Foundation repair in Burns
For the small town of Burns, east of Cheyenne along the Union Pacific line, and the farm and ranch homes nearby.
Homeowners in and around Burns can call to be connected with a foundation repair contractor that serves rural eastern Laramie County. Burns is about 25 miles east of Cheyenne and counted 356 residents in 2020. It began as a Union Pacific siding with a water tank, was platted in 1907 as the Town of Luther by settlers of German ancestry, and was incorporated in 1916.
Old basements on the plains
Houses in a town that dates to the early 1900s, and the farmhouses around it, often have basements or cellars that were dug and built long before modern drainage and waterproofing. Typical problems are walls of stone, brick or block with loose mortar, walls that lean in after years of wet soil on the outside, and floors that were poured thin. Those are fixable, but the right fix depends on what the wall is made of. Anchoring or bracing works on many concrete and block walls; a failing stone wall may need to be rebuilt in sections.
Water from snow and storms
Out on open ground, snow drifts against buildings and fence lines and melts all at once in spring. Where drifts sit against a house, the soil next to the basement wall takes on water every year. Moving the drift (or the snowmelt) away from the house can matter as much as the wall repair itself.
Permits
Burns is an incorporated town, so check with the town about permits inside town limits. Rural homes outside town go through Laramie County Planning and Development.
Common questions
Does anyone serve Burns for foundation repair?
Call and we'll connect you with a foundation contractor that serves eastern Laramie County. Expect them to schedule rural visits around their other work in the area.
Can an old stone basement be saved?
Often, yes. Depending on its condition, a stone wall can be repointed, braced or rebuilt in sections. A contractor or engineer should look at it before you decide.
Services in Burns
- Basement wall repairBowing, leaning or cracked block and poured walls, stabilized with anchors, braces or straps, or rebuilt.
- Foundation piers for settlementPush piers and helical piers that carry a sinking corner or wall down to firmer soil, with lift where it's safe.
- Heaving basement floorsCracked, lifting basement slabs and the walls and doors above them: finding the cause and the fix.
- Foundation crack repairSealing and structurally bonding cracks in poured walls, and judging which cracks are cosmetic and which aren't.
- Foundation inspections and engineer reportsElevation surveys, crack mapping and engineer evaluations for worried owners, buyers and sellers.
Nearby areas
Leaning basement wall, new cracks, or a floor that's lifting?
Call and a foundation contractor who works around Cheyenne will measure the house and explain what's going on.