Crawl Space Repair for Lizella homeowners
Lizella sits west of Macon in kaolin and red clay country, and that clay is the whole story under a house here. It takes on water and swells. It dries out and shrinks. A pier sitting on it goes up and down with the season, and after enough cycles it does not come back to where it started.
Most of the properties out here are on large rural lots along Highway 80, often on well water, with no municipal storm drainage anywhere near them. Rain that lands on the property soaks into that clay and drains slowly, and Tobesofkee Creek takes what it can. Under the house, the ground stays heavy and damp long after the yard looks dry.
We handle the movement and the moisture together, because on this soil one causes the other. Piers get reset onto footings sized for expansive clay. Joists, girders and sill sections that have softened get replaced, and sound framing gets sistered where the span needs help. Then the ground gets sealed and the water gets routed away from the perimeter so the clay near the house stops swinging so hard.
The scope is fixed before we start on a Lizella home, so nothing gets added once the crew is underneath.
- Repairs wood rot and dry rot
- Addresses termite and pest damage
- Restores structural integrity
- Free, no-obligation assessment
