Concrete Foundations in Blue Island

Adding a bedroom on the back of the house, putting up a new garage off the alley, or building a covered porch out front all start the same way: with concrete in the ground. If that concrete is off, even a little, every trade that comes after pays for it. Walls do not sit plumb, floors are not level and doors never close quite right. So we take foundations slowly and carefully. We start with your drawings, or with your builder, and lay out the footprint with string lines and stakes. Footings are dug below the frost line to firm, undisturbed soil, formed to the size on the plans and poured with the steel your design calls for. Walls go up on the footings, braced and checked for level before the concrete truck arrives, and we set anchor bolts where the framing will tie down. Some detached garages sit on a slab foundation with thickened edges instead, and we pour those too. Older Blue Island homes often have tight side yards and alley access only, so we plan the dig and the pour around fences, gardens and the neighbors' garages, and we clean up the spoil when we finish.