Foundation raising in Antioch CA - your home lifted and set on solid new footing
Your house has settled or sits too low on a tired foundation. We'll tell you whether a lift fits and what the whole job takes.
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Can you raise a house in Antioch, and what does it take?
Foundation raising in Antioch means separating your house from its old foundation, lifting it on hydraulic jacks and holding it on temporary supports while a new or extended foundation goes in underneath. It's a big job, so the first thing to settle is whether your house can be lifted at all.
At Excel Antioch Concrete Company, most calls about lifting a house start the same way, with floors that have gone out of level or someone telling the owner a lift is the fix. Before anything else, I want to know what the house sits on, because a slab house is a different conversation from one on a raised floor. The price moves with the size and weight of the house, how high it's going, the shape the framing is in, how easy it is to get equipment and a concrete truck to it, and how much of the work a bid includes. The schedule turns on permits, inspections and whatever we find once the old foundation is open. You get your own figure in a written estimate after I've walked and measured the house, because I don't price a job like this over the phone.
How do you know your house might need raising?
Floors that slope or dip
A ball rolls across the kitchen on its own, or one corner of a room feels low underfoot. That usually means part of the foundation has settled, and the longer it goes, the more the framing above it bends to follow.
Foundation cracks that keep growing
Concrete cracks, and a fine hairline crack is normal, but cracks that widen, step or leave one side higher than the other point to movement. Waiting lets water in and gives the crack room to keep growing.
Doors that stick or won't latch
When doors that used to close fine start rubbing at the top, the frame has usually shifted with the house. Planing the door hides it for a season, but whatever is moving underneath keeps moving.
How we handle foundation raising
The first thing we settle is what each bid covers, the lift alone or the whole job with new foundation and hookups, because that's where quotes stop matching. Once the house is separated and held on temporary supports by whoever is doing the lift, our crew digs out and packs the subgrade, the ground the new foundation sits on, then sets forms and rebar, the steel inside that holds the concrete together, and pours. We let it cure, the wait while concrete gains its strength, before any weight comes back down on it. Raising a house can make it more likely to be damaged in an earthquake, so the new foundation and the way the house ties back into it deserve careful planning. If the budget gets tight, trim somewhere else and not the foundation, because it's buried the day it's finished and the house sits on it from then on.
A lift usually touches the concrete around the house too. Steps, walks or a patio poured against the old foundation often have to be cut free first, which is where concrete cutting comes in. Once the house sits higher, the old driveway may no longer meet the garage, and concrete driveway building gets the approach back to a slope you can drive.
Lift-only bid
This price covers raising the house and nothing else, so utility disconnects, the new foundation and reconnecting everything go on separate contracts. It suits an owner who wants to hire and manage each trade, as long as you know you're comparing a piece of the job and not the whole thing.
Turnkey bid
One number folds in the disconnects, the lift, the new foundation and the reconnection. It's easier to budget and easier to line up against other quotes, which is why I'd start there, and our written estimate says plainly which pieces it includes.
Get a written estimate for raising your house
We get back to you within one business day. I come out myself, measure the house and send you a written price, free and with no pressure to book.
Call (925) 503-1201- Based in
- Antioch, CA 94509
- Hours
- Mon–Sun: 6 AM–11 PM
What happens after you call us about raising your house?
Here's how a job runs from your first call to the final walk, and who you'll be dealing with at each step.
Call or send us a message
Call (925) 503-1201 or use the form, and tell us your address, what the house sits on and what you're seeing. We'll set a time for me to come out.
I walk the house myself
I look at the foundation, the framing, what's around the house and how we'll get concrete to it. You get a written estimate that says which parts of the job are in it and which aren't, so you can line it up against any other bid.
We handle permits and pour
Once you say go, we sort out what the city or county needs, then set forms and pour the new foundation under the lifted house. The city recommends requesting each inspection at least three business days ahead, so we put those requests in early to keep the job moving.
Walk the finished job together
Before we leave, I walk the job with you and go over the new foundation and the concrete around it. If something isn't right, that's the time to tell me.
Why Antioch homeowners call Excel Antioch Concrete Company about a lift
I measure and price it myself
I come out myself to walk the house and give the estimate, and my crew and I do the work. The person who looked at your foundation is the one standing there when we pour.
Learned the trade on my dad's jobs
I started this business in Antioch in 2023 after years of pouring and finishing next to my dad. We're known for getting the ground and the layout right before the truck shows up, and a new foundation is that same work with a house waiting on it.
Licensed and fully insured crew
We're licensed and fully insured, and the estimate names what we're doing and what we're not. That keeps it clear which work is ours when there's more than one crew on your lot.
On a lift, the part that has to be right is the foundation the house comes back down on. Ask for an estimate and I'll come look at yours.
Raising a house and building its new foundation in Antioch
The City of Antioch's Building Services Division issues building permits here, and its list of work that doesn't need one covers sheds, low retaining walls, flat work, sprinklers and replacement fences, not raising a house. That means the permit question has to be answered by the city before anything gets jacked. We check with the office that handles your address before we start, and if a permit is needed we apply for it as your contractor, or help you through it if you'd rather file it yourself. The city's general standards also cap the main house on a single-family lot at 35 feet tall, and zoning or neighborhood rules can add more, so if your house is already tall we check how the extra height fits before the lift is planned.
Ground matters as much as height, because the new foundation is only as steady as the soil under it. If you're not sure whether your lot has expansive soil, the kind that swells when it's wet and shrinks as it dries, your purchase disclosures, the building department or a soil engineer or geologist can tell you. We dig and pack the base to suit what we find, the same way we handle the ground on jobs in Pittsburg and Oakley.
Questions about raising a house in Antioch
Call (925) 503-1201Sometimes, but federal guidance says raising a slab home with the slab left intact is technically hard and often not feasible. That's why it should be the first question you settle, before you gather bids. If your house is on a slab, I'll tell you early whether lifting it is realistic.
Raising a typical single-family house usually costs about $20,000 to $80,000 per job across the US. That's a national range, not our price, and where a house lands in it depends on its size, its condition, how high it goes and how much of the work the bid covers. Your written estimate gives you the figure for your house.
A house raising project usually runs six to twelve weeks, and you'll be out of the house for part of it. Contractor bids almost never include a place to stay, so give temporary housing its own line in your budget.
You go through the city's Building Services Division, which issues building permits in Antioch, and raising a house isn't on its list of permit-free work. If you hire us, checking with the office for your address is the first thing we do once you say go.
The Contractors State License Board describes a building moving and demolition contractor as the one who raises and lowers structures, including their foundations. That classification doesn't cover alterations, additions or repairs to the parts of the house you're keeping, so ask each bidder who is doing which piece of the work.
You usually won't know until someone qualified looks, because rotted sills, the wood that sits on the foundation, failing framing or severe settlement can mean a house needs a lot of reinforcement before it's lifted. One lifting equipment maker advises having a qualified structural mover or engineer evaluate the building before the lift plan is final. I'll point out what I see when I walk it.
Concrete work that often comes with a lift
Concrete cutting
Clean saw cuts let us remove the concrete that's in the way and keep what isn't, with straight edges instead of jackhammered, broken ones.
Concrete driveway building
A house that sits higher often needs a driveway poured to match, graded so water runs off toward the street instead of back at the garage.
Cities we work in around Antioch
Excel Antioch Concrete Company is based in Antioch, CA, and works in the cities around it, including Brentwood and Concord. The 12 cities below have their own pages, and we work in plenty of places in between.
Antioch, CA
Get your house lift scoped and priced
Have your address, your foundation type and any signs of settlement handy, so the first call tells me what to look for when I come out.