Concrete Foundations & Footings in Chicagoland

A foundation is the one part of a build nobody sees and everybody pays for twice if it is wrong. Northern Illinois sits on heavy clay soils that swell when wet and shrink when dry, and the frost line here runs deep enough that footings have to be placed well below it or the whole structure will be lifted every winter and dropped every spring. Getting the depth, the bearing, the reinforcement, and the drainage right at the start is far cheaper than chasing a cracked wall five years later.

Javi's Construction pours foundations and footings across the greater Chicagoland area — for room additions and second-story builds that need new bearing, detached and attached garages, sheds and outbuildings, porch and deck footings, and ground-up new construction working alongside a general contractor. We handle the excavation coordination, formwork, steel, pour, and strip, and we leave a square, level, correctly-dimensioned base for the trade that comes next.

What we pour

• Strip and spread footingsContinuous footings under foundation walls and isolated pads under posts and columns, sized to the load and the soil.
• Poured foundation wallsFormed, braced, and reinforced walls, poured in one go and stripped clean.
• Addition and garage foundationsNew bearing for room additions, attached and detached garages, and second-story work, tied into what is already there.
• Monolithic and thickened-edge slabsSlab-on-grade for outbuildings, garages, and shops where a full frost wall is not required.
• Frost-depth placementFootings placed below the local frost line so seasonal ground movement does not lift the structure.
• ReinforcementRebar, dowels, and mesh placed and tied to the drawing — chaired off the ground, not thrown in after the pour.
• Anchor bolts and embedsSill plate anchors, hold-downs, sleeves, and embeds set to layout while the concrete is still wet.
• Footing drainage and damp-proofing prepDrain tile, stone, and a wall surface the waterproofing system can actually bond to.