Indiana Foundation Service

I recently hired Indiana Foundation to make repairs on my house. Andrew P and Dustin W showed up on time, were very processional, polite and explained to me what the project entailed. I would recommend them to others who need to have foundation work done on their homes

Aaron was a very knowledgeable person.

Very well. I have already submitted a review to the co.

Went very well. Would use again

The crews were extraordinarily polite, friendly, efficient, and very energetic. They ran into a lot of underground water when digging the trench for the buckled wall repair, but were able to put in the necessary reinforcements from inside the basement extending out to the trenched area. We live in an area with a lot of underground springs and artesian water, and when they began work the dirt under the foundation and crawl space was just wet mud, and water poured in at 36 inches deep as they created an outlet for the water to be safely drained away from the house. The basement is completely dry and we have a back up sump pump. My basement is surrounded by a crawl space since it was added after the house was built. The sump pumps and dehumidifier are warrantied for 5 years and the waterproofing has a lifetime warranty. Our house had problems because the basement was added after the house was built, but Indiana Foundation was able to make the house safe, and completely dry and usable. Since we live on a hillside, we will be adding a French drain behind the house and garage, far enough away to not further damage any of the foundations, but at the natural flow of the hillside where water collects to run down hill or underground. If we go at least 36 inches deep, it should help reduce some of the water that flows into the house area. This was some advice given by the supervisor at Indiana Foundation. They don't install French drains any longer, as they don't carry away all water and don't carry a guarantee, but in our situation it will probably help and is something I will be contracting out in the near future. The French drain is similar to what farmers install in fields to drain away excess water to a creek or deep ditch. It isn't something we have to do, but it will put a lot less strain on the sump pumps and other equipment, and in case of a long term power outage, would likely save our other appliances too (furnace, water heater, walls, etc.). I love the battery back up pump and it has already been in use twice when we had two separate power outages from storms. The workmen from Indiana Foundation were delightful to have in my home, running in and out with loads of materials, cheerfully hammering the walls and floors to install their system. Second: My electrician was able to repair a line running to our garage after the water problem was resolved. Water poured in over the connections in the basement without our realizing it, and no electricity was live in the back room of the garage. New basement, New Electric, New Plumbing - we are very happy with the results!

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Thank you, Indiana Foundation, for solving our crawlspace issues of water, humidity and mold. Don Harcourt, Dylan Combs and Nick Ballard did an excellent job of encapsulating our crawl space. Our crawlspace is clean, dry and there is no mold. We encapsulated the crawlspace a couple years ago with another company that took shortcuts and it only made things worse. As a result, we had to take out what the other company did and have it done right, with drain tiles, a sump pump and dehumidifier. Indiana Foundation is worth the cost. As an added bonus, now that the moisture is out of our crawlspace even the doors in the house close better!

They were quick concise and got the job done

Will not hire again. Was told by a worker that the ($13,000) foundation job I contracted them to do would not be covered by their warranty because I needed to pay them to put in 2 more structural support poles at $2,000 a piece. The site around the house was left looking terrible because they didn’t pack down the dirt in the holes that they dug. I know they had one of those machines for packing dirt because they stored it in my garage over night. The lead for leveling my concrete slabs was telling me he was supposed to have been sent to a 1 week training course but that they were so short handed that he had to learn on the job and self-teach himself. Then he told me he had to leave a big un-leveled area in the middle of my drive way because he couldn’t level it without breaking the slab. And I’m thinking “Maybe if they had sent you to the class?” Got a “Used car salesman vibe” from one of the workers on the foundation team, like he would get commission for any extra work he could sell me. There were some good people, but One word describes Indiana Foundation Services as a company; SHADY.

You could tell by watching them that they knew what they were doing and how to adjust to the obstacles they had to deal with. They had a crew of about 8 people and they worked together as a team. We provided them with a source of electricity and water. We had a double car garage paved and side-walk repair as well as a retaining wall repair. We look forward to many years of using our newly paved surfaces.