Foundation Repair for North Lake homes
Around North Lake, a lot of houses started life as summer cottages. Over the years owners winterized them, added rooms, dug a little deeper, and turned them into year-round homes. The foundations tell that story. You'll often find a shallow original basement or crawl space under the old cottage, then a newer addition sitting on a different foundation next to it, all a short walk from water that sits close to basement level.
That mix creates a few specific problems. The joint where an addition meets the original cottage foundation is a common place for cracks, because the two parts settle and heave at different rates. Shallow older walls are more exposed to Wisconsin frost, and groundwater rises with the lake in spring, pressing on the walls and up under the floor. The glacial clay here stays wet a long time, which keeps that pressure going well into summer.
We look at each section of the house as its own foundation. Nick or Luis will check the old walls and the addition, measure any bowing, and look closely at the seam between them. Cracks get sealed with hydraulic cement or structural sealant, and moving walls get carbon fiber straps or steel I-beams. You get a written quote and plain advice about what to do first. North Lake is in the Town of Merton, and when the Town of Merton requires a permit, we pull it.
