Cracks, sticking doors or a house that needs to sit higher? We check whether lifting fits your house, then run it start to finish.
Foundation raising in La Porte means lifting your house, either to set it higher or so the foundation under it can be replaced, and that can include putting in a basement where there wasn't one before.
Most people call because something looks off. When one part of a house settles more than the rest, you get doors and windows that won't open right, cracks, and in bad cases real structural damage. Before anyone talks about lifting, I want to know how your house is built and why it moved, because that decides whether lifting is the right fix at all.
The price mostly turns on what happens under the house. Lifting it to sit higher is one job, and replacing the foundation or adding a basement while it's up costs well beyond that. The schedule turns on preparation, permits, your foundation type, how high it goes, any repairs, weather and inspections, and the lift itself is the short part. My estimate lays out what your house needs and what that work will cost.
You deal with me from the first call to the last load of debris. Here's how it goes once you reach out.
I walk the house, look at the foundation and the cracks, and ask what you want out of the lift before I write up the estimate. I learned under a boss who made us tear out anything that wasn't right, and I've run this business in La Porte since 2023.
Once you say go, we sort out the paperwork and set the dates around the permits and inspections the job needs. We're licensed and fully insured on every job we take.
I run the crew myself through the lift, the foundation work and cleanup, so the person who looked at your house is the one watching it go up. Satisfaction guaranteed.
First I figure out whether your house is a good fit for lifting at all, and if it isn't, I'll tell you that instead of selling you a lift. If it is, we plan the job, get the house ready, lift it, dig out and pour the new foundation where the old one is being replaced, set the house back down and clean up. One cost guide notes that house lifting outfits usually just lift and make no repairs, and it advises having one contractor manage everything from surveying and permits to the new foundation and landscaping. That's why one person stays in charge of your whole job from planning to cleanup, so nothing falls through the cracks.
A lift usually touches the concrete around the house too. When an old slab or wall has to come out in sections, or an opening has to be made, we do the concrete cutting ourselves. A house that sits higher often needs the drive to meet it at a new height, and we handle concrete driveway building as well.
The lift is the short part. Most of the work happens before it and right after it.
We look at the framing, the foundation and the cracks to decide whether lifting makes sense for your house. If it's a poor fit, we stop here and tell you why.
We set the dates around permits and inspections and get the ground around the house ready to work. Prep takes the most time, because a rushed setup is where lifts go wrong.
The house goes up and stays supported while we dig out and pour whatever new foundation the job calls for. We give the new concrete time to cure, the wait that lets it get strong, before anything sits on it.
The house comes back down onto its new support and we clear the site of equipment and debris. I don't leave until it's cleaned up.
Call (219) 258-7141 or send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day. I'll come out, look at the house and write up your estimate, and there's no obligation to go ahead.
(219) 258-7141Across the US, lifting a house just to raise the structure usually costs about $10,000 to $40,000 per job. That's the market's range for the lift alone, not our price. Your own number comes from the estimate once I've seen the house.
The whole process takes 4 to 8 weeks on average, and the lift itself takes 2 to 7 days once preparation is done. So plan on weeks of setup, permits and inspections around a few days of lifting.
Maybe not. One extension guide says jacking can often correct settlement in wood frame houses, but masonry is often sensitive to movement, and the guide says it shouldn't be jacked or leveled. The same guide says some cracks in an old building are acceptable if the settlement has stopped, so not every crack means you need a lift.
No, everything inside the house can stay in place. What has to happen first is emptying the crawlspace or basement and disconnecting all the utilities.
Inside La Porte city limits, the city's Building Department issues building permits and does the required inspections, so that's the office to ask. Contractors register with the city on the same online site used to apply for permits, and before work starts we check with the office that covers your address and take care of any permit or registration the job needs.
Some houses around La Porte sit in or near mapped flood areas, and that adds steps before a lift. The city posts a map showing its current floodplain limits next to proposed new ones, so it's worth seeing where your lot falls on both. In areas of special flood hazard, the county's floodplain rules require a floodplain development permit before any development work begins.
For houses in what flood maps call A zones, Indiana DNR says a flood review it calls a FARA is required for local floodplain permitting. Those county and state rules cover the areas they name, so if you're inside city limits, ask the Building Department how they apply to your address. We're based in La Porte and work across the cities around it, including Michigan City, Westville and Chesterton, and if yours isn't listed, give us a call and ask.
With your address, your foundation type and a few photos of the cracks or the doors that stick, I can come out knowing what to look for, so call (219) 258-7141 or use the form.
If you're not sure lifting is right for your house, call and I'll give you a straight answer.
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