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For cracked walls, wet basements and damp crawl spaces

Found a crack in the basement wall? Find out what it means before anyone sells you a fix.

Before anyone quotes you a repair for that crack, it helps to know what it means, because the company that tells you what's wrong often sells the repair too. So start with the tools and guides here, get an independent read, and when you're ready we'll pass your request to one company that works your city.

If a wall's visibly moving, a floor's dropping or water's coming in near the electrical panel, get everyone out of the room, call 911 if the structure feels unsafe, and then send the form with Emergency ticked. Send an emergency request
  • Get the diagnosis before the sales pitchThe crack tool, the engineer question and the repair cost tool all run in your browser, and none of them asks for a phone number. Try them first and you'll know what to ask when a company calls.
  • A single foundation company sees your requestBehind the form, there's no list of bidders. Whoever gets your request is the company that calls you, and the consent line tells you so before you press send.
  • Where every rule and figure came fromEach rule, fee and figure links to the statute, standard or government page it came from, dated the day we last checked it, and anything we can't source stays off the page.

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Three short steps take you through what you're seeing, where the house is and how to reach you, and none of it costs anything.

What are you seeing?
Something else · all 11 services

Before you give us a phone number, we'll check whether anyone who works on foundations serves your ZIP.

Using this is free, because the foundation company that gets your request pays us instead of you. How it works

Michigan is live now. Other states are opening.

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11foundation, basement, crawl space and radon jobs, each with what to check before you call
3free tools you can use without giving us your name or number
12guides covering cracks, engineers, permits, codes and who's licensed for what
101city pages, each built from that city's own records
Services

From a hairline crack to radon, these are the 11 jobs we cover

Each service page tells you what the work actually is, who's allowed to do it, whether it needs a permit and what the cost evidence looks like. It also says when an engineer should look first, and where we found no source for a number, the page says so rather than guessing.

All 11 services
Foundation cracksBasement waterproofingCrawl space encapsulationFoundation repairBowing wallsFoundation inspection
How it works

So what happens once the form's gone?

There are three steps: you tell us what you're seeing, the one company that serves your ZIP gets it, and that company calls you. We pass your request on, and nobody we employ does the work. There's no contractor license or price list on our side, and the fee comes from the company, never from you.

How we are paid
  1. 01

    Pick what you're seeing, then your ZIP code

    One tap covers cracks, water, a crawl space, a sloping floor, a bowing wall or an inspection before a sale, and then it's five digits. The form checks your ZIP first, and if none of the companies we send to serve it, you're told before it ever asks for a phone number.

  2. 02

    Add your name, phone and email

    They come last, each with a line beside it saying why we're asking. Your number is meant for one caller only, the company your request went to.

  3. 03

    One company calls you

    Whatever price it names is its own, and turning it down is up to you. If the problem's structural, ask for an engineer's written report, one the company didn't write, before you agree to anything.

Tools

Three tools to try before you give anyone a phone number

The crack identifier, the engineer question and the repair cost tool each answer something people want to know before they ask for a quote. They run in your browser and don't collect a thing.

Crack identifier

Pick the direction, the change and the signs. See what the pattern can mean, what to do first and when an engineer comes before a contractor.

Three wall cracks: hairline, stair-step and horizontalLook at the three walls side by side. A hairline vertical crack is the least worrying, a stair-step crack follows the mortar joints of a block wall, and a long horizontal crack across the wall can mean soil pressure pushing it in.Three wall cracks: hairline, stair-step and horizontalLook at the three walls side by side. A hairline vertical crack is the least worrying, a stair-step crack follows the mortar joints of a block wall, and a long horizontal crack across the wall can mean soil pressure pushing it in.HairlineStair-stepHorizontalOften cosmeticFollows jointsWall pressure
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Do I need an engineer first?

Answer two questions to see whether an engineer, a second opinion or a drainage fix should come before a foundation repair quote.

Decision boxes: crack or tilt leads to an engineer before any repair quotesLook at the flow from the top box. A hairline crack that is not changing can simply be watched; anything that grows, tilts or leaks goes to a structural engineer first, and repair quotes come only after the engineer reports.Decision boxes: crack or tilt leads to an engineer before any repair quotesLook at the flow from the top box. A hairline crack that is not changing can simply be watched; anything that grows, tilts or leaks goes to a structural engineer first, and repair quotes come only after the engineer reports.Crack or tilt seenStable: watch itGrowing: engineerThen get quotesReport first, quotes second
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Cost by repair type

Pick a repair type to see who may do it, the permit position, a labeled estimated range and the wage and fee evidence we can source.

Five repair icons in a row, from crack injection up to piersLook at the five repairs from left to right in rough order of cost: crack injection, slab leveling, wall straps, drain tile and piers. The bars under each show the typical size of the job, not an exact price.Five repair icons in a row, from crack injection up to piersLook at the five repairs from left to right in rough order of cost: crack injection, slab leveling, wall straps, drain tile and piers. The bars under each show the typical size of the job, not an exact price.CrackSlabWallDrainPiersSmall jobs on the left, big jobs on the right
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Coverage

Your city, on its own page

Each city page names the permit office, the housing age from the census and the county radon zone, then says what we could confirm about local permits and is plain about what we couldn't. The pages are live for Michigan now, and other states are opening.

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Guides

Guides for the houses in your state

They cover crack types, why an engineer comes first, radon, building codes, permits, crawl spaces, sump pumps, contractor licenses and what drives a repair price. Each one lists its sources and the date it was last checked.

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Run a foundation or waterproofing company?

If you do foundation, waterproofing or crawl space work in a place we cover and you'd like homeowner requests for it, the partner page has the terms.

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