Concrete, Foundation or Wet Basement Problems in North and Central San Francisco?

You can find someone who provides sensible remedies for most house structure, wet basement or sinking cement problems here in the Western Addition areas of San Francisco.

If you are facing one of these issues at your residence, contact a local contractor to give you a hand.

They will give you some details on the telephone, or establish a meeting to come over and give your home a good inspection and offer some guidance on how to get it fixed.

When Do I Know if My Home Has a Problem?

When it comes to understanding house structure issues, sometimes the homeowner knows right away that something is wrong. In some cases, the symptoms are just really evident. In other cases the symptoms are difficult to see.

These troubles can happen in all sorts of homes, no matter what design or age they are.

A Few Conditions to Watch Out For:

• Spaces around an interior door, exterior door or garage door
• Interior or exterior brick walls or mortar have cracks
• Considerable cracks in a concrete foundation or basement floor
• Cracking going up and down in drywall, even if they’re not that long
• Uneven or spongy interior floors
• Gaps between exterior walls or wall and chimney
• Windows or doors are closing and opening hard and sticking to their frames
• Cracks in any exterior walls
• Water gets into your basement more than once
• A wet crawlspace or puddles of water near your home after it rains
• Separation or cracking in interior molding
• Gaps between walls and the ceiling or the walls and the floor
• Your basement appears damp or humid

These Problems Appear Difficult and Expensive to Fix – Are They?

A homeowner might think that certain foundation problems might be just about impossible to correct, but, in fact, almost all can get repaired by a professional in this field.

However, these kinds of property improvements do take good foundation repair contractors and experienced crews, utilizing the best equipment, to perform a proper home leveling, change a sinking house foundation, or effectively execute any other serious structure project.

Western Addition Basement Waterproofing

For people with a wet basement, an inspection should determine what is causing water to drip into it.

Your basement waterproofing situation in Pacific Heights or the Fillmore District may not warrant any real work on the interior of the house itself. Oftentimes all the important labor is spent only on the ground and landscape surrounding your home.

Whatever your property situation is, a specialist can come up with the best plan to rectify it.

Presidio Heights Concrete Slab Jacking Service

If part of your concrete front walk, terrace or driveway has sunk, they can fix that too. The procedure is called mudjacking (also referred to as slab jacking).

Mud jacking is a process of forcefully pushing a thick substance directly below a sunken cement slab which, after it has filled up all the cavities underneath the cement, makes the slab to raise up.

When done, your walkway, porch or driveway will look a whole lot better when all the segments are back to the exact same height, and no one will be stumbling and tripping on them any longer either.

How Do These Situations Happen?

Well, it’s basically just the science of the ground our houses are built on. The dirt compacted under your house gradually changes, adjusts and moves. It enlarges and shrinks as a consequence of contact with water and temperature changes.

This sluggish, yet relentless, swelling and contraction of the ground can add excessive pressure on even recently built homes.

Most homeowners don’t encounter significant foundation or water issues, but a few do. There are some things a homeowner can do to help avert troubles.

First, they can make sure the lot their house is built on is correctly graded to move water away from their home. And they should make sure they’ve got gutters that take all the rain that lands on their house and move it away from their house too.

The type of soil your home is built on is a major variable as well. Particular sorts of soil swell or contract more than others do when they get moist. Luckily, in the Bay Area, the soil is only considered mildly absorbent, it doesn’t swell as much as it will in a few other parts of the country.

An additional item that might be a contributing factor is the existence of a large tree that is too near to your home. During a long dry spell, a big tree’s roots may draw all the extra moisture from the soil around it. And dense roots can also apply pressure on your home’s structure too.

Each of these bad types of natural strain might promote the introduction of minor cracks in the base of your home. Very small cracking can allow in humidity and also have a habit of building into larger cracks over the years.

Can I Start This Later?

If you believe there is a problem with your house, you ought to get it inspected and fixed if needed. It really isn’t something you should postpone.

Don’t neglect it. Remember your basement structure holds up the whole building. Your house, the walls, floors and even the roof all depend on it.

Rain water consistently seeping into a basement may cause trouble including mold. And mold doesn’t get better on its own. It only gets worse.

Some homeowners try to put repairs and maintenance off because they think they will be moving in a little while.

But it’s very hard to sell any house that has signs which may reveal a structure problem. Buyers are terrified of being stuck with a large repair bill right after they move in.

And, as a house seller, you will want to reveal to the buyer all significant difficulties with your property or you could get in legal problems in the future.

A lot of circumstances which appear way too hard to correct in a property owner’s opinion can usually be repaired. They may involve a complex procedure, but they can be done.

The Best Choice for Your House

Work with an organization who have been doing work in this home improvement specialty for a long time.

An established work crew has the required experience to undertake a comprehensive structure inspection as well as safely and expertly work to clear up your issue.

Where Can They Work?

They work all over central and north San Francisco. This includes the Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, Fillmore District, Laurel Heights, Haight-Ashbury and Lower Haight neighborhoods, along with the 94102, 94109, 94115 and 94117 zip codes.

What They Can Do For You:

– Making a Basement Waterproof
– Home Foundations
– Mudjacking
– Leveling that House
– Repair of Cement Cracks

  408-290-0770

408-290-0770