A crack in the foundation. Cracks above a door that keep coming back after patching. One end of the house sitting lower than the rest. You can see it, but you can't tell how serious it is. PNW Foundations arranges a free inspection that measures how far your house has moved, and you get a straight answer either way.
The inspector sets up instruments and measures the floors corner to corner, so what you get back is a measurement instead of an opinion.
There's no fee and no obligation. Having an inspection doesn't commit you to anything.
If your house doesn't need work, the inspector tells you that, and the visit ends there.
There's a crack in the foundation, and it wasn't there last year.
Cracks keep opening above a door or window after you patch them.
One end of the house sits lower than the rest.
The floor has a high spot in one room and a soft spot in another.
A door sticks, gets sanded, and sticks again a few months later.
If any of these sounds like your house, it's worth an inspection.
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 carries. The crack in the drywall upstairs is the same movement showing up in a softer material.
That's why a patch opens back up, and why a door starts sticking again after it's been sanded. The crack gets filled, and the house keeps moving underneath it.
Nobody can tell how far a house has moved by looking at the crack. It has to be measured on site, and that measurement is what the inspection is for.
An inspector comes out and walks the whole house, inside and out. That means the foundation, the floors, the doors and windows, and the ground around the house.
Then the measuring starts. The inspector works corner to corner and records how far each part of the house has moved, along with photos of what was found.
You get the finding in plain words: which parts moved, how far, and whether anything needs doing. Sometimes nothing does, and you hear that just as plainly.
If the house does need work and you want to know what it would cost, the inspector can put together a plan with costs. That happens 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 and does not do repair work. It arranges the inspection. If the house does turn out to need work, the inspector sits down with you and explains 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.
The inspection costs you nothing either way. Plenty of them end with nothing to fix, and that answer is free too.
The form asks for your name, where the house is, and how to reach you. Describing what you're seeing is optional, and it helps.
Someone calls or texts the number you gave and finds a time that works for you.
The inspector walks the whole house with instruments and a camera, then explains what it all means in plain words.
It takes a short form, a call to set a time, and one visit.
The inspection ends with an answer, and it costs nothing.
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