Start with conditions, not a product
Cracks and sticking doors are clues, not diagnoses. Soil moisture, grading, drainage, framing, and foundation type all need to be considered together before a repair plan is proposed.
Common Foundation Repair project paths
- Foundation evaluations
- Crack repair
- Settlement solutions
- Pier and support systems
- Drainage planning around the foundation
Why this is one of Hoover's five focus trades
Hoover's housing stock was built overwhelmingly within a single long boom from the 1970s through the 2000s, so foundation repair needs tend to surface across many homes in the same neighborhood at close to the same time.
Hoover context
Hoover's rapid growth from the 1970s through the 2000s produced large, planned residential developments -- Riverchase, Ross Bridge, Trace Crossings, and others -- built around the Riverchase Galleria and, for a time, the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium ballpark. Because most of the city's housing dates to that single long building boom, many Hoover homes are now reaching the 25-to-45-year mark at the same time, a point when roofs, HVAC systems, and original foundations across an entire subdivision start needing attention together -- on top of the clay-soil movement common to the Birmingham area generally.