We recently moved into new home and several months later discovered crack on the outside brick wall. Fortress Foundations sales rep Santiago came and told us that this is a very serious foundation issue, that corner of our house is sinking and we need to have seven push piers installed to stabilize foundation. Three weeks before scheduled work they notified us that it will cost us additional two thousand dollars because apparently Fairfax County is now requiring to have soil inspection performed before Fortress Foundation can even start repairs and also that Fairfax County requires independent inspector to be present during repairs. Apparently, according to Fortress this is a new thing which never happened before and Fortress Foundations was very surprised that Fairfax County is now requiring soil tests and independent inspector to be present. We contacted Fairfax County and they responded that they always require soil inspection and independent inspector to be present and there is nothing new there and Fortress Foundations was definitely aware of these requirements. Well, we just wanted to fix the problem and agreed to pay additional two thousand dollars. Installation of push piers was performed at the end of November. It required excavation to the house foundation footing to install seven push piers. Fortress Foundation foreman Cody and his crew came to perform installation of push piers. After installation Fortress Foundation just used the dirt which was excavated to fill seven huge holes right next to house walls. They didn't even try to compact the soil and left because they had to move the crew to the new job site the next day. Last night pretty bad rain storm started and when I went outside to check I found that the water is now standing right against the walls of the house where Fortress is installed push piers. Because Fortress is never compacted the soil and it is very soft and muddy, it is now impossible to even stand next to the walls where repairs were done. My boots were sinking into the ground several inches anywhere close to area of repairs. I had to go in the middle of the night and cover with tarp the area where Fortress Foundation performed repairs because standing rain water accumulated against the walls. They were supposed to at least properly grade and compact the area where repairs were done but they were quick to collect their money and took off. Now, instead of crack on the wall we have problem of water getting into our basement and that might cause significant damage to the house. Instead of fixing the problem permanently Fortress Foundations created significant new problem of water getting into the basement. I hired this company hoping that as professional company they will fix problem with crack on the wall but instead they created much, much worse problem of water getting into our basement. Another huge issue is that they just dumped all soil and clay which they excavated just on the surface right next to the house. If before we had grass growing next to the walls of the house, now we have mud, gravel, stones, bricks, pieces of drainage pipe and garbage which Fortress Foundations left where repairs were done. Nothing can grow where they installed push piers. It's just mud and stones which they excavated from under the surface and dumped around our house to cover the holes where push piers were installed. We now have to spend significant amount of money to remove dirt and clay which Fortress just left, install new screened soil, properly compact soil, grade It to take the water away from the house. Only after that we can install top soil and grass to at least visually return area of repairs to how it looked before. If you are looking for company which can be excellent to expand small issue into huge new problem which will cost you a lot more to fix then Fortress Foundations Solutions is right company deal with. Otherwise, just please take my advice and stay away from this company. read more