Foundation installation in Yakima WA - a level, solid start for your new house
Building a house or addition on bare ground? We dig, set the steel and forms, and pour a foundation ready to build on.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We respond within 1 business day.
What does foundation installation in Yakima involve?
Foundation installation in Yakima means digging the footings, the wide concrete base under the walls, then setting the steel and forms and pouring the foundation your house or addition stands on, so everything you build after it starts level and solid.
Most people who call us have plans in hand, or close to it, and either a bare lot or a spot behind the house where an addition is going. Early on you'll pick between a crawl space and a slab foundation with no space under it, and that choice shapes the price. The rest of the price depends on the size of the footprint, how much steel the plans call for, how easy it is to get a truck to the forms, and whether the pour lands in cold weather and needs protecting. The schedule mostly turns on the permit and the inspections, because no concrete goes in until the steel and forms have been looked at. My written estimate spells out the mix, the prep and what's included, so you can see where the money goes.
How do you know it's time to line up your foundation?
Your plans are finished
Once the house or addition is drawn, the foundation is the next thing that has to happen, and every trade after it waits on it. If you hold off booking it, the framers and everyone behind them end up waiting too.
Your builder wants a date
If you've got a builder or framer lined up, they'll usually want a firm foundation date before they plan their crew. Waiting on it usually means losing your spot on their calendar and pushing the whole build back.
Nights are getting colder
When fall cold starts settling into the valley, fresh concrete needs protecting while it sets. Pushing the job deeper into the season usually means more protection, more hassle and more cost.
How we handle foundation installation
It starts on your lot, where I help you weigh a crawl space against a slab with no space under it, mostly on how you'd get to your pipes and wiring down the road. Before we dig, we call in a locate so the buried utility lines get marked. Then our crew digs the footings, packs the subgrade, which is the ground the concrete sits on, and sets the rebar, the steel that keeps the concrete from pulling apart, along with the forms. We have all of it ready for inspection before any concrete shows up, then we pour, finish and clean up. If the budget gets tight, I'll tell you to cut somewhere other than the prep, because nobody sees the base once it's poured and it's the one part you can't fix later.
A lot of foundation jobs come with other concrete attached. If you're adding a garage or a porch, we can pour concrete footings on their own. Small businesses and builders putting up a shop often have us handle concrete parking lot building around it once the building pad is in.
Crawl space foundation
This suits you if you want to get under the house later to fix a leak or run new wiring, because there's room to crawl in and reach it. It's the one I point people toward when they expect plumbing changes down the road.
Slab with no space under it
This suits a build where the pipes and conduit go in before the pour and you don't expect to move them. The trade-off is that a repair under the floor later means cutting into concrete, so we take care with the layout before it's covered.
Footings for an addition
This suits a room or garage added onto a house you already live in. We dig and pour to the addition's plans so the new part sits as solid as the old.
Get a written estimate for your foundation
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a visit. I come out, look over the lot, and give you a free written estimate with no obligation.
Call (509) 452-5002- Based in
- Yakima, WA 98901
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
What happens when you call about a foundation in Yakima?
Here's how a foundation job runs from your first call to the day the concrete's in, and who you'll be dealing with at each step.
Call or send us a message
Tell us where the lot is and what you're building, and we'll set a time for me to come out. Have the house size and any plans handy, because they shape the whole estimate.
I walk the lot with you
I measure, look over the site and ask how you'll use the house, then write up the estimate. You get it in writing with the mix, the prep and what's included spelled out, so nothing turns up later as a surprise.
We handle permits and prep
Once you say go, I sort out the permit side, then our crew digs, sets the steel and builds the forms. Everything sits ready for the inspector before a concrete truck gets called.
I'm on site for the pour
I'm there with the crew while they place and finish the concrete, and I stay through the cleanup. Then the concrete needs to cure, which is the wait while it hardens and gains strength, before anyone builds on it.
Why Yakima homeowners call United Yakima Concrete for foundations
I write every estimate myself
I come out to look at your lot and write the estimate, and I'm on site for the pours while our crew digs, forms, pours and finishes. The person who priced your job is the one standing there when the concrete shows up.
In business since 2013
I learned concrete on a flatwork crew here in the valley and started this business in 2013 after a few seasons pouring for other outfits. Thirteen years of foundations, driveways and patios means I know what skipped prep looks like a few winters later.
Licensed and fully insured crew
We're licensed and fully insured, so if something goes wrong on your lot, you're not the one left covering it. Ask to see the paperwork when I come out and I'll show you.
Backed by our satisfaction guarantee
Our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. Your written estimate lists what's included, so you know exactly what you're holding us to.
If you're planning a foundation, send us the details or call (509) 452-5002, and I'll come walk the lot with you.
Foundations and footings around Yakima
Permits depend on where your address sits. Inside the City of Yakima, work beyond the city's listed criteria goes through the city's codes permit office as an application packet with two sets of plans, dropped off in person or mailed. Some addresses around here fall under Yakima County instead, so I check which office covers yours and what it asks for on your job. We handle the permit paperwork for our part of the work and tell you plainly where things stand before we set a pour date.
We pour foundations across the valley, from in-town lots where the truck has to squeeze down a driveway to open ground where the forms sit a long reach from the road, so I plan truck access on the first visit. We do the same on jobs in Selah and Union Gap.
Questions about foundation installation in Yakima
Call (509) 452-5002A full-house foundation pour for a new 2,000 sq ft house in Washington usually runs about $22,000 to $51,000 per job. Where yours lands depends mostly on the footprint, crawl space or slab, and how much steel the plans call for, and my written estimate gives you the figure for your lot.
Weigh the upkeep and the floors as well as access, because a crawl space can have moisture issues that need proper sealing and ventilation for as long as you own the house. Floors over a crawl space run cold without insulation, a slab's floors run cold in cold climates too, and a crawl space lifts the house off the ground where flood risk or a sloped lot makes that useful.
The City of Yakima's design criteria put frost depth at 24 inches below grade, so footings and slab edges get planned around that line. In a cold climate a slab edge either goes below frost depth or gets perimeter insulation, and we build to whichever approach your plan uses.
Protect it, because industry guidance treats a pour as cold-weather concreting once the air has dropped to 40°F, or is expected to, while the fresh concrete is still being protected. Concrete poured then still gains enough strength when it's placed and protected properly, and the colder it gets, the more protection it needs.
Washington requires every construction contractor to register with the state Department of Labor & Industries, and state law also requires them to be bonded and insured. The bond is $30,000 for a general contractor or $15,000 for a specialty contractor, and it's set to pay amounts awarded against the contractor for breach of contract, including improper work, so it's fair to ask anyone you hire which bond applies.
Yakima County inspects footings once the digging is done and any required steel and forms are in place, then does a slab or under-floor inspection once the in-slab piping, conduit and service lines are set, before any concrete goes in. If your address falls under the county, we have each stage ready for the inspector before the trucks get called.
Related concrete work for your build
Concrete footings
When you need a deck, a carport or a freestanding wall to carry weight, stand-alone footings give it a buried base that stays put through the seasons.
Concrete parking lot building
Building a shop or small commercial space means people need somewhere to park, and a concrete lot poured with the same care holds up to daily traffic.
Service areas for our foundation work
United Yakima Concrete is based in Yakima, WA, and the 8 cities below have their own pages, from Ellensburg down to Grandview. We work in plenty of places in between, so call even if your city isn't listed.
Yakima, WA
Book a site visit for your foundation
The sooner I see the lot, the sooner the permit side and your pour date can get lined up.