Foundation installation in Montgomery AL - footings set for the ground you have
Building on a bare lot and torn between a slab and a crawl space? We'll match the foundation to your slope and soil.
What does a new foundation in Montgomery involve?
Foundation installation in Montgomery, AL means digging trenches, setting steel and forms, and pouring the reinforced concrete footings and foundation that reach below the ground line and carry your house. The footings rest in original soil or compacted fill, which is dirt packed down hard enough to hold the weight.
Most people who call me about this have a lot cleared or a house plan picked out, and they want to know what goes under it before the framers come. The price moves with the size of the footprint, whether it's a slab or a crawl space, how deep the footings go for your soil and how much the lot slopes. The schedule turns on the city's plan review and inspection and on dry weather for the pour. If you've already settled on a slab, our slab foundation building page goes further, and the estimate I write after walking and measuring your lot puts a figure on your own job.
Why people hire us for Montgomery foundations
You'll deal with me from the first call to the walk-through, and you'll know why each step matters before we pour, because a foundation is mostly ground work you never see again.
The owner comes out
I look at your lot myself, then I'm on site running our crew for the dig, the steel and the pour.
Fully licensed and insured
We're fully licensed and insured for the foundation work our crew does on your property.
Farm-raised, in business since 2023
I learned concrete pouring barn pads and feed lot floors, worked on crews around here, then started this business in 2023.
You'll know why we do it
I'd rather show you where the steel goes and why we pack the fill than ask you to take it on faith.
Satisfaction guaranteed
Satisfaction guaranteed, and it starts with a call to (334) 215-4466 so I can come walk your lot.
Foundation installation options for your lot
We pick the foundation with you by looking at how your lot slopes, what the ground is like and how you want to handle moisture under the house.
What happens when you call about a foundation in Montgomery?
Your foundation work has to fit around your house plans, the city's permit and inspection, and the weather, so I plan the dig and the pour around those and keep you posted.
Call or send a message
Call (334) 215-4466 or use the form, and I answer the phone myself. Tell me where the lot is and what you plan to build.
I walk the lot
I come out, look at the ground and how it slopes, measure, and ask how you'll use the house before I write up your estimate.
Estimate, then permit
Once you say go, we handle the permit side. The city typically approves residential plans within 5 working days, though final approval can take longer.
Inspection, pour, walk-through
The city inspects after the trenches, steel and forms are in, then we pour. Before we leave, I walk you through caring for the new concrete.
Questions about a step? Call and talk it through.
(334) 215-4466Foundation questions we hear in Montgomery
Do I need a building permit for a new foundation in Montgomery, AL?
Yes, a new house or addition needs a building permit, because the city's building official issues permits to anyone who intends to construct, enlarge, alter or repair a building. We check with the city's building inspections office before we start, pull the permit when the job needs it and plan the work around the inspections.
How much does foundation installation cost in Montgomery?
The cost comes down to the size and shape of the house, slab or crawl space, how deep the footings go for your soil and how much digging or fill the lot needs. A crawl space adds walls and moisture work that a slab doesn't, and a sloped lot adds dirt work. I give you a written figure for your own lot after I walk it and measure.
Are small cracks in a new concrete foundation normal?
Yes, fine cracks from temperature changes and shrinkage are practically unavoidable in concrete foundation walls, and a national structural design guide says they have very little effect on the wall's soundness. What I'd want to look at is a crack that keeps widening or one side sitting higher than the other, since that points to movement under the concrete.
Does a foundation contractor need a license in Alabama?
On a house, yes when the job costs more than $10,000, because the state's Home Builders Licensure Board covers residential builders once labor and materials together go past that amount. The rule covers building, repairing or improving a home, so the total cost of your job decides whether it applies, and it's fair to ask anyone you hire which license they hold.
How do I hire my own plumber or HVAC contractor if I'm building my own house in Montgomery?
Hire ones who hold both an Alabama license and a valid City of Montgomery license, because the city requires both when an owner acting as their own builder hires out work like plumbing or heating and air. We can handle the foundation and work alongside whoever you bring in for the rest.
What is the best way to keep a new foundation from settling?
Put it on firm ground and keep water away from it, because most foundation trouble starts in the dirt, not the concrete. We dig past loose topsoil, pack any fill in layers so it holds weight instead of settling, and grade the lot so rain runs away from the house. That ground work is the part nobody sees once the house is up, and it's the last place I'd cut to save money.
Foundation installation on Montgomery's shifting ground
Across Montgomery County, the most common soils carry a high shrink-swell rating, which means they swell a good deal when wet and shrink when they dry out. That seasonal movement can flex a slab enough to crack drywall, stick doors and windows, and pull brick veneer, the outer layer of brick, away from the house. The city also says footings and foundations go deeper on lots with prairie soil, so I look at the ground on your lot before we settle how deep the footings sit and how we keep water off them. We're based in Montgomery and take the same care on jobs in Pike Road, Millbrook and the other cities around it.
Bigger site work brings a second city step, because Montgomery requires a Grading Permit Package when the work disturbs more than 3,500 square feet of ground, goes 24 inches deep, or the lot is part of a larger development. We check that with the city before we dig so it doesn't hold up your pour.
Plan your Montgomery foundation with us
Call (334) 215-4466 or send the form while your house plans are still on paper, so the foundation and the lot get worked out together.