Because someone will. When a family in Summit adds a bedroom off the back of a bungalow, builds a new garage along the alley or encloses a porch, everything they are paying for rests on a few yards of concrete that nobody will ever look at again. Our crew takes that seriously. Footings are dug below the frost line, down to firm undisturbed ground, because shallow footings get lifted by frost and that movement travels up through every wall and door frame. Reinforcing bar is placed exactly where the drawings show it and held up on supports, so it finishes inside the concrete where it can actually carry tension. Wall forms are set plumb, braced so they do not bulge as the concrete goes in, and the tops are struck level at the elevation the builder needs for the sill plate. A garage or porch floor rests on tamped limestone at whatever depth the drawings call out. Along the river valley, where the soil holds a lot of moisture, we also pay close attention to drainage around the finished foundation. We are glad to work directly with your builder or architect so the concrete and the framing meet without surprises.
