Hillside seepage
Runoff collects against the uphill wall and finds the joint between wall and floor.
Morgan County, Indiana · Serving since 1986
Foundation, basement and crawl space repair in Martinsville
Wet basements, cracked and bowing walls, damp crawl spaces and settling foundations — repaired by our own crews, out of our own shop on West 16th Street in Indianapolis. We have been coming out to Morgan County homes for four decades. Here that covers ZIP code 46151, on sloping ground and thin residual soil.
- No travel surcharge
- Financing available
- Free inspection
ZIP codes we cover in Martinsville
- 46151
Ground conditions here
Hillside slopes & thin soils
- Family owned since 1986
- BBB Accredited · IICRC Certified
- Our own crews, never subcontracted
Why it happens here
The ground under Martinsville
Martinsville, in Morgan County, sits in the unglaciated hills of south-central Indiana, where thin residual soils cover sloping ground.
On a hillside lot, water does not spread out — it runs, and it runs toward whatever is downhill of it. The same rain that sheds harmlessly off one wall can pool against another. Add the slow downhill creep of soil on a slope and you get the pattern we see most often here: one wall under real pressure while the rest of the foundation looks fine.
Which means grading, gutters and downspout routing matter as much as anything we install underground. Half the fix on a hillside lot happens outside the house.
Slope creep and differential settling
Soil moving downhill loads one side of the foundation more than the other.
Grading that works against you
Driveways, walkouts and terraces on a slope often channel water back toward the house.
What we do
Every repair, available in Martinsville
One company for the whole job. We diagnose it, price it, do the work with our own crews and stand behind it afterwards.
Basement Waterproofing
Stop water getting in, and move the water that is already there back out.
Crawl Space Repair
Dry it out, seal it up, and fix the framing the damp has already cost you.
Foundation Repair
Stabilize what has moved, then correct the conditions that moved it.
Worth a look
Twelve signs we get called for most
Any one of these is worth a free inspection. Two or more usually means the cause is structural rather than cosmetic, and waiting makes the repair bigger.
- Water on the basement floor after rain
- A sump pump running constantly — or not at all
- Cracks in basement or foundation walls
- A wall bowing or leaning inward
- A musty smell that never quite leaves
- Floors that slope, bounce or feel soft
- Doors and windows that stick or won't latch
- Drywall cracks above door frames
- Stair-step cracks in exterior brick
- Mold on joists, or insulation falling down
- Standing water or damp soil in the crawl space
- Humidity upstairs you can't get rid of
What happens next
How a Martinsville job runs
- Step 01
You call, we schedule
A real person in Indianapolis answers — not a national call center. We book your free inspection while you are on the phone.
- Step 02
Free on-site inspection
An inspector walks the Martinsville property, inside and out — basement or crawl space, grading, gutters, the lot itself. Expect an hour, and expect to be shown what he is looking at.
- Step 03
A written price, explained
Scope, method and cost in writing, with financing options. No pressure to sign on the spot.
- Step 04
Our crew does the work
Michaelis employees, not subcontractors. We clean up behind us and we are still here if you need us in ten years.
Common questions
Martinsville homeowners ask
Do you actually come out to Martinsville?
Martinsville is inside our service area and always has been. We cover ZIP code 46151, and there is no travel charge for coming out to you — the inspection is free whether you are ten minutes from our shop or an hour. Martinsville is one of 5 Morgan County towns on our list — Monrovia, Mooresville and Paragon among them — and all of them sit on the same ground: hillside slopes and thin soils.
How fast can someone look at it?
Free inspections are usually scheduled within a few days, and we give you a time window rather than an all-day wait. If a wall has moved suddenly or water is actively coming in, say so when you call and we will get you in sooner.
What will it cost?
It depends on the cause and the size of the area, which is exactly what the free inspection is for. Our published ranges run from a few hundred dollars for a single crack repair to the mid five figures for full structural work — see the cost table on our FAQ page for service-by-service ranges. Financing is available.
Nearby
We also serve
Ask your neighbors. Our trucks are in Morgan County and the counties bordering it most weeks, so these towns are already on the route.
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ZIP codes served in Martinsville
- 46151
Get it looked at while it's small
A crack you can fit a coin in today is a wall replacement in five years. The inspection in Martinsville costs nothing and takes about an hour.