Foundation Repair in Clinton, OH

Why Clinton foundations crack and settle

Clinton and the rest of southern Summit County sit on heavy glacial clay that swells when it drinks up spring rain and shrinks as it dries through summer. That constant push and pull works on your foundation year after year, and block basement walls tend to answer with stair-step cracks running along the mortar joints, a slow inward bow, or a wall that begins to lean. We have watched this same pattern play out on Clinton homes for four decades.

Sitting close to the Tuscarawas River and the Ohio and Erie Canal corridor, a lot of Clinton lots hold water in the surrounding soil. When that saturated clay presses against a basement wall, the hydrostatic force behind it can push block inward until it bows or cracks horizontally near the middle. Our winters make it worse, since water in the ground freezes, expands and thaws over and over, prying at mortar joints and widening the gaps a little more each season.

Settlement is the other half of the story we see in Clinton. When the clay under one corner dries out or was never compacted well, that part of the footing drops and the frame above it goes out of square. Homeowners usually notice it upstairs first, with doors that stick, windows that will not latch, and cracks creeping from door corners. We have been fixing these problems for Clinton families since 1985, and we can tell you exactly what is moving and why.

• Free, no-pressure foundation inspection anywhere in Clinton
• Straightening and lifting that does not require digging up your yard
• Transferable lifetime warranty on every repair
• Financing options to fit your budget

How we fix Clinton foundations

The right fix depends on how far the wall has moved. For walls that are bowing or cracking, carbon-fiber straps and the Richtech Stabilizer System brace the wall and can straighten it back over time, all from inside the basement with no excavation.

When a corner or section of the house has settled, we underpin with steel piers driven down to stable soil to carry the load and lift the foundation back toward level. Cracks are sealed for good with epoxy and polyurethane injection. Every repair carries our transferable lifetime warranty.

• Bowing & leaning foundation walls straightened
• Settling foundations lifted with steel piers
• Stair-step & settlement cracks sealed for good
• Sticking doors & windows from foundation movement corrected