Foundation Repair in Shreveport

Foundation repair in Shreveport starts with the soil

Most calls about foundation repair in Shreveport trace back to the same thing: the ground under the house doesn’t hold still. A lot of northwest Louisiana sits on clay that soaks up water and swells during the wet months, then dries and shrinks when August settles in. A house rides that cycle year after year. One corner drops a little, then the opposite side lifts, and eventually the brick cracks or a bedroom door stops closing.

The fix depends on what’s under your floors. Older neighborhoods like Highland, Broadmoor and parts of South Highlands have plenty of houses on pier and beam, raised on brick or concrete piers over a crawl space. Newer subdivisions in south Shreveport and much of north Bossier sit on concrete slabs. A crawl space repair and a slab repair use different methods and often different crews, which is why the form asks.

What Shreveport Foundations does

We’re a referral service. You tell us what’s going on with the house, and we hand the request to an independent foundation repair company that works in your area and handles that type of foundation. They call you, come out, inspect and give you a written estimate. We don’t inspect, price or repair anything ourselves, and we don’t charge you for the match.

People usually find us at one of three moments. Something new showed up, like a crack across the garage floor after a dry summer. A home inspection on a house they’re buying flagged the foundation. Or they’ve been watching a problem for a couple of years and the gap over the kitchen door is now wide enough to fit a pencil.

What a good inspection looks like

A useful inspection takes more than a glance at the cracks. Expect the company to measure floor elevations across the house, look at brick and drywall cracks, check doors and windows, and walk the yard to see where water goes when it rains. On a raised house, someone should go under it to look at the piers, beams, sills and moisture. For slab homes with signs of a plumbing leak, they may suggest a pressure test on the drain lines before any lifting, since a leak under the slab can keep softening the soil after the repair.

You should come away knowing what’s moving, why it’s probably moving, and what the company proposes. If the explanation doesn’t make sense, ask again or get a second estimate. That’s normal for a job this size.

Before you call

Take a few phone photos of the worst cracks with a coin or tape measure for scale, and note when you first saw them. If you have records from past foundation work, dig those out too. A company can tell much more from a crack it can compare to an older photo.