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We connect property owners in Savannah and nearby areas, including Historic District, Victorian District, Thomas Square and Midtown, Ardsley Park, Isle of Hope and Thunderbolt, with one independent local foundation repair specialist.
The fastest way to get an answer about your own house is a free inspection. A local crew checks your floors, looks under the house or around the slab, checks drainage, and gives you a written price. Call (912) 771-1041 or send the short form, and you will usually get a call back the same day.
Want more detail first? Read the cost guide, the warning signs page, or the pages on crawl space repair, pier and beam repair, slab repair, drainage and crack repair.
One published cost guide puts Savannah foundation repair at about $2,200 to $23,300, depending on how serious the problem is. Small crack and waterproofing jobs can run about $1,900 to $3,700. Crawl space repair nationally runs about $500 to $7,500. Your exact price comes in writing after a free inspection.
Not always. A higher price can mean a bigger or better plan, or it can just mean a bigger sales team. Compare what each estimate actually fixes, what it does about the water, and what the warranty covers. The cheapest plan that skips the cause often costs more later.
Many do, but the warranty is only as good as what is written down. Get it in writing, read what it covers and for how long, and ask if it transfers when you sell. Ask what happens if the company closes.
Savannah Foundation is a referral service. We connect you with one independent local foundation and crawl space contractor who works in Savannah. That contractor does the inspection, writes the estimate and does the work if you hire them. Your agreement is with them.
Yes. The inspection and written estimate cost nothing through Savannah Foundation, and you are under no obligation to hire anyone.
Yes. A soft floor is usually rotted subfloor, rotted or weak joists, or a beam that sagged. The crew finds the cause from under the house, replaces or sisters the bad wood, and adds supports where needed.
Usually not, according to national cost guides, because insurers treat most settling as wear or preventable. Damage from a sudden covered event may be different. Ask your agent.
Flood insurance has limited coverage for some areas and items below the lowest elevated floor, depending on your flood zone and when the home was built. Read your policy and talk to your agent after any flood.
It can. In unincorporated Chatham County, the flood ordinance requires flood vents in enclosed areas under raised homes, limits sealing and air conditioning that space, and makes a home meet current flood rules if repairs over five years reach 50 percent of its value. A local crew should check your zone first.
Structural work usually needs a permit through the City of Savannah or the county or town where you live. Homes in historic districts may have extra review. The contractor should pull any permit the job needs.
It depends on your home and your flood zone. Outside a flood zone, a sealed crawl space with a dehumidifier can control humidity well. Inside a flood zone in unincorporated Chatham County, the flood ordinance discourages sealed, conditioned enclosures, so the moisture plan has to work with flood vents.
Most support, pier and crawl space jobs take one to three days. Larger jobs with drainage or a lot of rotted wood can take longer. The schedule should be in your written estimate.