Concrete footings in Brandon MS - a solid base planned around your soil
Building an addition, a porch or a new house? We dig, form and pour footings that spread its weight evenly across the ground underneath.
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What are concrete footings, and does your project need them?
Concrete footings are the wider band of concrete under a foundation that spreads a building's weight into the soil, and we dig, form and pour them for homes, additions and porches in Brandon, MS.
Most calls about footings come from people planning something new on their lot, like a room addition, a garage, a covered porch or a whole house, and the footing is the part nobody sees once the walls go up. Your price moves with how many feet of footing the plans call for, how deep they go and how hard the site is to dig and reach, while the schedule turns on what we learn about your soil, the permit and the weather. The quote I write after walking your lot is where you get your own number, with what it covers spelled out.
How do you know a project needs new footings?
Plans for an addition
If you're drawing up a room, a garage or a porch that ties into the house, it needs its own footings under the new walls or posts. Settling the soil and footing plan now costs a lot less than finding a problem once the trench is open and the crew is waiting.
A porch pulling away
A porch, stoop or carport that leans off the house or leaves a growing gap usually sits on shallow footings or none at all. The longer it goes, the more water runs into that gap and the more of the old work has to come out.
Posts sinking into the ground
Deck, carport or pergola posts set straight into dirt or on small blocks tend to sink unevenly, and you'll see it as a sag in the beam or a roof edge out of line. New pad footings under each post usually cost less now than rebuilding the frame after it twists.
How we build concrete footings
Before we plan anything, I'll ask whether anyone has checked the soil on your lot, because the answer can change the footing plan. We lay out the footing lines from your plans, dig to the depth they call for, set the rebar, the steel bars that keep a crack from pulling the footing apart, and pour. We keep the dig and the pour close together so the open trench doesn't sit there drying out, and then the concrete gets time to cure, the wait while it hardens and gains strength before anything is built on it. The footing is buried before anyone gets to admire it, so it's the first place people want to trim the budget, and it's the last place I'd tell you to, because every wall above it depends on it.
Footings usually sit next to other work. If part of the house you have now has already dropped, foundation raising deals with the old foundation, since new footings under an addition won't lift what's already settled. When a new footing has to run through an existing slab, walk or patio, concrete cutting opens just the strip we need.
Continuous footings
These run the full length of the foundation under the walls, so they suit additions, garages and houses where the walls carry the load. Most new rooms tied onto a house start here.
Pad footings
A pad is a single block of concrete under one pier, post or column, so it suits porches, carports, decks and pier-and-beam houses. Each pad carries its own spot of weight, which is why where they go comes from the plans.
Get a written footing quote for your lot
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I'll come out, walk the site with you and explain the quote, and it's free with no obligation to book.
Call (601) 591-9020- Based in
- Brandon, MS 39042
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 8 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–9 PM
What happens after you call about footings in Brandon?
From your first call to the final walk-through, here's who you'll deal with and what you'll have in hand at each step.
Call and set a visit
You call or send a message, and we set a time for me to come out to your lot. I look at the site and hear what you're planning to build.
Read your written quote
I write the quote out so you can see what's included and what isn't, so there's no guessing about where your money goes. We settle the permit question together before any work starts.
Build, then walk it together
Our crew digs, forms and pours the footings. At the end I walk the finished job with you and answer whatever questions you've got.
Why Brandon homeowners call Brandon Concrete Company for footings
The owner does your estimate
I do the estimate visits myself, walk the job with you and explain what goes into the quote. I started out explaining concrete quotes at kitchen tables, and a customer who knows why each step is there can hold us to it.
Licensed and insured, permit handled
We're licensed and insured, and when your job needs a permit we handle it as your licensed contractor so it isn't left on you. That matters here because Brandon warns that an owner who pulls their own permit becomes the general contractor and is personally liable for accidents on the job.
Owner checks the work in person
I opened the business in Brandon in 2023 so the person who explains your job also helps build it. Our crew handles the prep, forming, pouring and finishing, and I'm on site checking the work as it goes, while a footing problem is still cheap to fix.
On footings, what matters is getting the soil and the trench right before any concrete shows up. Call (601) 591-9020 or send us your project and I'll come take a look.
Concrete footings, permits and clay soil around Brandon
The City of Brandon requires a permit whenever an owner, agent or contractor builds, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves or tears down a structure, and the city's building permit information lays that out. Footings for a new house or an addition are part of building or enlarging one, so the permit belongs in the plan from the first visit. For work Rankin County inspects, its posted steps include a foundation inspection before concrete is poured, so we plan the pour around that inspection and keep the open trench from sitting.
A state geology report puts parts of Rankin County on the Yazoo Clay belt, a clay that shrinks as it dries and swells when it's wet again, so some lots here sit on it and some don't. On jobs around Brandon we see ground that bakes hard in a dry summer and turns sticky after a week of rain, which is why the soil question and the short gap between dig and pour matter so much here. We run into the same soil question on footing jobs in Pearl and Flowood.
Questions about concrete footings in Brandon
Call (601) 591-9020How much do concrete footings cost in Brandon, MS?
Concrete footings across the US usually cost about $5 to $18 per linear foot, and that's a national range for the footing work, not our price. Where your job lands depends on the length, depth and site conditions, so the written quote after I walk your lot is where your Brandon figure comes from.
How do I find out if my lot in Brandon is on Yazoo Clay?
Start with a geologist or a geologic map, which is the first step a state geology report suggests for telling whether a site sits on expansive clay. If it does, the report's next step is a foundation firm or soils expert, so that check belongs before the footing plan, not after.
Who is allowed to build concrete footings in Mississippi?
Brandon's summary of state law says anyone doing a remodel job over $10,000.00 needs a residential builder's or remodeler's license. The Mississippi State Board of Public Contractors is the state's licensing authority, so it's fair to ask any builder which license they hold before you sign.
Is a pier foundation or a slab better on clay soil?
A slab usually moves less with clay soil, while a pier foundation usually moves more but its problems are easier to spot and repair, according to a state report on expansive clay. I'd let what the soils expert says about your lot lead, and if that leaves it open, the choice comes down to whether you'd rather have less movement or simpler fixes.
What causes a foundation to move on clay soil?
Spots of movement on expansive clay sometimes start with water at the house, like a leaking outside faucet, gutters that drain beside the walls or heavy watering in beds next to the home. Tree roots pulling water out of the ground and leaking plumbing or sewer lines under the foundation can play a part too, which is worth knowing before new footings go in beside old ones.
What is the best time of year to build footings on clay in Brandon?
On the clay belt, houses built after long rainy periods usually move less than ones built after long dry spells, a state geology report says. Even those can lose moisture around the outer edges and sink there as the clay shrinks, so a wet-season start helps without settling the question, and weather is one of the things I'll talk through with you at the visit.
Related concrete work for footing projects
Foundation raising
Raising and leveling an older foundation that has already dropped is usually the first step before an addition can be tied onto that side of the house.
Concrete cutting
Saw-cutting old concrete lets us open a neat path for a new footing through a driveway or patio without breaking out the whole slab around it.
Service areas for concrete footings near Brandon
Brandon Concrete Company is based in Brandon, MS, and we build footings across the cities around it, including Jackson and Madison. These 11 cities have their own page here, and they aren't the only places we work.
Brandon, MS
Get your footings planned before the dig
Call (601) 591-9020 or send the form with your property address, what you're building and a rough footing length, and I'll come out ready to talk about your lot.