work with a thick mud-like solution which they will push straight beneath the section which has sunk. This thick material expands and fills up any empty hollows and then begins to move the slab upwards. When that slab has gotten to the proper height, they stop. Quite simple really.

After your cement slabs are all at the same height again, your walkway, terrace or driveway will look a lot better and people won’t be tripping and stumbling on the uneven joints any more.

Why Do House Structure Problems Develop?

Well, it’s simply the natural properties of the soil.

The earth under and around your house periodically transforms, moves and adjusts. It may swell or contract with exposure to water and fluctuations in temperature.

This sustained expansion, contraction and motion (regardless of how small) of the ground can place a force on a building or any other solid structure.

So you might not be able to change the elements or the soil composition here in King County, there are a few aspects you can manage.

First, your yard ought to be graded to move rain water away from your house. Next, you need a good rain gutter system to prevent the rain that hits your house from accumulating around it.

One of the big aspects that affect this situation coming about is something the property owner can’t influence. It’s the absorbency of the soil and ground that his home is constructed on.

Soil that can absorb and soak up plenty of water will expand more than soil that doesn’t hold water well.

We are fairly fortunate here in the suburbs of Bellevue, most of the soil under our properties is not too absorbent.

These sorts of environmental pressure can cause tiny cracks in a house’s structure. These little cracks allow in moisture and little bugs, and those tiny cracks can get bigger as time goes on.

Do I Really Need to Get My House Inspected?

If you are worried about circumstances with your home, it’s recommended you get it looked at and corrected if necessary. At least get it checked out. Don’t wait on an inspection.

It’s human nature to hope that your obstacle somehow goes away, but a cement crack or basement foundation fault isn’t going to mend itself. It won’t just get better over time. It is always wiser to sort out the situation now as opposed to later.

If you have rainwater often seeping into your basement, it might start ailments like mold. And mold growth will just become worse over time too.

Some property owners want to put necessary repairs off because they believe they will be moving soon. But it’s tough to sell any house that contains signs which might reveal a structural problem. Prospective buyers are fearful of getting stuck with a substantial repair bill right after they move in.

And besides, since a seller needs to tell any truly serious home buyer of any crucial fault with your home before they purchase it from you, it is advisable to correct the situation first.

Lots of situations that seem to the property owner as being too difficult to correct can typically be solved. Some may call for a complicated and sometimes difficult procedure, but they can be accomplished.

You Could Choose a Good Local Company

When the time comes for choosing a contractor to have your property repaired, you have a few reliable alternatives.

Seasoned contractors and work crews will inspect your property, organize your project and take care of the repairs as promised. They will put your home back into good shape.

What Suburbs Are Serviced?

They work on projects all over King County. They can do most jobs around the Somerset, Newport Hills, Newport Shores and the 98006 zip code neighborhoods. Just make a quick call and you can talk about the problem you are having.

Common Services Performed:

– General Foundation Repair
– Making a House Level
– Leveling and Slab Jacking
– Filling in Concrete Cracks
– Making Basements Waterproof

  206-539-1117

206-539-1117