Dawson Foundation Repair

Martin came out to give me an estimate on my slab foundation issue. He spent an hour at the property, and then explained to me how everything was fine, no work was needed, and other issues were causing the problem. Martin is super honest and competent, something that may be hard to come by in this business, and I'd highly recommend him!

Repeat customer, fortunately for us this home did not yet need foundation repair (saw some hairline cracks in tile). Martin was punctual, very professional, and extremely knowledgeable. He made some recommendations for existing issues unrelated to the foundation and suggestions for future work that I would not have known otherwise. Dawson Foundation Repair will definitely be our go to when the time comes and I would highly recommended them!!!!

These guys are great! Came out and provided an honest quote / opinion on the property

Extremely professional company that puts its customers first. I was given an appointment in a very reasonable timeframe. The office was very helpful on the phone in explaining the process for repairing the problem, confirmed the appointment days in advance and then updated me the day of that there would be a 10 minute delay. Turned out the service person assigned could not make my appointment and the owner of the company came instead so that I wouldn't have to reschedule. I ended up not needing any repairs and appreciate the expertise and honesty of this company. I highly recommend!

I did not get any work done but the lady who answered the phone gave me some good information to get my home inspected. Hopefully, I will not need foundation work but if I do, I will go with Dawson.

The owner himself came out to do the inspection, that was great! Was even so nice as to offer my boyfriend any resume help/job leads since he was recently laid off due to COVID.

I was told I would have to remove a shrub or move a boulder for the foundation, no big deal. Except they removed 4 shrubs (all which died) and two boulders, and didn't place the boulders back, so I called to get them moved back, no big deal after foundation was finished.

A couple of days later I had the biggest leak EVER coming from the same area, and while I was trying to do my best to investigate the situation my leg fell into a foundation hole, and the leak created sink holes.

I contacted Dawson Foundation and Yaquelin was nice enough to send the crew out that day to try to see if it was related to the foundation repairs and if there was anything they could do anything. The crew leader continued to say it was not their fault, and acted like he didn't have time for it. When I said I wouldn't mind calling the office, he managed to call and got approved to fix the problem! This problem led to an astronomical water bill as well as having to get my kitchen sink faucet replaced.

Now I've asked to still have my boulder put back to no avail. I managed to do one on my own and put my sprinkler system back and replace all of the dead landscaping.

Glad to have had my foundation repaired and I understand there were unforeseen problems, I do believe things could have been handled much better.

I had 3 inspections/quotes done on our first home purchase, Dawson being one of them. The first company that came out gave very similar measurements to Dawson and quoted me $4k saying that we only really needed work in one room and our measurements were right on/over the cusp of requiring work. I don't feel like they were trying to scam me. The second company, Two Brothers Foundation, stated that I needed work done all throughout the house, provided me with higher measurement differentials and quoted me $14k, which I felt very uncomfortable with. I needed a third opinion!

Dawson, the owner came out to do the measurements himself. He has owned the company and been in the business for a long time. He was super thorough in explaining where there was settlement, where eventually we might need work done, preventative measures, he discussed with me what to look for, the age of the home, what impact previous pipe work under the house may have caused, what impact the trees are having, he showed me that the door knob sockets throughout the house haven't been adjusted for movement, etc. He is the only one of the three that told us we DID NOT need work done. He said that his company is built on reputation and at the end of the day there will be work... he doesn't need to sell me services I don't need. He stated that we might need work done farther down the road, but we are completely fine for the time being. I felt so confident after our appointment that he was the expert that we needed to talk with. He was honest and real. If we start to see any changes in the house, I plan to go with him to do the work! Highly recommend!

Big thanks for Mr. Ed Thomas for coming over to my house. I appreciate his honesty and time spent talking about the foundation condition. He gave me peace of mind.

My 40 year old home needed 10 piers to raise the front part to an acceptable level. The price was surprisingly good considering the dollar signs running through my mind that had kept me awake. I thought it a fair price and since Dawson came recommended from a friend and my research found nothing unsettling, I signed up immediately. Once the 1st crew was all over my front yard my thoughts ran to "what on earth did I get myself into!!??", but now that every phase has been completed and my sewer line passed and no other complication resulted I am very pleased that I went with Dawson. They are not only a good company with a long time in the business, they are professional from start to finish. Everyone had a job and there was none of that 6 guys standing around watching one guy doing the work!

Now that it is over it ocurrs to me that the cracks in the sheetrock and the bricks was the only thing I really noticed until now when the doors in the front part are noticeably easier to open and close. I had assured everyone that I had no doors or windows problems, but I did indeed! I am pleased that my choice of Dawson was a wise one and I would urge anyone bidding the other companies to give Dawson the option to bid too.

I called Dawson Foundation Repair because of some windows that would not align at the bottom when shut. It was so crooked that I couldn't lock the windows. It has been years since foundation work was done on this house and I thought things might be shifting. Martin Dawson came out and checked the interior and exterior of the house. He told me that he did not see any issues that might be a result of problems with the foundation, but there is a gap on one side of the windows outside where the brick is pulling away. This has happened recently. He suggested that I call a contractor to look at this to see about caulking it. My contractor came over today and agreed that it doesn't look like a foundation problem. He thinks it is an issue with what he called "a bubble gum repair" on the brick done by the person who flipped the house years ago that has finally given way. He also found that the windows not aligning was due to trash getting in the spring mechanism. I appreciate Mr. Dawson't honesty and pointing me in the right direction. He also gave me tips on what do to prevent the foundation from shifting. I will definitely call him if I ever do need foundation work done and can highly recommend his company to anyone who does.