When a foundation sinks, lifting the structure back toward its original elevation is often part of the repair. We do it in measured stages, on engineered steel piers.
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House leveling, also called foundation leveling or house lifting, raises the settled part of a home back toward its original elevation. Dalinghaus levels homes in California, Arizona, and Nevada on steel piers when settlement has cost the home elevation, lifting in controlled stages. Results depend on the structure, and doors, drywall or flooring may need adjusting afterward.
House lifting sounds dramatic, but in foundation repair it is usually a matter of fractions of an inch at a time. When a home settles, part of the foundation sinks below the elevation it was built at, and stabilizing it where it sits is only half the job. The other half is recovering elevation: lifting the settled section back toward its original position so floors flatten, doors square up, and cracks close. That recovery is what our house lifting service is built around.
The reason homes settle in this region is the ground. Clay soil acts like a sponge under your house, swelling when wet and shrinking when dry, and dry desert soils and undercompacted fill settle unevenly on their own schedule. Lifting a house without addressing that soil just schedules the next settlement. So we lift from something the soil cannot move: galvanized steel helical pier underpinning or push piers driven to load bearing strata, the deeper layers of soil or rock that do not shift, with torque and depth logged on every pier. Hydraulic equipment then raises the structure in small, monitored increments while we track elevations across the home, because a controlled lift closes cracks and a careless one creates them.
If you're noticing signs your home needs house lifting, every project starts with a floor elevation survey, a map of exactly how far each part of your home has moved and in which direction. From that map we walk you through the house lifting solutions available: what lift is realistic, what it involves, and what it costs, in writing, whether or not you hire us. Dalinghaus Foundation Repair has completed more than 2,000 projects across California, Arizona, and Nevada since brothers Brian and Brad Dalinghaus founded the company in 2011. If part of your home has settled, schedule your free evaluation and find out how much of that lost elevation can come back.
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Dalinghaus installed the helical pile foundation and erected the structure for a solar canopy over a staff parking lot in Southern California, working in four phases so the lot stayed open.
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The back of an Irvine home had settled about 3 inches over roughly ten years. Ten helical piers went in over two days, and a 30 minute lift brought the back half of the home up 3 inches.
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A hillside home in Rancho Palos Verdes split in half as the ground slid toward the slope. Dalinghaus installed helical piers about 30 feet down to competent strata or bedrock beneath it.
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A beachside home in Rancho Palos Verdes settled 16 inches in a couple of months. Steel piers were driven to load bearing soil or bedrock at each excavated location, with a lift planned once they were in.
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A San Clemente hillside home had settled about 2 inches and was moving toward the slope behind it. Vertical helical piers and helical tieback anchors stabilized the home and recovered part of the drop.
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Two helical deck piers let a San Clemente hillside deck grow by about 12 feet, at a home Dalinghaus had lifted about 16 inches earlier.
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Often a meaningful amount of the lost elevation can be recovered, and sometimes nearly all of it. The answer depends on how far the home settled, how long ago, and how the structure adjusted in the meantime. That is why every project starts with a floor elevation survey: it shows exactly what moved, and from it we can tell you what recovery is realistic before any work begins.
A straightforward path from free evaluation to completed repairs.
A local specialist visits your home, evaluates the foundation, and answers your questions on site. No cost, no obligation.
We provide a clear, written estimate with a scope of work tailored to your home's specific issues.
Our crews complete the work on schedule, with the findings and scope in writing from the first visit.
Hydraulic cylinders on steel brackets raise the house a little at a time. The lift is shown at three times normal speed.
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