Foundation help built around Pittsburgh's ground and Pittsburgh's houses
Steel City Foundation Works is a locally run foundation repair and basement waterproofing service for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. We take the call, set up a free inspection, and line up insured local crews to do the work.
Why a foundation company for this city
Few places ask more of a foundation than Pittsburgh. The clay swells and shrinks, the hills push soil against one side of the house, rain arrives in every month, and winter freezes and thaws the ground for five months straight. Much of the housing is old, too: stone and block foundations from the early and middle twentieth century that were never designed with drainage in mind. Homeowners here deal with cracks, damp walls and leaning basements far more than most of the country.
We set up Steel City Foundation Works to give those homeowners one clear place to call, a free and honest inspection, and a written price before any work.
How the work gets done
When you call or send the form, your request comes to us. The phone line is answered at all times by an automated assistant that takes your details, and a person follows up to book the inspection. Repairs are carried out by independent, insured local foundation and waterproofing crews we work with, and you are told who is coming before anyone is scheduled. Our referral disclosure explains the arrangement in plain words.
What you can expect from us
A real inspection
Walls, floors, framing, grading, gutters and the slope of the lot, measured and explained, not a quick look at one crack followed by a price.
The cause, then the fix
We tell you why the wall cracked or the water came in before we suggest anything, and we say so when the answer is "watch it" or "fix the downspout."
Prices on paper
An itemized written price with any permit shown on its own line. No work starts until you agree, and you are welcome to get a second opinion.
Rules followed
Pennsylvania requires Home Improvement Contractor registration under HICPA for residential work over $500, and structural work in the city goes through the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections. Boroughs and townships have their own offices. Permits are pulled when the job needs one.