About Long Island Foundation Pros

We're a family-owned foundation repair company built on one principle: honesty is the product.

Long Island homeowners have been burned. They've called companies that sent salespeople with scripts, not contractors with tools. They've received quotes from $12,000 to $38,000 for the same job. They've had interior drains installed that managed water symptoms while the structural problem kept getting worse.

We started Long Island Foundation Pros because we believed Long Island deserved a foundation contractor that would look at your wall, tell you the truth about what it needs, recommend only what's necessary, and fix it with licensed professionals who show up on time and clean up when they leave.

What "Honesty Is the Product" Means in Practice

It means we walk away from jobs. If a homeowner needs a $600 crack injection and calls expecting to spend $15,000, we do the $600 job and come home. If a crack is cosmetic and doesn't need intervention yet, we say so — even when that costs us a contract.

It means we give you options at different price points and explain the trade-offs. Carbon fiber straps vs. wall anchors, interior drain vs. exterior membrane — both can be the right answer depending on your situation. We explain the differences without steering you toward the more expensive option by default.

It means the owner is on site every day, not managing from an office. When you have a question at 7 AM on day two, you get an answer from someone who actually knows the job.

Our Credentials

• Nassau County DCA Home Improvement Contractor License — 5 years experience required, $500,000 liability insurance, Workers Compensation, fingerprint background check through IDENTOGO.
• Suffolk County Consumer Affairs HIC License — written exam on Chapter 563 and NY GBL Article 36-A, $500,000 liability, Workers Compensation, $350 fee, 2-year renewable.
• $500,000 General Liability Insurance — fully insured for all work performed on your property.
• Workers Compensation — every worker on your property is covered.
• Written contracts for all work — as required by the NY Attorney General for any home improvement over $500.

Why We Know Long Island Foundations

Long Island has a unique foundation challenge portfolio. The 1955–1975 CMU block wall era produced the bulk of the repair work we see today — homes that are now 60–70 years old and hitting their failure window. The South Shore water table is unlike anything in the rest of New York State. The North Shore clay soils create lateral pressure patterns that differ from sandy glacial soils just miles away.

We've inspected thousands of Long Island basements. We know the difference between a settling foundation in a Melville farm-field development and a bowing wall in a Lawrence waterfront home. We know what the block walls in Levittown look like after 70 winters. That local experience is something a national franchise can't replicate.