If your house sits too low or its foundation is worn out, we lift it and set it on concrete built to carry it.
Foundation raising in Port Hueneme means lifting your whole house off its old foundation and setting it down on a new or extended one, so it sits higher on concrete built for it. It's a job measured in weeks, and for part of that time your family will be living somewhere else.
Most people who call about this have a house sitting low on a flood-prone lot or an older foundation that's past saving, and they want to know if lifting is worth the money and the upheaval. The price mostly turns on the size of the house, whether it sits on a slab or a raised floor, and whether stucco or brick has to be dealt with. The schedule depends on engineering, permits and getting the utilities shut off and back on, and our written estimate shows what's included for your house, so you're deciding on your own figures and not guesses.
I come out myself to look at the walls, the foundation and the utilities, and I write the estimate. That way the plan comes from the person who actually saw your house, and you can ask me anything right there in the yard.
The forming, pouring and finishing are done by our own crew, not handed off to someone you've never met. The people who set the forms and the steel are the same ones watching the concrete as it cures under your house.
Before starting this business I poured slabs, footings and parking lots on big commercial jobs. Those years taught me that most of a good pour is the planning and the ground work nobody sees later, and that's where we spend our time.
We're licensed and fully insured, which matters when a whole house is sitting up on supports. Your satisfaction, guaranteed. When you're ready to talk it over, call (805) 269-8744 or send the form on this page.
Call or send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate, with no pressure to book. I'll come out, look at the house with you and write up exactly what the job includes. It helps to have your address, your foundation type and what's on your walls ready when you reach out.
The city's Building and Safety Division issues permits for buildings, and its list names demolition, alteration and new construction but doesn't call out foundation raising by name, so that division is where it gets settled for your job. If your job needs a permit, I'll tell you at the estimate and we'll take care of the application and the inspections. Any work in a city street or a city easement, like rebuilding a driveway approach at the curb, needs an encroachment permit from Public Works, and the city requires every contractor working there to hold a valid City Business License, so it's fair to ask anyone you're considering for theirs.
Before you commit, it's worth checking where your house sits. The city's flood map page shows the 100-year floodplain, and FEMA's Flood Map Service Center will also tell you whether your address is in a flood-hazard area. The state's EQ Zapp map lets you type in your address to see if the lot is in a mapped earthquake hazard zone, which is good to know before the new foundation is designed. Here and in nearby Oxnard and Ventura, we mostly see older single-story homes on flat, low ground near the coast, and we plan the job the same careful way in all the cities around them.
One cost guide says raising a typical single-family house across the US usually runs about $20,000 to $80,000 for the whole job. Where yours lands depends a lot on how much of the work is in the contract, from the utility disconnects to the new foundation. Our written estimate spells out what's included so you can compare it fairly.
One cost guide says to plan on 6 to 12 weeks of construction, with part of that spent living somewhere else while the foundation and utilities are rebuilt. Most families line up a rental or stay with relatives for that stretch. At the estimate I'll go over which parts of the job mean the house is empty, so you can plan around them.
Sometimes, but the usual advice is to get a structural engineer's help before you even consider lifting a house that sits right on a concrete slab. On a slab home we want an engineer involved from the start, so the plan for the lift and the new foundation is settled before anything else happens.
Stucco and brick veneer have to be either removed or braced so they stay in place while the house goes up, and you should plan for that extra step. I'll look at your walls at the estimate and tell you which way makes sense, since it changes both the price and the schedule.
We do, if your job needs one. As covered above, the city's Building and Safety Division is where that gets settled, and we handle the application and inspections so you're not chasing paperwork while you're out of the house.
Piers under a raised house have to be reinforced with steel bars that are properly sized and placed, because floods, wind and earthquakes can push on them sideways. Our crew sets that steel where the plan calls for it before we pour, so it's locked inside the concrete once it cures.
