Settling, cracking, or a sloping floor doesn't fix itself — and it rarely stays the same size for long. If you're dealing with this in Fortville, you're not looking at a rare problem — it's one of the most common calls we get in Hancock County.
Fortville's smaller-town housing stock includes a number of older homes with block foundations, where basement waterproofing and crack repair are the calls we run most often. Downtown Fortville and Sugar Creek area are areas we're in often, along with the broader Hancock County.
What we see most in Fortville traces back to the ground under it — older, settled Hancock County clay under a mostly small-town housing stock — paired with homes old enough that original systems are due for a look. That's a common thread in the foundation repair calls we take from downtown Fortville out across Hancock County. It's a regular call here, though Basement Waterproofing tends to come up just as often given Fortville's homes old enough that original systems are due for a look.
Access is rarely a problem on Fortville's older lots — mature landscaping is the main thing crews work around, and most jobs here are straightforward scheduling once the scope is set.
Doors and windows that stick or won't latch the way they used to
Cracks in drywall, especially stair-step cracks over doorways and windows
A visible gap where the floor meets the wall, or a floor that feels like it slopes
Cracks in the foundation wall itself, especially horizontal ones (these get priority attention)
Bowing or leaning basement walls
Chimneys or porches separating from the main structure
Steel piers driven to load-bearing soil or bedrock, then used to lift and stabilize a settled foundation. Typically the go-to for heavier structures where deep, stable soil is available.
Screwed into the ground rather than driven, helical piers work well for lighter structures, additions, and porches, and can be installed with more compact equipment.
For bowing basement walls, anchors extend into stable soil beyond the house to pull the wall back over time, while carbon fiber straps reinforce walls with early-stage bowing without excavation.
For sunken slabs, garage floors, and patios, polyurethane foam injection or slab piers lift concrete back to grade, usually in a single day with no demolition.
Minor crack injection can run $300–$1,200. Full pier systems for a settled corner or wall typically land between $4,000 and $15,000+ depending on the number of piers and depth to load-bearing soil. One visit gets you a real answer and a real number, not a guess.
We'll call to confirm a time \u2014 usually within one business day.