A good Montgomery foundation evaluation takes about an hour and should produce a written report: measured crack widths with photos, laser floor elevations across the plan, a drainage assessment, and an itemized price for any recommended work, including the recommendation to do nothing yet.
What a good hour includes
- Interior walk: crack widths measured and photographed, doors and windows checked for racking
- Laser floor survey: elevations across the floor plan, which defines what actually moved
- Exterior walk: grading, downspout terminations, mulch beds, tree proximity, and where the lot sends water
- Crawl inspection where the house has one: piers, sills, girders probed for decay and crush
- Written scope: cause, repair, an itemized price per line, and timeline
What you're not agreeing to
Nothing. Ask to keep the report whether you hire the specialist, hire someone else, or decide to watch the crack for a season. A good one is detailed enough to take to another company for a comparable bid, and a report that survives a competitor's review is the only kind worth having.
Get a Montgomery foundation evaluation
Tell us what the house is doing (stair-step cracks, doors that stick every August, sloping floors, separating trim) and we'll pass it to one independent local specialist for an evaluation. A local specialist who works in Montgomery will call you back.