Foundation & Areaway Walls
Where the building meets the ground, put right. The City treats these as serious, and so should you, because everything above depends on it.
This is work we self-perform, week in and week out. If it is on your notice, it is on our schedule.
How the work goes
- 1We establish whether the movement is active or historic, bringing in an engineer where it matters
- 2Foundation and areaway wall repaired or rebuilt
- 3The drainage and grading that caused it corrected, so it does not simply return
- 4Documentation put on record in the form the City wants it
What owners worry about first
Most foundation citations are not the catastrophe owners fear when they read the word. Getting it properly assessed is usually the cheapest hour you will spend.
Did this come off a violation notice?
Then read the violation page instead. It covers what the inspector was looking at, what it costs you to wait, and what the department needs to see before the item closes.
Defective foundation or areaway walls →Usually done at the same time
The joints get ground out and repointed to match, so the wall stops shedding mortar and the inspector stops writing it up.
Cracked and missing brick swapped for units that match yours, so the repair disappears instead of announcing itself.
The wall above your roof line made solid again, so nothing is loose over the sidewalk and water stops entering the top of the building.
The most weather-beaten masonry you own, rebuilt, capped and made watertight so it stops feeding damage into the rest of the wall.
Rusting steel above your windows replaced before it lifts the brick any further. This one gets worse and more expensive every year you wait.
The masonry under your windows repaired and pitched properly, which is the cheapest way to stop water getting into the wall.
Find out what this actually costs.
A quick call, then we come out and price every item on the notice in person. Free, and you are under no obligation to use us.
Licensed and insured. A person answers, Monday to Saturday.