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Colorado Springs Experts in Solving Poor Drainage and Protecting Home Foundations

Protect Your Home from Costly Foundation Damage

Colorado Springs homeowners face unique challenges when it comes to protecting their homes. Expansive soils, steep terrain, and unpredictable weather can wreak havoc on foundations. Poor drainage accelerates soil movement, leading to cracks, uneven floors, and water damage. Without the right system, these issues get worse over time and threaten your home’s value. 

How Poor Drainage Impacts Your Foundation

When water pools near your home, the soil swells and contracts, shifting your foundation. This constant movement weakens the structure and causes long-term damage. Common problems include:

  • Standing water near your home’s perimeter
  • Soil erosion around landscaping and sidewalks
  • Basement leaks or damp crawlspaces
  • Cracks in walls, floors, and exterior siding
    Proper drainage prevents these issues, keeping your home safe, dry, and structurally sound.

Effective Drainage Solutions, Solving Poor Drainage for Colorado Homes

Straight Line Construction offers solutions tailored to Colorado Springs’ soils and weather. Our team designs systems that keep water away from your home, protecting your investment for years to come. Options include:

  • French drains to direct water away from foundations
  • Sump pumps to remove water before it seeps into basements
  • Downspout extensions to keep runoff away from your home
  • Grading adjustments to prevent pooling and soil erosion
  • Every solution is customized to your property’s needs and installed with long-term performance in mind. Straight Line Construction is the trusted expert in Colorado Springs for solving poor drainage issues that threaten home foundations.

Partner with Colorado Springs’ Foundation Experts

We’ve been helping homeowners in Colorado Springs and Pueblo for over 40 years. Our team specializes in foundation repair, basement waterproofing, and crawlspace moisture control. With local expertise and proven solutions, we’ll create a drainage plan that protects your home from water damage and foundation movement.
Call Straight Line Construction today to schedule a free evaluation and take the first step toward a safer, drier home.

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Straight Line Construction

Straight Line Construction has changed a great deal over the last 30+ years in the industry, but one thing remains the same: our commitment to quality and to designing and installing permanent solutions to foundation settlement issues. Beginning with small residential jobs more than 30 years ago when the family-owned company was founded by Tim Davis, Sr., Straight Line Construction today repairs cracking residential and commercial foundations through its Ram Jack product toolkit and designs solutions for large infrastructure and industrial projects. We specialize in matching the right solution to each type of foundation repair issue.

Are you building a new home and want to ensure it has a solid foundation? Or is your house experiencing unwanted sagging or a cracking foundation? Are your walls cracked or your doors and windows sticking? As a bonded, licensed, and fully insured foundation repair company, we are proud to serve Colorado homeowners, builders, and commercial contractors. Our technical certifications enable us to offer the highest quality services and the best American-made, environmentally safe products available for foundation repair. Regardless of how your building is shifting or sinking, we can help you stop it. Our 30 years in the business and our designation as a Ram Jack certified dealer means you get the most technologically savvy solution to fix your foundation.

From the factory to the field, we strive to ensure the quality of our products and workmanship meet the highest industry standards. We work with other vetted professionals in the industry. All of our helical piers, push piers, and mounting brackets are manufactured by Ram Jack in Ada, OK, at an ISO-certified facility with American-made steel. Williams Form Engineering in Golden, CO, manufactures our reinforcing bar for ground anchor systems and shares our commitment to quality control and quality assurance.

About Ram Jack

Ram Jack is a family-owned business that began operations in 1968, in Ada, OK, where we currently source our piers and brackets. Back then, concrete piering was the original repair method used simply because it was the only technology available at the time. Over time, it became evident that concrete piers did not provide long-term stabilization of foundations and only provided a short-term warranty period. To guarantee the highest grade of customer satisfaction, a greater solution needed to be found.

The Ram Jack owners embarked on a research program to develop a foundation repair system to stand the test of time. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office first issued a patent to Ram Jack for its foundation repair system in 1985. Over the next few years, additional refinements and patents have followed, resulting in the strongest patented system in the industry. Ram Jack driven pilings are ICC-ES recognized (International Construction Code—Evaluation Services). Ram Jack is one of only two ICC-ES recognized foundation repair companies in the industry. Ram Jack’s products meet or exceed code requirements set down by ICC-ES for both commercial and residential properties.

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