House Shoring
in New Orleans
South Louisiana's soil conditions are unlike anywhere else in the country. Clay-heavy ground expands, contracts, and shifts — and over time, homes settle unevenly, doors stick, floors slope, and foundations crack. HDR specializes in house shoring and foundation leveling for New Orleans area homes: pier installation, sill plate replacement, post and beam work, and crawl space repair. This is not a job for a general handyman. We assess accurately, execute carefully, and stand behind the work. If your home has settled, get an honest assessment before the problem gets worse.
House Shoring Services in New Orleans
House shoring is one of the most New Orleans-specific services there is. The city sits on soft, compressible clay and alluvial soil that shifts, settles, and compresses over time — especially after flooding events. Most homes in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes are built on pier systems, and those piers settle unevenly, leaving you with sloping floors, sticking doors, cracked walls, and a house that's slowly going out of level. This isn't just cosmetic. Left unaddressed, foundation movement stresses your framing, damages your finishes, and compounds over time.
HDR handles house shoring and pier work throughout the metro area. We're familiar with the wood pier systems common in older New Orleans housing stock, the challenges of crawl space moisture in this climate, and what flood-related soil saturation does to foundation stability. The process involves raising the structure back toward level, replacing or adding piers as needed, and addressing any crawl space moisture issues that accelerated the settling to begin with.
We also work on the secondary damage that foundation movement causes — reframing door openings that have racked out of square, repairing cracked interior walls and ceilings once the structure is stabilized, and getting floors back to level. If you're noticing the signs of settling, getting it assessed sooner rather than later makes a real difference. The longer foundation movement goes unaddressed in South Louisiana, the more secondary damage accumulates.
Scope of Work
- Pier installation & replacement
- Foundation leveling
- Structural assessment
- Sill plate replacement
- Post & beam work
- Crawl space repair
- Storm damage shoring
- Pre-sale leveling inspections
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Property Walkthrough
We come to you, assess the space in person, and discuss your goals, timeline, and budget range.
Written Scope & Pricing
You receive a clear written scope with a detailed cost breakdown before any work begins. No surprises.
Scheduling
Once you approve the scope, we schedule around your timeline and confirm a start date.
Work Begins
Your project kicks off with clear milestones. We communicate throughout and flag any issues promptly.
Final Walkthrough
We walk through the finished work with you before calling it complete. If something isn't right, we fix it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sloping floors alone aren't always a crisis, but if you're also seeing sticking doors, diagonal wall cracks, or the slope is getting worse over time, those are signs of active foundation movement. An assessment will tell you what you're actually dealing with.
We provide house shoring services throughout the Greater New Orleans metro area.
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