Foundation repair & waterproofing · Maysville, KY

Water in the basement?Cracked or bowing wall?

We fix the cause — not just the symptoms.

Local people. Solid foundations.

Cracks
Water intrusion
Bowing walls
Settling
Drainage

Free foundation inspections

Thirty years in the trade, based in Maysville — not a call center two hours away.

Does this sound like your house?

Any one of these means water or soil pressure is working on your foundation. None of them get better on their own — but most of them are a lot smaller to fix than homeowners fear.

Cracks

Stair-step cracks in block, or a crack that keeps getting wider.

Water intrusion

Water on the floor every time it rains hard.

Bowing walls

A basement wall pushing in, bulging or leaning.

Settling

Doors sticking, floors sloping, brick separating outside.

Everybody watches the roof. The ground is where the money goes.

A roof leak is easy to see, roofs get replaced on a schedule, and storm damage is usually covered by insurance. Water at the ground works slowly and out of sight.

It goes after the structure

Saturated soil cracks and pushes in foundation walls, rots sill plates and floor joists, and feeds mold in basements and crawl spaces. Floor framing costs far more to replace than roof framing.

Insurance usually won't cover it

Homeowners policies generally exclude long-term seepage, so the repair comes out of your pocket. An unrepaired foundation or water problem can also take 10 to 15 percent off a home's value when it's time to sell.

The longer it goes, the more it costs

Stopping the water early is the cheapest fix there is. Wet basement, musty crawl space, cracks, or doors starting to stick? Send us a few pictures — same-day answer, free inspection.

Foundation Watch: quarterly checkups

Catch it before it costs you. $499 a year for 4 visits. We check your foundation, grading, drainage and crawl space, and you get a photo report every visit. Sign up by November 30 for first visits in December. Call or text 606-375-3379.

What we do

Structural work and digging — the part most masonry outfits will not touch, and the part a foundation problem actually needs.

Foundation repair

Cracked and failing block, footing repair, structural rebuilds. We find what is causing it before we price the fix.

Basement waterproofing

Exterior excavation, membrane, drain tile and stone — water routed away from the wall instead of chased inside.

Foundation wall rebuild

When a wall is bowed or failing, we take it out and lay a new one — and relieve the pressure that pushed it in, so it stays put.

Drainage & downspouts

Footing drains, downspout lines and yard drainage — usually the real source of a wet basement.

New foundations

Footings, block walls and fill for additions, garages and new builds.

Masonry restoration

Brick, block and stone repair, tuckpointing, chimneys, lintels and porches.

Why homeowners call us back

You get the owner, not a commissioned inspector

The man who looks at your foundation is the man who runs the work. Nobody here earns a bonus for selling you a bigger repair.

We price the repair you need — and say when you don't need one

Not every crack is a foundation job. If the fix is a downspout and a drain line, that's what we'll tell you, even though it's a smaller check.

We answer the phone after the check clears

Drainage and waterproofing carry a one-year workmanship warranty, and you call the same number you called the first day.

Free foundation inspection, straight answer

We come look, tell you what's causing it and what it takes to fix it. No high-pressure close in your kitchen.

Our own work

Every photo here is a job of ours in Kentucky or Ohio — no stock pictures.

Steel bracing that failed on a block basement wall. Bracing holds a wall; it does not fix what is pushing on it.

Exterior waterproofing membrane and a downspout tied into solid pipe, so roof water leaves the foundation instead of sitting against it.

A 40-foot root pulled out of a downspout drain — the reason water was backing up in the yard and coming into the basement.

New block foundation walls laid off the plan, on footings we formed and poured.

Cut-in basement opening rebuilt in block — structural masonry, not a patch.

Cut stone on the Ripley riverfront project. Thirty years of brick, block and stone behind every foundation repair.

Where we work

Kentucky
Mason · Bracken · Pendleton · Campbell · Robertson · Fleming Counties

Ohio
Brown · Adams Counties

Maysville · Mayslick · Washington · Dover · Germantown · Augusta · Brooksville · Mount Olivet · Flemingsburg · Ewing · Falmouth · Butler · Alexandria · Fort Thomas · Ripley · Aberdeen · Georgetown · Mount Orab · West Union · Manchester

Based in Maysville, KY. If you're just outside that line, call anyway — we travel for foundation work.

Common questions

Who repairs foundations in Maysville, Kentucky?

Howell Masonry and Restoration LLC is a local, owner-operated foundation repair and basement waterproofing company based in Maysville, KY, serving Mason, Bracken, Pendleton, Campbell, Robertson and Fleming Counties in Kentucky and Brown and Adams Counties in Ohio. Kevin Howell has thirty years in brick, block and stone, and he is on the job himself. Call 606-375-3379.

Do you charge to look at a foundation problem?

No. The inspection is free. We come look at the wall, tell you what is actually causing it, and put a written price in your hand.

What is the difference between interior and exterior waterproofing?

Interior systems collect water that has already entered the wall and pump it back out — that is managing water, not waterproofing. We stop it outside: dig the wall, repair it, install dimple board as the barrier, pipe clean stone to daylight, then backfill and grade so roof and surface water leaves the foundation. A sump is honest work only where water sits under a slab and digging is not possible.

My basement wall is bowing in. Do you brace it?

No. Bracing holds a wall where it is; it does not remove what is pushing on it. For a bowed or failing wall we take the wall out, lay a new one, and relieve the pressure that pushed it in.

What causes a wet basement?

Most of the time it is water that was never carried away from the house — downspouts dumping at the foundation, a plugged or collapsed drain line, and grade that falls toward the wall. Fixing the drainage is often the real repair, and we will tell you when that is all you need.

Do you serve Ohio as well as Kentucky?

Yes. We work both sides of the river — Brown and Adams Counties in Ohio, including Ripley, Aberdeen, Georgetown, Mount Orab, West Union and Manchester.