Poured Concrete Foundation Walls in Metro Atlanta

What a Poured Foundation Wall Does

A foundation wall carries the weight of the house down to the footing and holds back the soil on the outside. Poured in place, the wall is one continuous piece of concrete from the top of the footing to the sill plate, with no mortar joints running through it.

JJC Concrete pours foundation walls for builders and general contractors on new homes. The work covers full height walls under a basement and shorter perimeter walls under a crawl space.

Because the wall is formed and poured on site, its thickness, height and layout come straight from the plans for that house. A change in the plan set changes the forms, not the method.

Aluminum Forms and a Smooth Wall Face

The crew uses only metal forms. Aluminum panels lock together into a rigid mold, and when they come off, the wall has a smooth, even face with clean corners.

That finish shows up wherever the foundation stays visible: a garage stem wall, an exposed elevation on a sloping lot, or the inside of an unfinished lower level. It also gives the next trades a flat surface to work against.

Industry writing on aluminum forming systems describes panels that strip easily and take less hardware and labor than wood forms. Because the same panels return to the next job, the wall face stays consistent from one foundation to the next.

Foundation Walls Across Metro Atlanta

UGA Extension notes that Georgia's red clay holds too much water in a rainy winter and turns rock hard in summer. Describe the lot in your request: whether it is cleared and dug, how it is graded, where a truck can reach the footprint, and who is handling backfill and drainage around the new walls.

JJC Concrete pours foundation walls from its Marietta base across the metro area, including Smyrna, Powder Springs, Woodstock and Villa Rica. For the lower level of a house, see basement walls, and for what sits underneath, see footings. The full list of wall work is on the commercial overview.