Foundations in Fort Collins

A foundation is the one part of a project you never get to redo cheaply, so it has to be right the first time. We form and pour foundations in Fort Collins for home additions, garages and new builds: footings, stem walls and the structural slabs that framing sits on. Northern Colorado clay swells when it gets wet and moves again when it freezes, so every foundation we pour starts with the ground underneath it.

Built From the Ground Up

We excavate down to firm soil, grade the site and compact the base before any forms go up. Reinforcement is placed for the load the structure will carry, set on chairs so the steel ends up inside the concrete rather than lying in the dirt. Forms are built tight and square to the plans, because a foundation that is out of level or out of square makes every trade after us fight it.

On a home addition, the new slab has to work with the house you already have. On a recent addition slab in Fort Collins we tied the new pour into the existing foundation with steel dowels, set a #3 rebar grid, and placed 4,000 PSI fiber-reinforced concrete in stages because the backyard was sloped and access was tight. The surface was laser-leveled so the insulation panels could go down flat, and control joints were cut to manage cracking.

Garages, Additions and New Builds

Whether it is a detached garage, a room addition or a slab for a shop, we plan the pour around how the building will be used and what will sit on it. You get a level, reinforced base that is ready for the next trade, and a crew that leaves the site clean. If the project also needs a driveway or walkway to reach the new space, we can pour that as part of the same job.