The evaluation is a measured survey of your foundation: crack widths logged, floor levels shot by laser, wall deflection checked, and the lot's water path walked. Then ask for a written scope with a price on each line, or expect an honest “monitor it” if that's what the numbers say.
The hour, step by step
- Outside walk: grading, gutters, veneer cracks, slab conditions; the water story first
- Basement survey: walls sighted and measured for deflection, cracks logged by width and direction
- Floor levels: laser survey mapping any settlement's footprint upstairs
- The conversation: what the numbers mean, what's urgent, what isn't, what each fix costs
- The written scope. Ask for systems, counts, a written price per line, timeline, and warranty terms
No pressure theater, no today-only pricing. Houses move slowly; a real number is still real next month.
Get a St. Louis foundation evaluation
Tell us what the house is doing (cracks, bowing, sticking doors, sloping floors) so the evaluation starts from what you have seen. A specialist who serves the St. Louis area will call you back.