Foundation Specialist

Foundation Specialist is a professional basement waterproofing and foundation repair company serving Western Michigan, including the following areas: Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Holland, Grand Haven, Lowell, Traverse City, Allegan, Ludington, Rockford, Kentwood, Muskegon. We have over 25 years of experience working in the basement, foundation, and crawl space repair and waterproofing industry, and we guarantee that we will be able to take care of whatever kind of problem your home is experiencing.

Foundation Specialist can provide you with strong crawl space supports for your Western Michigan area home. If you have a crawl space which was damaged by water or mold, we can install supports to help with holding up the weight of your home. Crawl space moisture can be a seriously damaging thing, and it can cause the wooden support beams and floor joists below your home to rot, warp, buckle, and decay. We realize that this is not something that you want to deal with, and it can be incredibly frustrating to know that your crawl space is in such poor condition.

In addition to our foundation repair services, we also offer a variety of services based around concrete repair and replacement. This means that if you have got an ageing or damaged concrete wall or foundation, we can help repair and restore it, often making it stronger than it was before. We offer repair for cracks as well as exterior shotcrete for crumbling foundations and short walls. Our concrete services are not limited to foundation walls, we can help you repair any concrete surface including driveways, garage floors, basement floors, patios, sidewalls, or any other location around your home or business.

Basements in western Michigan are prone to having water leakage and water damage issues. This is because we experience a wide range of temperatures throughout the year and have soil that is particularly susceptible to expansion. Our team at Foundation Specialist has seen almost every cause of basement leaks and has the experience needed to provide the correct basement waterproofing service for your problem. There are a number of different ways that we can either prevent water from entering your basement or controlling it once it gets in and all of them have a specific use and application.

By providing a new foundation with additional support before concrete is poured in, you can rely on the structure to rest on a solid base for years to come. If you're dealing with unstable soils at a new construction job site, don't stop the project, contact the Foundation Specialist! We install reliable piers to help keep your building anchored for many years to come. We make use of Grip-Tite's New Construction Helix Piers. These piers can be installed before foundation construction begins to avoid future costly structural repairs.

Your foundation is arguably one of the most important parts of your home, this is because it supports your entire home above it. When there are problems with your foundation, it's important that you contact an expert to perform an inspection of your entire foundation. Our experts at Foundation Specialist have years of experience and can help you identify any issues that you may be having. Most problems with foundations occur due to soil settlement, which is caused by improper compaction of the soil around the foundation before construction.

Foundation Specialist can provide you and your family with affordable and effective mold remediation in the Western Michigan area. If you have basement or crawl space mold, you need to get it removed as soon as possible before it starts causing serious problems for your home's indoor air quality. A lot of homeowners know that they have mold underneath their home, but they figure that it's okay to leave it there since they never really venture into these areas. However, it doesn't matter what you use your basement or crawl space for, if there is mold, it needs to bre taken care of immediately.

Foundation Specialist is a basement waterproofing, foundation repair, and crawl space waterproofing company which serves homeowners in the Western Michigan area. Regardless of what kind of home problem you may be experiencing - from wet basements to leaky crawl spaces - we have you covered. Our trained, knowledgeable, friendly, and professional team of experts will be more than happy to assist you with your basement, foundation, or crawl space problems. We realize that any problem with your home can cause you a lot of headaches and frustration.

If your basement or foundation walls have cracks in them, it is very important that the cracks are investigated by an expert to help diagnose the cause and implement a repair that can prevent any future damage. The underlying causes of foundation and basement wall cracks are generally from the soil expanding and contracting during the seasons or something pressing against the wall such as large tree roots. If the cracking becomes severe enough, it could eventually lead to leaks in the basement. Our team can find the cause of the problem and then work on implementing a repair.

We provide all of our foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawl space repair, and concrete services to the following areas in Western Michigan. After some minor but persistent flooding from hydraulic pressure in the spring of 2020 I sought out pricing for interior basement drain systems. We had a larger job requiring almost 300' of drain line and two sumps and I opted to add a wall liner for the finished half. I obtained several prices. Installed 29 helical piers under the footings of our foundation and waterproofed the basement floor.

Foundation Specialist can install effective basement waterproofing systems in homes in the Western Michigan area. As a Michigan homeowner, you need to be doing everything that you can to keep your home in good shape, both inside and out. Regardless of how new or old your home may be, if you have a leaky basement, you need to get it taken care of immediately before it causes serious problems for the rest of your home. The waterproofing systems and products we install have proven time and time again to be effective at keeping water out of the lowest lying areas of a home.

I started my career in foundation work at the age of 12 years old. I worked beside my Father who was a supervisor of a large family run business in the construction concrete foundation industry. At a young age I learned how to have a hard work ethic and how to become a person of integrity. Years later with my Father and our combined knowledge of building new foundations, decided to help people fix their existing foundations. I found there was a need to help homeowners maintain integrity of there existing foundations and therefore Foundation Specialist LLC was born.

Our team at Foundation Specialist can help you repair any foundation settlement issues that you may be experiencing with your home. We have been helping home and business owners in the western Michigan area repair structural foundation problems for years. Foundation settlement is a serious structural problem which is most often caused by the soil conditions surrounding a home. If you have clay-rich soils around your foundation, they easily absorb moisture whenever it rains, or when you have melting snow on your lawn.

Foundation Specialist can provide you and your family with crawl space encapsulation for your Western Michigan area home. If you have a crawl space underneath your home, odds are likely that you don't spend a great deal of time thinking about it or worrying about what kind of condition it may be in. However, Michigan homeowners need to understand that their crawl space can play a huge role in how healthy the rest of their home is. We know that you may think that it doesn't matter if you have a crawl space that floods regularly, or if there's mold growing down there.

Foundation Specialist is here to provide you with the best and most professional bowed wall repair in the western Michigan area. We know how alarming it can be to see a leaning basement wall in your home, and this is why we are here to provide you with fast and effective foundation repair services when you need them. A bowing basement wall will appear as just a wall tilting and leaning into the basement of your home. It might look severe, or the bowing may not be that bad. Regardless of how serious you think the situation may be, you need to get in touch with us immediately for a consultation.

Crawl spaces is a breeding ground for mold growth. Mold needs three things to survive - moisture, high humidity levels, and organic materials to feed off of. Mold not only looks bad, but can make your entire home smell musty. Also, what's worse is that it can lead to a variety of health problems for all members of your family, especially children and elderly individuals who have weaker immune systems. As you can see, these are some fairly concerning medical problems. But, you don't have to deal with them!

To ensure you crawl space is properly waterproofed, not only do you need to encapsulate the area with vapor barriers, but your home must also have a reliable sump pump. In many crawl spaces, the sump pump will be all the drainage need to keep water from pooling underneath the home. Diverting water away from this area will prevent such problems like mold growth, musty odors, damaged support joist, and termite infestation. Fortunately, Foundation Specialist can install a new efficient and reliable sump pump in your home that will last for years.

Many homes in western Michigan have crawl spaces, and for homeowners that have crawl spaces you know that it can cause any number of problems with your home. From cold floors to moisture and mold issues, the list goes on and on. Crawl spaces are usually open to the elements which means that they will regularly flood and the humidity they experience can cause permanent damage to your home. Our team of experts can provide you with a crawl space inspection and evaluation if you are experiencing flooding, humidity problems, or even sagging floors above the crawl space.