Can I have my concrete foundation repaired while I live in my home?

Yes. Most concrete foundation repairs happen with you living in the house the whole time. Crack injection, carbon-fiber straps, a power brace, lally columns, and most pier work are interior jobs done in the basement or crawl space. You stay put. Foundation crack repair runs $1,000 to $3,000, and we give you a free inspection and a free estimate, with your quote inside 24 hours.

You do not pack a bag for this. Our crew works in the basement, the crawl space, or along an inside wall. The living space upstairs stays normal. People walk the dog, make dinner, go to work, and come home to a fixed wall.

Here is what makes a foundation crack or bow in the first place. The soil right against your foundation is disturbed backfill. That is the loose dirt that got put back after the house was dug and built. Loose fill drains slow and holds water, so it pushes on the wall. Add an NH winter and frost heave pushes the wall inward too. Over a few seasons that pressure shows up as a crack, a bow, or a wall that leans.

The fix depends on what we find, and most fixes are quick and indoor.

A crack that is just letting water in gets crack injection, epoxy or polyurethane filled from inside. That is a same-day job in most cases. Foundation crack repair is $1,000 to $3,000, and it carries a 10-year warranty.

A wall that is starting to bow gets carbon-fiber straps run floor to ceiling on the inside. No digging. Carbon-fiber straps are $850 each, with a 25-year wall stabilization warranty. If the bow is worse, a power brace does the heavier holding. That runs $1,300 per brace.

When the problem is the house settling, we go to piers. Helical or push piers carry the load down to solid ground. We self-perform our structural lifting and helical installs in-house, so the same 603 crew that quotes it does it. Helical piers are $2,700 per pier for the first three, then $2,200 per pier after that and carry a 25-year engineered warranty. If a floor is sagging because a support post failed, lally columns or floor support fix that for $1,300 to $2,500, warranted 10 years.

A few jobs are bigger and can mean a noisier day or two, but you still live there. Sill and beam replacement is $7,000 to $40,000. An auxiliary, or sister, wall built inside a failing one is about $1,350 per linear foot. A full foundation-wall rebuild or wall anchors or steel I-beams, we price that after we see it, because the work changes a lot wall to wall.

You should know what you do not need yet. A hairline crack that stays dry and is not moving may just need watching. We will tell you that to your face. We would rather you spend nothing than spend on a wall that is fine.

One thing we do not do is dig up the outside of your house to waterproof it. In our field experience that kind of exterior fix tends to fail in a couple of years. The lasting fix is interior. That keeps the work inside, keeps your yard intact, and keeps you in the house.

We are 603 Basement Solutions out of East Kingston, NH, serving New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. Trusted by 5,000+ homeowners in New England, 4.9 on Google across 250 reviews, BBB A+ accredited, licensed and insured. If a payment plan helps, financing is available through Hearth, subject to approval, and we make nothing on it.

If the repair touches water getting in, see our basement waterproofing and crawl space services pages too. For the structural side, the foundation repair hub and structural and foundation repair page lay out helical piers, sill replacement, and supplemental support. Everything we install is backed by the 603 guarantee.

For background on foundation soil and drainage, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America program is a neutral, plain source (basc.pnnl.gov). For how foundation problems and homeowner coverage interact, the Insurance Information Institute is worth a read (iii.org).

Want to know if you can stay home through your repair? You almost certainly can. Call us at 603-610-1770 or book your free inspection and we will look, tell you what is going on, and give you a quote within 24 hours.

Related questions

Will I have to move out during foundation repair? Almost never. The work happens in the basement or crawl space, so your living space stays usable. Only a large job like sill and beam replacement gets loud for a day or two, and you still sleep at home.

How long does foundation crack repair take? A single crack injection is often a same-day job. Carbon-fiber straps or a power brace are usually one day. Pier work depends on how many piers, but most homes are done in a few days.

Is foundation crack repair messy inside my house? It is contained. The crew works at the wall, cleans up after, and your upstairs is untouched. Crack injection is $1,000 to $3,000 and leaves the wall sealed from the inside.

Do you fix the wall or just the crack? Both, depending on what is moving. A dry, still hairline may only need watching, and we will say so. A bowing wall gets carbon-fiber straps at $850 each or a power brace at $1,300 per brace so it stops moving.