Foundation raising in Imperial CA - a lift planned around how your house is built
Floors out of level, doors sticking or a house that needs to sit higher? We look it over first, then plan the lift.
Does my house need raising, or just leveling?
Foundation raising in Imperial covers two jobs, lifting the whole house on hydraulic jacks, lifting beams and stacked crib blocks that work together as one engineered system, or bringing a settled house back to level where it sits. A full lift takes weeks, while leveling in place usually takes days.
Most people call because something looks wrong, like floors that slope, doors that won't latch or cracks that keep coming back, or because the house needs to sit higher than it does. The price mostly turns on what your house sits on, what its walls are built of and how much of the work the quote covers, and the schedule turns on whether it's a full lift or leveling in place, plus the paperwork and the weather. I'll walk your place, ask my questions and put the price in writing, so you're working from a real number for your house instead of a guess.
Why Imperial homeowners call us for foundation raising
You get the owner on your job, a crew that does the hidden prep properly and a straight answer about what your house needs, even when it's not what you hoped.
The owner walks your house
I come out to look at the job myself, and I'm on site running the crew when we pour.
Trained the old-school way
I learned under a boss who made me tear out anything close enough, and I've run my own crews since 2021.
Licensed and insured, on paper
We're licensed and insured, and you're welcome to see both before you sign anything.
No pour on doubtful ground
Prep, forms and joints decide whether concrete holds, and I'd rather lose a bid than pour on ground I don't trust.
Your satisfaction, guaranteed
That's our promise, and it rests on getting the part nobody sees right before anything goes on top of it.
How we handle foundation raising jobs
The approach depends on what your house sits on, what its walls are made of and what shape it's in, so the right people look it over before we plan a lift.
What happens when you call about foundation raising in Imperial?
Every house sits differently, so the plan comes after I've seen yours, and the schedule gets built around your household and the weather.
You get in touch
Call us or use the form and tell us what you're seeing, whether that's sloping floors, sticking doors or a house you want sitting higher.
I come out
I look at the house myself and ask more questions than you expect, because what's under the floor decides the whole plan.
Your written estimate
You get a written estimate, and if you go ahead, we sort out what the city or county office wants before any work starts.
The work and walk-through
We prep the ground and time any pour for the weather, with me running the crew, and we walk the finished job with you at the end.
Questions about a step? Call and talk it through.
(760) 483-7530Foundation raising questions we hear
How much does it cost to raise a house in Imperial, CA?
Across the US, raising a typical single-family home usually runs about $20,000 to $80,000 per job, and that's the going range, not our price. Where your house lands depends mostly on the house itself and how much of the work the quote includes. The estimate at your place is free, and I put our price in writing.
Can a slab house or a brick house be raised?
Yes, most houses can be lifted, though slab and masonry homes sit at the harder end. A house on piers and beams or over a crawl space is usually the cheapest to raise because the crew can get beams under the floor with less digging, while a slab has to be separated from the house or lifted with it, which means more engineering and labor. Wood-framed houses suit lifting well, but brick, stone and other masonry need more support points, more careful planning and often bracing inside.
How long does it take to raise a house, and do I have to move out?
A full lift usually runs six to twelve weeks, according to one national guide, and you'll be out of the house for part of it. Temporary housing is rarely in a contractor's bid, so budget for it separately. Leveling a settled house in place is shorter, with another guide putting shimming a pier-and-beam house, packing the low spots back up, at one to three days and leveling a slab house at three to seven, and you can usually stay home, though slab work is noisy and leaves open ground along the outside walls.
What causes a house foundation to crack or settle?
Clay soil is one common cause, because some clays swell as they get wet and shrink as they dry, and that movement can crack foundations and floors. It's worst where the moisture swings are big or happen over and over. That's why I look at the ground around the house, not just at the cracks.
What kind of contractor license covers raising a house in California?
The state contractor license board lists raising, lowering, cribbing and underpinning houses and their foundations as building moving and demolition work. That work doesn't include altering or repairing the parts of the house that stay, so ask each bidder who handles any repairs after the lift.
How do I know if my house is in good enough shape to lift?
You find out with an evaluation before the lift is planned. One equipment maker's guide says a house in poor shape sometimes needs reinforcing first, if the framing is failing, the settlement is severe or the sills, the wood the walls sit on, have rotted. That guide advises having a qualified structural mover or engineer look the building over before the lift plan is final.
Foundation raising in Imperial and the valley around it
In Imperial, the city's Building and Safety Division reviews construction plans, issues permits and inspects the work. Whether your lift needs a permit is something we confirm with that office before we start, or with the county office if your property sits outside the city, and we help you through the paperwork.
The ground here is part of why we want a house looked over before any lift plan. County planning puts the potential for liquefaction, young, loose soil giving way when an earthquake shakes it, at its greatest in and around the Imperial Valley, especially across the irrigated farmland where the soil is generally saturated. The county also counts the valley as prone to subsidence, where the ground sinks. That holds valley-wide, so a house in El Centro or Brawley gets the same hard look at what it sits on as one in Imperial.
Call Advanced Imperial Concrete about your foundation
Call (760) 483-7530 or use the form, because a house that's still moving usually leaves you more choices the sooner someone looks at it.