About Our Free Foundation Repair Quote Service
We connect Orlando-area homeowners with independent Florida-licensed contractors for free, no-obligation foundation repair quotes. The contractor you choose quotes, contracts and does the work.
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What Orlando FL Foundation Repair is, and what it is not
Orlando FL Foundation Repair is a free quote service for homeowners in Orlando and nearby Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake county cities. You describe what you are seeing and we pass your request to independent contractors who handle foundation work in your area. They contact you to set up a free evaluation and quote.
We do not repair, level, pier, grout or inspect anything, and we do not set prices, bid jobs or write contracts. The contractor you choose quotes, contracts and does the work. There is no cost to you and no obligation to hire anyone.
Orlando FL Foundation Repair is an independent quote service. It is not a contractor or engineer and is not affiliated with any foundation repair company of a similar name.
How companies are matched
When you send the free quote form, we look at your ZIP code and the type of problem you describe, then share your request with independent contractors who quote that kind of work in your part of Central Florida. We usually reply the same day. You compare the quotes you receive and decide whether to hire anyone.
A contractor's free evaluation is a sales estimate, not an engineering opinion. In Florida, diagnosing the cause of foundation movement and writing a structural report is engineering under Chapter 471, and only a Florida-licensed professional engineer (PE) may do it. A contractor may install a repair a PE has designed (§471.003(2)(f)). If you need a cause identified, see foundation and sinkhole inspections.
What to ask any contractor for
- A license number you can check. In Florida, structural foundation repair, underpinning and sinkhole stabilization of a house is Division I contracting: a certified or registered general contractor (CGC/RGC) or residential contractor (CRC/RRC) clearly qualifies, and a building contractor (CBC) arguably does for homes up to three stories (Fla. Stat. §489.105(3)(a)–(c)). Florida has no separate foundation or underpinning specialty license. The license number must appear in the contractor's ads and contracts (§489.119(5)(b)). Check it on MyFloridaLicense.com; a county business tax receipt is not a license.
- Proof of insurance. Ask for a current certificate.
- A written, itemized scope. The method, where piers or injection points go, what is included and what is not.
- Whether a PE will design the repair and write a final letter once the work is done.
- Who pulls the permit. Orange County says structural repairs to foundations need a permit, construction plans are required in most cases, and plans must be signed and sealed by a Florida PE or registered architect when repairs affect structural stability; a Notice of Commencement is required when work exceeds $5,000. In Seminole, Osceola, Lake and the cities, permit rules vary; the licensed contractor confirms and pulls any permit.
- The warranty in writing, including what it covers and whether it transfers to a buyer.
Unlicensed contracts are unenforceable by the contractor (§489.128), and the Florida Homeowners' Construction Recovery Fund covers Division I contracts signed on or after July 1, 2024 up to $100,000, only for licensed contractors. The handyman exemption (under $2,500) does not fit foundation work.
Why Central Florida foundations move
Sands. USDA NRCS soil survey data show Orlando-area soils are mostly sands, such as Smyrna, Candler, Tavares, Myakka and Basinger, with negligible shrink-swell. Clay swelling is not the usual story here; water and what lies beneath the sand matter more.
Muck pockets. Organic soils (muck, such as Samsula) cover roughly 6 to 7 percent of Orange, Seminole and Osceola and about 13 percent of Lake County by acreage. The Florida Geological Survey lists organic layers that compress as water is removed among the causes of ground subsidence that can look like sinkholes.
Karst. Limestone lies beneath the sand and clay cover across much of the region. The Florida Senate's 2010 Interim Report 2011-104, citing state geologists, names Orange and parts of Lake and Seminole as having a geologic setting similar to west-central Florida. As of October 19, 2026, Florida Geological Survey records list 232 reported subsidence incidents in Orange, 172 in Seminole, 178 in Lake and 16 in Osceola. These are voluntary, mostly unverified reports, and most have never been field-checked. Read more in settlement vs. sinkhole in Central Florida.
Rainy season. NOAA's 1991–2020 normals for Orlando International Airport show 51.45 inches of rain a year, with 29.57 inches (about 57 percent) falling June through September. That is one reason drainage and grading often come up in a contractor's evaluation. The soil story is explained in sand, muck and Orlando foundations.
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