Foundation Repair in Savannah, GA
As it supports your home, any foundation in Savannah will unavoidably develop problems, but Mount Valley's foundation repair solutions can safeguard your home from structural failure.
Schedule Free InspectionFoundation Repair in Savannah
Mount Valley Foundation Services is experienced with the wide range of soil types in the Savannah region, the bulk of which are clay. Summers in Savannah are likewise quite hot, while winters are cold and damp. The hot summers cause excessive humidity and water damage around your home’s foundation, while the brief, rainy winters can cause standing water to accumulate around the foundation. Our familiarity with the Savannah region enables us to find the best solution for any foundation concerns you may have. Keeping an eye out for foundation issues — like wall cracks and general settlement — is imperative in maintaining your home’s structural stability.
THE MOUNT VALLEY PROCESS
Schedule Free Inspection
One of our contact center representatives will reach out to you to determine your problem and set the best time for one of our certified field inspectors to visit your home.
Consult with our certified inspector
Our certified field inspector will visit your home to observe the problems in your home and inspect other areas of your home that may have been impacted.
Installation of customized solutions
Our professional production crew installs patented, American-made solutions in each home with care and strives to leave the area better than we found it.
Foundation Problem Signs in Savannah
If your foundation is damaged, there will be several problem signs you should be able to notice with your naked eye. Cracked walls, bowing walls, and sticking doors and windows are all major signs that your foundation is in need of repair. It’s important to be aware of these signs, as ignoring them can put your home’s structural stability at risk. Due to the wet climate and expansive clay soils of the area, foundation settlement is common in the area.
Bowing Walls
Foundation walls move inward primarily due to expansive soils and hydrostatic pressure on the walls from outside.
Drywall Nail Pops
If your foundation becomes damaged, the walls in your home may begin to shift. This can cause nails to pop out of wall studs and put holes in your drywall.
Collapsing Retaining Walls
Retaining walls serve to retain the lateral pressure of soil. More simply, retaining walls are used to hold back soil and substrate from moving due to the effects of gravity and erosion
Floor and Wall Gaps
Almost every structure in your home depends on the health of your foundation. When your foundation gets damaged, so do important structures such as walls and floors.
Causes of Foundation Damage in Savannah
There are a multitude of causes of foundation damage. Excavated soil that was removed during your home’s construction is used to fill in the gaps between the foundation walls and the earth. This time, it is looser and more water absorbent. This creates a “clay bowl” that causes water to gather. This leads to hydrostatic pressure and puts pressure against your foundation, creating cracks and additional damage. The “clay bowl effect” is very common in Savannah due to the widespread clay soils.
Causes Of Settlement
There are many factors that can contribute to a shifting foundation. The most common of these factors are unstable soils, poor drainage and plumbing leaks, poor grading or compaction and tree roots.
Foundation Soils
Soils are composed of different ingredients like sand, silt, loam and clay. These ingredients determine how soils behave under wet and dry conditions and when they need to support weight.
Improper Grading
When the filled in land has been improperly compacted, foundation issues can arise. Back-filled soils are not necessarily unstable.
Expansive Soil
How expanding soils affects foundation walls.
Foundation Repair Solutions in Savannah
Fortunately, when it comes to a damaged foundation, there are ways to repair it. At Mount Valley, we offer various solutions designed to take on your foundation’s unique problems. Foundation piers, like helical piers and push piers, are designed to stabilize your foundation. Wall repair systems and crawl space support systems can also be added to repair and stabilize walls and floors, further ensuring the structural stability of your home. Our solutions are effective because our crew is familiar with the clay soils of Savannah and how they can impact foundations.
Carbon Fiber Wall Reinforcement
Forces like hydrostatic pressure can cause your basement walls to crack and bow. Permanently stabilize them with durable carbon fiber wall reinforcements from Mount Valley Foundation Services!
Helical Piers
With knowledge of local soil conditions, helical piers can be an ideal solution because the installing contractor will know exactly how deep to install the piers to reach a stable soil layer than can support your home.
Pier System
Each of our foundation pier systems are made of the highest-quality materials and custom-designed for installation by our team of highly qualified and experienced installation teams.
IntelliJack™ Support System
The IntelliJack™ Crawl Space Floor Support system provides solid support for sagging and undersized beams, restoring stability and straightness to sagging floor joists in a crawl space.
Why Choose Mount Valley Foundation Services
As a homeowner in Savannah, repairing your home’s foundation is essential for maintaining its health. Mount Valley will evaluate your foundation free of charge and without commitment to ensure that you need foundation repairs. We’ve been serving Savannah for more than 30 years, so you can feel confident that we know everything there is to know about the city, from the variety of clay soils to the hot summers. We also have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and thousands of positive reviews from homeowners just like you. Additionally, the State has named us “Best Foundation Services Company for 2021.” We never back down from a challenge, so you can rely on us to maintain the structural integrity of your Savannah property.
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