Earthquake Retrofitting in Treasure Valley
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Earthquake Retrofitting for Idaho Homes
At Foundations First Of Idaho, we understand the importance of a safe and secure home. Our earthquake retrofitting service is designed to reinforce your home’s foundation, providing you with peace of mind in case of an earthquake.
Foundations First of Idaho provides professional earthquake retrofitting for homes throughout Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, and Eagle. With over 40 years of combined experience, our team understands how earthquakes threaten older homes and how retrofitting protects your family and property. Earthquake retrofitting strengthens the connection between your home and its foundation, preventing the catastrophic failures that occur when homes separate from foundations during ground shaking.
The Benefits of Earthquake Retrofitting
Professional earthquake retrofitting provides protection and peace of mind for Idaho homeowners.
Increased Home Safety:
Retrofitting dramatically increases your home’s ability to withstand earthquake forces. By preventing sliding, cripple wall collapse, and separation, retrofitting keeps your home structurally intact during seismic events. This protection keeps your family safer and prevents the catastrophic damage that makes homes uninhabitable after earthquakes.
Prevention of Costly Damage:
Repairing earthquake damage costs far more than retrofitting. When homes slide off foundations or suffer cripple wall collapse, repair costs often exceed hundreds of thousands of dollars. In many cases, damage is so extensive that homes must be demolished. Retrofitting represents a modest investment that prevents devastation that would cost dramatically more to repair.
Enhanced Property Value:
Seismically retrofitted homes command higher values in earthquake-prone areas. Buyers recognize the protection retrofitting provides and value homes that won’t suffer catastrophic damage during earthquakes. For homeowners considering selling, retrofitting represents an investment that increases marketability and value.
Peace of Mind:
Knowing your home can withstand Idaho’s earthquake risk provides invaluable peace of mind. You won’t wonder whether your family’s safety and your largest financial investment are protected. Retrofitting eliminates the vulnerability older homes face, letting you live confidently in a home prepared for seismic events.
Prevent Potential Earthquake Damage
The damage from an earthquake can be significant which is why working with Foundations First of Idaho is the right move. With our more than 40 years of combined experience, we recognize the types of issues that can occur including:
- Sliding: Your home sliding off the foundation
- Racking: Your home’s walls cripple, buckle, and collapse
- Overturning: Your home is lifted off the foundation
Give our experienced team a call today or fill out our online form to request a free estimate to ensure your home is protected before an earthquake strikes.
Why Choose Foundations First of Idaho for Earthquake Retrofitting
Foundations First of Idaho brings experience and expertise to earthquake retrofitting projects throughout the Treasure Valley. With over 40 years of combined experience, we understand structural requirements for seismic protection and proper installation techniques that ensure retrofitting performs when earthquakes occur.
We offer free estimates that include assessment of your home’s seismic vulnerabilities. Our team examines your foundation connections, cripple walls, and floor attachments, explaining what retrofitting your home requires. We’re locally and family owned and operated, which means we’re invested in protecting homes in our community from earthquake risk.
We provide superior customer service and help you understand both the risk your home faces and the protection retrofitting provides. We offer financing options that make retrofitting accessible. All our work is warrantied, and we guarantee fast response when you’re ready to protect your home.
Take Action to Protect Your Home
Idaho’s earthquake risk is real, and many older homes were not built with today’s seismic standards in mind. During strong shaking, an unretrofitted home can shift on its foundation, weaken at the crawl space or cripple wall area, and suffer damage that is costly to repair and disruptive to live through. Earthquake retrofitting is a practical way to strengthen key connections so your home is better anchored and more stable when seismic activity occurs.
For many homeowners, the cost of retrofitting is modest compared to the potential expense of major structural repairs, temporary housing, and replacing damaged systems after an earthquake. It is also an investment in long-term safety and peace of mind.
If your Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, or Eagle home was built before 1988, contact Foundations First of Idaho for a free seismic assessment. We will evaluate your home’s current anchoring and structural connections, explain what we find in plain language, and provide a clear estimate for the work recommended.
Contact us to schedule your free assessment and estimate.
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Here’s what our satisfied customers are saying:
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Professional, timely and willing to share their knowledge and educate me and my clients on their specific issue and affordable options and not try to gouge them just because they have a nice house and a timeline to address the issue. Will definitely use them moving forward. They saved my seller’s thousands of dollars based on another bid we received.
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Foundations First Idaho
Serving Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, and the Treasure Valley area. Foundations First of Idaho specializes in foundation and crawl space repair, crack repair, and wall stabilizing. All work is warrantied. Financing available. Over 40 years of combined experience. Call for a free estimate.
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I am pleased with the services performed by Foundations First Northwest. Everyone I interacted with from the company, either on the phone or in person, was professional and polite. The job was finished within the time proposed. Pictures documenting the work was part of the package. The foreman, Lehi went above and beyond by giving explanations throughout the process.