Foundation Repair in Asheville, NC
6 local businesses listed
Foundations move more in the mountains than they do on flat ground. Water running downhill against a footing, clay soils that swell and shrink, and homes built into a grade before anyone was thinking about drainage all add up. The symptoms show up indoors first: doors that stop latching, a crack that reopens every spring, a floor with a noticeable slope by the time you’re standing in the middle of the room.
Most of what gets called foundation repair around here is really water management. Piers and helical anchors have their place, but if the reason the footing settled is a downspout dumping against the wall, fixing the structure without fixing the water buys you a few years at best.
The companies listed are all based in Asheville and handle settlement repair, crawl space work, encapsulation, and structural stabilization.
Get a structural engineer’s assessment before you accept a repair plan. A repair company diagnosing the problem it also sells the fix for has an obvious conflict, and an independent report costs a fraction of the work.
Mount Valley Foundation Services
Mount Valley Foundation Services (MVFS) is the oldest foundation repair company in South Carolina. MVFS was founded by Allan Gantt with the hope of bringing this necessary service to the area. Mount Valley Foundation Services is a BBB accredited business with and is a multi-time winner of the Post and Courier’s Charleston’s Choice Award for Foundation Repair. MVFS has over 100 fully trained experts to assist the homeowner with any foundation repair, crawl space, or concrete needs.
Sexton Brothers Construction
We strive to exceed the requirements of local building codes, structural engineers’ requirements and to exceed our customers’ expectations. Sexton Brothers Construction delivers a level of professionalism and personal service that is hard to find in the construction and foundation repair industry.