Foundation Repair in Kent, OH

Why Kent foundations crack and settle

Kent sits close to the Cuyahoga River, and a lot of homes here rest on low, moisture-rich ground where the water table runs high. That saturated soil stays heavy against your basement walls, and after every soaking rain the pressure builds until water finds a way through cracks and the cove joint where the wall meets the floor. We have watched this same story play out across Portage County since 1985, so we know how Kent ground behaves through a wet spring.

The heavy glacial clay under most of Kent swells when it takes on water and shrinks back as it dries out through summer. That constant push and pull leans on block foundation walls month after month, and the walls answer with stair-step cracks running along the mortar joints, a slow inward bow, or a lean that gets a little worse each season. Once the mortar starts to open up, water and pressure both have an easier path inside.

Kent winters add freeze-thaw to the mix, where wet soil freezes, expands hard against the walls, then thaws and settles again. Over the years that can drop a corner of the house or push a wall inward, and you often notice it upstairs first when a door starts sticking or a window will not close square. We are a local, family-owned company, and we have been fixing bowing walls, settling corners and cracked foundations for Kent homeowners since 1985.

• Free, no-pressure foundation inspection anywhere in Kent
• 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 Kent 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