No. 01 — Division
Foundation
and Waterproofing.
Dry. Solid. Built to last. Most of our foundation work carries a 25-year transferable warranty — because if it's not still working in 2051, we want to come back and fix it.
The problem
Your basement is wet
because something failed.
Foundations don't leak randomly. They leak because something specific stopped working — a French drain clogged after thirty years, a sump pump that never had a battery backup, mortar joints that gave up sometime in the Reagan administration, or footing drains that were never installed in the first place. The water finds the failure. Then it finds your basement.
We find what failed. We fix it where it failed. And we write a 25-year transferable warranty on most of the work, because that's what the materials and the methods we use actually deliver. The warranty transfers to the next owner if you sell the house, because anyone buying a Louisville home wants to know the foundation work has time left on it.
What we will not do is sell you a system you don't need. If the inspection turns up surface drainage issues that a regrade and a downspout extension would fix, that's what we'll tell you. We'd rather lose the contract than install five piers under a house that didn't need them.
The work
Eight services.
One division.
Every foundation problem in this region resolves to one of these eight services — or a combination. We handle them all in-house with our own crew. No subcontracted piers, no rented sump installers.
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01
Helical pier foundation repair Steel piers screwed past unstable soil to load-bearing strata. The right answer for settling, sloping floors, and cracks in load-bearing walls. Most installs take three to four days.→
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Push pier foundation repair Hydraulic-driven steel piers using the weight of the structure for resistance. Often the right call for heavier homes and where soil conditions favor friction-based engagement.→
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Interior basement waterproofing Interior drain tile around the perimeter of the basement floor, sealed to a sump system. Standard solution for finished basements where exterior excavation isn't practical.→
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Exterior basement waterproofing Excavation to footing, full membrane application, exterior drain tile, and proper backfill. The most thorough waterproofing approach when the site allows for it.→
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Crawlspace encapsulation Vapor barrier on the ground, sealed to insulated walls, with a dehumidifier sized for the space. The fix for musty smells, sagging joists, and conditioned-space heat loss.→
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French drain and exterior drainage Buried perforated pipe routing surface water away from the foundation. Often combined with downspout extensions and surface regrading.→
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Block and masonry repair Repointing, crack injection, parging, and full block-wall reinforcement. The work that holds the structure together while the rest of the system gets fixed.→
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Sump pump installation & battery backup Primary cast-iron sump with high-water alarm and battery backup that runs through a power outage. The last line of defense before water reaches the floor.→
How we work
Inspection.
Diagnosis.
Repair.
Every foundation project follows the same four phases. Most projects take eight to fifteen days from the day we break ground.
Inspection
A founder walks the property with you. Inside the basement, outside the foundation, and the lot drainage. Photographs and measurements throughout. No charge for the visit.
Diagnosis
A written diagnosis identifies what failed, where, and why. A proposal follows: scope, materials, schedule, line-item pricing, and the warranty terms in plain English.
Repair
The crew arrives on day one with everything pre-staged. Daily site cleanup. Weekly photos. A project manager who answers texts. Most projects finish inside the scheduled window.
Verification
Founder walkthrough before the final invoice. We test sump systems, verify pier engagement, and document the work for the warranty file you keep.
Selected work
Audubon Park —
twelve piers, settled.
A 1925 Craftsman with a six-inch drop across the front wall and a basement that had been wet since the seventies. Twelve helical piers along the front and side walls, interior drain tile around the perimeter, a new sump system, and the chimney repointed where the settling had cracked it.
Total project time: thirteen days. Warranty: 25 years, transferable. The owner sold the house two years later. The buyer asked us to inspect it before closing. The work was holding fine.
"Will told me before they started that he wasn't sure we'd need all twelve piers. After eight, he stopped and called me. The other four weren't necessary. He saved me $9,400 and the basement's been dry ever since."
Foundation & Waterproofing
Tell us what's
going on down there.
Standing water. A new crack. A door that's stopped closing. A musty smell in the crawlspace. Whatever it is, the inspection is free and a founder will walk it with you.