The Foundation Works would not be where it is today if it wasn't for our team and the value that they bring! Over the years, we are proud to have hired many people from countless places all over the world. Hello, my name is Tom Pelletier and I'm the founder and owner of The Foundation Works. I'd like to give you some of the back story on The Foundation Works so you can get an idea of what we're about and how we do business.
What this meant was that in an earthquake, many homeowners were subject to unnecessary damage to their homes. Out of that discovery, The Foundation Works was born. I set out to hand pick a team of professionals, who as a group, could inspect, prescribe, and ultimately perform effective foundation solutions to the ever-aging home stock here in Southern California.
What this meant was that in an earthquake, many homeowners were subject to unnecessary damage to their homes. Out of that discovery, The Foundation Works was born. I set out to hand pick a team of professionals, who as a group, could inspect, prescribe, and ultimately perform effective foundation solutions to the ever-aging home stock here in Southern California.
Services
The Foundation Works is your source for effective foundation solutions, as we have been for thousands of others. Our services begin with a detailed inspection in order to determine the condition of your foundation. This involves a thorough inspection of not only the foundation itself, but also the exterior perimeter and interior of the building as well.
The Foundation Works is your source for effective foundation solutions, as we have been for thousands of others. At The Foundation Works, we offer simple, effective foundation repairs and retrofit services. Due to the physical access restrictions to many foundations, some preventable issues tend to go unnoticed until they become more severe.
This section may seem quite disrelated to the subject of foundations, soft-stories, earthquake retrofitting, etc, but it is not at all a mistake that it is here! This is not an offer to perform services for our clients, it is instead more of a gift of gathered information as presented by some of the visionary leaders in an emerging subject that for many reasons, is long overdue!
Any company can display a few good reviews on their website; we encourage you to look online at our reviews and those of any other companies you may be considering. The Foundation Works is here to serve. We set out to raise the standard of an industry sorely in need of it and are creating that effect at an ever-increasing rate!
On an owner occupied single family residence, there is no inspection fee. Beyond that, properties in or going into escrow, insurance inspections, and investment properties do have inspection fees and vary accordingly. After your inspection, you will receive a 'Summary of Findings' typically within 24-48 hours.
Reviews (6)
Lucky Duke
Nov 02, 2021
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Dj Paul
Aug 21, 2021
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Foundation work is no joke. It's not the kind of home improvement you want to skimp on, its too important. And it can be expensive work. And, as always, you get what you pay for.
The Foundation Works is not the cheapest, but they may be the best. Every person at the company that I had occasion to interact with, from the initial inspector, to the accounting office and especially the work crew who came out to do the work, was professional, competent and personable. it was a pleasure to work with them.
The Foundation Works is not the cheapest, but they may be the best. Every person at the company that I had occasion to interact with, from the initial inspector, to the accounting office and especially the work crew who came out to do the work, was professional, competent and personable. it was a pleasure to work with them.
Ken Kallman
Jul 20, 2021
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This review is from a long time customer of The Foundation Works. Between about 2005 and 2010 I had seismic bolting completed on two separate residences, when Tom Pelletier was the lead and had a few helping hands. I respected his professionalism and straight forward approach. I recently contacted The Foundation Works as I thought I was experiencing building settling at one of the properties and wanted to find out if additional foundation work was needed. I learned from the inspection the original work was still performing as designed, some minor additional work needed to be completed, because
Pei Wu
May 20, 2021
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I ordered soft story foundation inspection and I received the most ridiculous report. If the building is not on the city's list, you could have told me before come out to the field. This is a complete waste of time and money. Tried to call them multiple times but they just transfer me to the CEO which never picks up. Really horrible service. Please stay away with this company.
Here is the report
'The tuck under parking portion of this structure does not appear to fit into the category of what is known as a “soft story” condition. The essence of this term is that there is a significant weight
Here is the report
'The tuck under parking portion of this structure does not appear to fit into the category of what is known as a “soft story” condition. The essence of this term is that there is a significant weight
Jm Bonthous
Jan 03, 2021
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We had had an inspection of the foundation done by Alpha Structural, the largest and most reputable foundation repair company in LA and they had said all was fine. But the buyer wanted t a second opinion. Someone referred us to The Foundation Works. They said everything was real bad and wanted to do $28K of repairs. They also refused to provide a breakdown of cost for these repairs. So we brought a third company, Cal Quake, to get an estimate, and made it clear that even they would not get to make any more money than the inspection fee. Cal QUake found, like Alpha structural, that all was OK, but
Julie Vasquez
Nov 16, 2019
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Everyone at The Foundation Works was professional and kind. They took the time to help me through the process of getting my foundation repaired and seismically retrofitted. The whole process went more smoothly than I could have hoped for. I can’t say enough about the crew. Andrew, Sergio, Sebastian, and Jose worked so diligently and did a great job of cleaning up at the end of the day. Andrew did a great job of keeping me updated on the project. A special thanks to Roselyn who helped schedule the project and took the time to help me upload documents to the EBB website for the retrofit and to
