A crack in the foundation. Cracks above a door or window. One end of the house sitting lower than the rest. It's been getting worse for months and you still don't know how bad it is. PNW Foundations arranges a free inspection that measures how far the house has moved and tells you straight, including when nothing needs doing.
An inspector puts tools on the house and comes back with a number for how far it has moved.
The inspection is free. You're not signed up for anything by having it.
If the house doesn't need anything, that's the answer you get, in the same plain words.
A crack in the foundation itself, and it wasn't there last year.
Cracks in the drywall above a door or window that come back after patching.
One end of the house sitting lower than the rest.
A floor with a high spot in one room and a soft spot in another.
A door that sticks, got sanded, and sticks again.
Any one of these is reason enough to ask.
The crack is not the problem. The ground is.
A house rests on its foundation, and the foundation rests on soil. When a crack keeps opening or a door keeps sticking, the usual reason is that the soil under that part of the house shifted or washed out. That part drops, and the concrete above it cracks under the weight it's carrying. The crack in the drywall upstairs is the same movement showing up in a softer material.
That's why the patch opened back up. That's why the door started sticking again after it was sanded. The crack got filled, and the house kept moving underneath it.
How far it has moved isn't something anyone can tell from the crack. It gets measured on site. That measurement is what the inspection is for.
An inspector comes out and looks at the whole house, inside and out. The foundation, the floors, the doors and windows, the ground around it.
Then the tools come out. The inspector measures corner to corner and comes back with a number for how far each part of the house has moved, with photos of what was found.
You get that finding in plain words: which parts moved, how far, and whether anything needs doing. Sometimes the answer is no. You hear that one just as plainly.
If something does need doing and you want to know what and what it costs, a plan with costs can be put together. Only if you ask for one.
"Free inspection" is what every foundation company in the area says. A lot of homeowners have learned to read it as "a salesperson is coming." Fair enough.
PNW Foundations is not a contractor. It does not do repair work. It arranges the inspection. If there turns out to be work worth doing, the inspector sits down with you and walks through why it's happening, what's been tried on houses like yours over the years, and what it takes to fix the cause instead of the crack. Who may contact you, and how, is spelled out on the How this works page, linked under the form.
The inspection costs you nothing either way. Some inspections end with "nothing needs doing." That's still an answer, and it's still free.
Name, where the house is, and how to reach you. What you're seeing is optional, and it helps.
PNW Foundations calls or texts the number you gave to find a time that works for you.
The whole house, with tools and photos. Then what it means, in plain words.
A short form. A call to set a time. One visit.
It ends with an answer, and it costs nothing.
Request it