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    Business ProfileforAmerican Foundation Specialists

    Foundation Contractors
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    2.33/5stars

    Average of 3 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 7/1/1998

    Years in Business: 32

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    American Foundation Specialists offers basement inspections and repairs. Foundation repairs include waterproofing, excavation, crack repair, tuck pointing, egress window installed or repaired, sump pump installation, drain tile, engineered structural support beams and columns, mudjacking, and Helical Pier System for settled basements.

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    11011 W Forest Home Ave, Hales Corners, WI 53130-2504
    BBB File Opened:
    4/12/1993
    Years in Business:
    32
    Business Started:
    1/1/1992
    Business Started Locally:
    1/1/1992
    Business Incorporated:
    8/10/1998
    Accredited Since:
    7/1/1998
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
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    Hours of Operation

    Primary

    M:
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    T:
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    W:
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    Th:
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    F:
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    Sa:
    Closed
    Su:
    Closed
    Business Management
    • Tony Zidar Jr., President
    • Jayme Zidar, Vice President
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Tony Zidar Jr., President

    Customer Contact

    • Tony Zidar Jr., President
    • Jayme Zidar, Vice President
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (414) 427-1010
      Primary Fax

    Email Addresses

    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    09/17/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Order Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Signed a contract while being verbally told something else. Trusted American foundation specialists with the verbalization of doing one thing, excavating corner of house,sealing corner of wall 5 feet sealing 5 foot wall verbally, and replacing slab for rear entry doorway. However, excavating was not put into contract, ****, the owner of American foundation specialist wrote 5 foot wall on contract in different area of contract as he was verbally talking to us at the time of signing of the contract. American foundation removed 1 yard of concrete, and used approximately 1 yard of concrete for the repair. Repaired wall sill under rear entry door. 29 by 5 deep. I can understand an expensive repair bill that would justify that amount of money if they had to excavate the corner of my house, reseal my basement wall, fix the sill plate, backfill, and then put a new slab for my entry doorway like he verbally explained. However, it was not written down, verbatim in the contract of his spoken words, I wish I had a tape recorder going at the time he was speaking. I have had two other contractors. Look at it since the repair was done. Of the two contractors that looked at it, the highest bid wouldve been $3000 maximum of the job performed. When it came time to collect, I asked ****, the owner of American foundation specialist why he did not excavate and seal my walls, and he said it wasnt written down on the contract. All he did was come and repair a small sill plate beneath my rear door and lay a slab and small sidewalk. My Wife asked him why he only put in a sidewalk and not repair the outside walls. His reply was well we put in sidewalks too My wife said, why would I call a basement foundation repair place to put in sidewalk and not fix our basement? He didnt have an answer for that he just wanted the rest of his money. We paid the bill or he was going to Lien our home. Our basement still leaks. Repair/replaced Side walk was around 1 yard.
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    Customer Reviews

    3 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    James H

    5 stars

    06/19/2023

    Jamie and his crew did a great job figuring out what needed to be done and they did an outstanding job correcting our foundation issues. He has an excellent crew around him. 6 weeks later you couldn’t tell that anything was done on outside. The yard looks perfect. Thanks Jamie!

    American Foundation Specialists Response

    06/23/2023

    **********************,Thank you for the positive review. We are happy we solved your basement problem. If you need anything please reach out. American Foundation Specialists

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