Foundation raising in Yuma AZ - floors and walls brought back toward level
Sticking doors, cracked walls or a floor that slopes? We find what's moving and bring your house back toward level.
Foundation raising levels a sinking house. The method matters.
Foundation raising brings a house with sinking walls and footings back toward level. On a slab home, that usually means piers driven down to load-bearing soil, the firm ground deep enough to carry the house. On a pier and beam house, leveling means shimming or replacing piers you can reach from the crawl space.
Most calls start with something you can see, like a door that won't latch, a crack running up from a window corner or a floor that slopes. Problem soils turn up all over Arizona, Yuma included, and some of that loose, dry ground shrinks when water reaches it or a house bears down on it.
Price mostly turns on whether you're on a slab or pier and beam and how many piers it takes, and the schedule turns on that same count plus any permit. Your written estimate gives you the number for your house. If what really sank is a driveway, a new concrete driveway can make more sense than lifting it.
Foundation raising starts with finding what moved. Then the fix.
First I figure out what's actually moving, the footings or just the slab, and which way it went, because the wrong fix can make things worse. I walk the floors, check the cracks and doors, look in the crawl space if there is one and see where water lands around the house.
Then I explain piering or slab lifting in plain terms, along with what the work will be like while you're living there. Concrete is hard to undo, so I'd rather take a second look than rush a lift.
Foundation raising covers the whole job. Not just the lift.
Finding what moved
We check whether the footings or only the slab moved, and whether it sank or rose, before we choose any method.
Piering under footings
When walls and footings are sinking, piers go down to load-bearing soil so the house rests on ground that can hold it.
Slab lifting
Where only the slab settled and the footings are sound, lifting the slab itself can bring it back up without driving piers.
Pier and beam leveling
Under a raised floor, we work from the crawl space to shim settled piers or swap out ones too far gone to adjust.
Cutting access inside
When piers have to go under an interior wall, concrete cutting opens a clean hole in the slab, and we patch it afterward.
Backfill and clean-up
The digging around the outside gets filled back in and packed, cut openings get patched, and the dirt we can't reuse gets hauled away.
Fix the cause, not the crack. Foundation raising and drainage together.
The usual bad repair treats the crack you can see. A slab gets pumped up while the footings keep sinking, or the house gets leveled while water still runs toward it, so the same ground keeps moving and the cracks come back.
Swings between wet and dry in the soil do much of the damage, so less water next to the house helps break that cycle. We look at where your water drains and how close the plants sit to the foundation, because the ground work nobody sees after we leave is where I'd rather spend your money.
From your first call to the walk-through. Here's how it runs.
Call or send the form
Call (928) 291-0009 or use the form, and tell us whether your house sits on a slab or a pier and beam frame.
I come out
I come out myself to check the floors, walls, cracks and crawl space, and to ask how you use the house day to day.
Your written estimate
You get the method I'd use, how many piers the plan calls for and what living there will be like during the work.
The work and walk-through
Once you say yes, we sort out permits, our crew does the work and cleans up with me on site, and I walk the finished job with you.
Tell us what you're seeing. We'll come take a look.
Send your home type, slab or pier and beam, and whether you're in a flood zone. We reply within one business day and set a free on-site estimate, no obligation.
(928) 291-0009Close to home. Yuma and the cities around it.
We're based in Yuma and do foundation raising across the cities around it, including Fortuna Foothills and Somerton. If your city isn't listed, give us a call.
Mon–Fri: 7 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–11 PM
Questions before you hire. Answered in plain words.
Read through the answers below, and if your question isn't covered, call (928) 291-0009 and ask me.
How much does foundation raising cost in Yuma?
House leveling across the US usually costs about $3,500 to $30,000 per home, and that's a national range, not a Yuma quote. Slab homes run higher than pier and beam homes because the slab has to be lifted on piers driven to firm soil. Your written estimate gives you your own number.
Do I need piering or slab lifting for my foundation?
If your walls and footings are sinking, you need piering, because foam or mudjacking only lifts a slab and can't steady a footing or carry the weight deeper. When only the slab moved, I check whether it sank or rose, since lifting a risen slab pushes it further out of line for good.
Do I need a permit for foundation raising in Yuma?
The city's permit list doesn't name foundation raising, so before we set a date I check with the city's building office, and when a permit is needed we handle the application and inspections. Homes in a mapped flood zone also need the city's floodplain permit before work begins. Arizona's licensing exemption ends once a permit is required, and we're licensed and insured.
Can I stay in my house during foundation raising?
Yes, owners can usually stay home through the work, though slab jobs are noisy and mean digging around the outside of the house. One leveling guide puts slab underpinning at 3 to 7 days and pier and beam shimming at 1 to 3, with the slab time depending on how many piers go in.
Foundations are one part of it. See what else we pour.
- Concrete driveway building
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete retaining walls
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Slab foundation building
- Foundation installation
- Concrete parking lot building
- Concrete footings
- Concrete cutting
Floors sloping or walls cracking? Call M&K in Yuma.
We pick up evenings and weekends, so call (928) 291-0009 when it suits you, tell us where the cracks are, and we'll set a time to come look.
(928) 291-0009