A new foundation has to be exactly right because everything above it depends on it for decades. Gatineau Concrete installs footings and foundation walls for new builds and additions, working from the structural engineer's drawings, reinforced to spec and inspected before each pour. One licensed crew handles excavation, forming, rebar, pour, strip and waterproofing handoff. Every project starts with a free written estimate.
Everything above a foundation depends on it being exactly right, sized correctly for the soil and the load, reinforced for the spans, poured without voids or cold joints, and cured before backfill goes against it. A foundation installation that cuts a corner is invisible until it becomes a structural problem years later.
We work from the engineer's drawings, footings sized to the bearing soil, walls formed straight and true, rebar tied to spec, embeds for plumbing, electrical and any future tie-ins placed before the pour. Every stage is ready for inspection before concrete is ordered. Where the project is part of a project will end in a finished basement, the foundation drives every trade that follows.
When the project includes additions or tie-ins to an existing foundation, the detailing matters even more, isolating or bonding to the existing footing as the engineer specifies, so the new and old work move together. The same standards apply to all our foundation services and the wider residential concrete we pour.
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How it works
How We Install a New Foundation in Gatineau
Survey to drawings
We confirm the engineer's drawings against the site, survey the layout, confirm the bearing soil with the geotechnical info, and stake out the footing and wall positions.
Excavate to bearing soil
The footing is excavated to the depth the engineer specified, the bearing soil is inspected and confirmed, and any over-excavation is corrected before forming begins.
Form footing and pour
Footings are formed and reinforced to drawing, the pour is placed and consolidated, and footings cure to the schedule before the walls go up on top.
Form wall, pour and strip
Walls are formed straight and true, rebar is tied through with embeds in place, the wall is poured and consolidated, and forms are stripped on the engineer's schedule before backfill.
From new pour to lifetime
Waterproofing and Drainage Are Part of Installation
An installed foundation is not done until the outside is protected. Foundation waterproofing goes on the wall before backfill, and weeping tile at the footing carries groundwater away.
Skip those steps and a brand-new foundation can be leaking by its first spring. Done as part of the install, they protect the structure for decades. The same applies to the basement floor that sits inside the foundation.
Drawings, footings, additions and waterproofing handoff for new foundations in Gatineau.
Yes. Every new foundation install is built to the structural engineer's drawings, footing sizes, wall thicknesses, rebar layouts, mix designs, and is ready for inspection at each stage before concrete is ordered or backfill goes in.
Yes. Additions usually require the new foundation to tie in or isolate from the existing footing per the engineer's design, so the new structure settles with the house rather than against it. We pour to that detail.
Below the frost line, which is typically several feet in Gatineau, and confirmed against the engineer's geotechnical info. The exact depth depends on the soil, the load and the local code requirements; the drawings specify it.
Yes, as part of installation. Foundation waterproofing and weeping tile go on before backfill, protecting the new structure from groundwater for the long haul.
It depends on the size, the soil, the engineering and access. We put exact numbers in a written, itemised quote after reviewing the drawings and walking the site, so the price is firm against the actual project.
Homeowner reviews
What Gatineau Homeowners Say About Their New Foundations
Foundation for a full custom build, footings and walls to the engineer's drawings, inspected at every stage. Project went smooth and the structure has not moved through the first winter.
H. T.
Gatineau
★★★★★
Addition foundation tied into the existing house exactly as the engineer specified. New and old settled together, no separation at the join.
I. L.
Nepean
★★★★★
Below frost depth, properly reinforced, with the waterproofing on before backfill. They explained every step before pouring.
D. X.
Kanata
★★★★★
Embeds for plumbing and electrical placed exactly where the trades needed them. Made the rest of the build smooth and avoided drilling into a new foundation.
A. L.
Barrhaven
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Send us the engineer's drawings or just describe the build, and we will quote the foundation install, the waterproofing handoff and the timeline against your project schedule.
