r/Wellthatsucks 5d ago

Plumbers broke through this foundation to add pipes, compromising the structural support of the home.

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u/TertiaryOrbit 5d ago

Roughly, how much would it cost to fix something like this?

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u/bubsdrop 5d ago

The other guy's quote for $10k is insane. There was already a gap in the foundation for access to the crawlspace, a bit of damage on either side of it will not cost that much to repair and is not an urgent structural issue.

Have a plumber fix those pipes then get under there, support the joist with a jack, cut out the damaged pieces, reinforce and build a form, pour, let set, remove jack. Maybe $5k total if you have all the work done professionally. Plumber would probably charge you more than the concrete guy.

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u/BallsDeepinYourMammi 5d ago

I’d imagine the concrete dudes are throwing out “fuck that” estimates

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u/atln00b12 4d ago

Even just stacking concrete blocks is fine. A foundation repair specialist might build an under framing with girders and 4 to 6 concrete block piers. No one should really need to tear anything out though. They might pour some new footers depending on the load specifications but most likely they just use cap block or precast composite footers.

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u/r0thar 4d ago

The other guy's quote for $10k is insane.

$2k for the foundation repair, $8k for someone else to crawl through the spider and rat infested crawl space - seems good value to me.