Foundation repair in Tacoma WA - the right fix for how your house is built
Sticking doors or new cracks in your walls? We find out why, then pick a repair that suits your house and the ground under it.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We reply within 1 business day.
Foundation repair that fits the house you have
Foundation repair in Tacoma fixes settling that's already happened, often by jacking a wood frame house back toward level or setting piers under the footing to carry it. Most folks call after a door starts sticking or a crack shows up in a wall. Cracked mortar higher up is often a tuckpointing job instead, so I like to look before anyone guesses.
Before anyone talks piers, I want to know if your house is wood frame or masonry and how heavy it is. That, the soil and access set the price and schedule, which your estimate spells out. We check with the city's Planning and Development Services on whether your job needs a permit and handle our part of the paperwork.
Ways we can fix a settling foundation
Get a quoteLeveling a wood frame house
It's often the fix when a wood frame house has settled. Masonry houses don't handle movement well and shouldn't be jacked or leveled.
Push piers
One maker's guide puts these under heavy houses sitting over dense ground the piers can reach. Weight usually decides it.
Helical piers
The same guide favors these for lighter houses, mixed soils and lots with no bedrock in reach, and each pier's capacity can be checked as it goes in.
Anchoring crawlspace walls
Around Tacoma, loose fill and sandy soil near water can weaken in a quake. Short crawlspace walls that aren't anchored can let a house slide off its foundation.
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Tell us what you're seeing
Use the form or call with where the cracks or sticking doors are and whether it's wood frame or masonry. I usually call back myself, within one business day.
- Free and done on site
- Written, with what's included
- No obligation either way
Why Tacoma homeowners call us for foundations
I come out myself
I look at every job myself, and I work alongside our small crew on it. If it's bigger than our crew should take on, I'll tell you so.
Learned under a Tacoma mason
I learned under a mason on a small Tacoma crew and opened our business in 2023. We're best known for older brick and walls, and for chimney repair.
Licensed and insured, easy to check
We're fully licensed and insured. The state requires every construction contractor to register with Labor and Industries, and you can check a contractor's registration with L&I before you hire.