Crain General Contracting LLC

Description of Work: they took out an existing concrete patio and replaced it. The existing slab was broken. They also repaired two spots in my driveway and added a section along side the existing driveway.

Description of Work: We received an estimate from Crain General Contracting on last Saturday for concrete pouring and repair.

Description of Work: Crain Contracting repaired a lateral foundation crack that ran approximately forty foot. They excavated a two foot trench to the foundation footing on the outside, installed four piers(anchors), sixteen tiebacks, realign foundation wall after jacking the home to relieve pressure, installed exterior drain tile the entire run of the wall (Approx. sixty feet), repaired the cracks with a tar seal with a rubber barrier plus more tar over the barrier, backfilled with 2" clean rock and topped off with an acceptable appearance rock surface. In addition, they replaced an old patio and also graded approximately seventy percent of the back yard and upgraded the patio area.

Description of Work: Installed drain pipe on gutter downspout using hard plastic drain pipe, not the ridged drain tile, out to a place where the water can drain far away from the home using popup drain spouts. Also installed drain tile at the footer of a crawl space on the outside to stop my basement from flooding. Again this was attached to a pipe to carry the water away from the house. Had to remove some concrete sidewalk and step to dig part of the trench. Lined the house with rubber as part of the waterproofing and lined the trench they dug with a filter material. They then filled the trench in with gravel and poured a new concrete patio and step in place of the concrete they removed. They also filled in the trenches in the yard and then put down grass seed.

Description of Work: After severe thunderstorms, my basement would get water coming in on the west front wall. Crain Contracting first redirected one of the front downspouts and sump pump from emptying out in flowering hedges close to the house. They dug under the walkway and extended the downspounts/sump pump under ground and out into the yard, but also in a way not to obstruct grass cutting. It pops up like a flat top to expel water. On both sides of the front door dirt was added around and under flowering bushes/hedges. A heavy duty rubber mat was placed close to the foundation and on top of the added dirt; topped with more mulch to keep water away from the house. Where there was sod, it was removed, more dirt added and then replaced. This was done also to make sure water was kept away from the house. A crack was found on the outside of the foundation and sealed. In the basement, 3 holes in the concrete floor (of the west wall) were drilled to inspect the soil and the perimeter tiles in the basement floor leading to the sump pump. Some dry wall was removed (only about 12 inches wide) from the ceiling straight down to the floor (above baseboard) to seal the crack in the foundation. The sump pump had to be cleaned out from all the debris left by the builders and to ensure water from the perimeter tiles could empty into it properly. Which is what the builder should have done.

Description of Work: Installed drainage system inside perimeter of basement, sump pump, external drain for sump plus buried gutter downspouts and installed pop-up drains. They also removed some concrete pathways that were making the drainage problem worse and filled with clean dirt.

Description of Work: We had a rear basement/foundation wall that had moved in toward the office several inches due to pressure from the soil/yard on the outside. The solution was to excavate the part of the backyard around the foundation. Three concrete piers were installed and buried in the backyard. Once the wall was exposed, nine anchor points were drilled in, which connected to steel rod. The wall was pulled back into place (plumb) and all of the anchor points were connected to the concrete piers. The wall was tarred from the outside and and exterior drainage system was installed at the footing. All cracks on the inside were injected with epoxy. The excavation was re-filled with rock for proper drainage. Furthermore, Crain removed our 16'x14' deck and poured a concrete patio of the same size in its place. They also removed/replaced part of our fence to finish the job. Finally, Crain re-graded our lot, extended the downspouts around the house and laid seed and straw to replace all of the grass/growth.