Old Rotten Posts and Sinking Homes — What Your Fence and Your Foundation Have in Common

If you’ve got old, or leaning, buildings on your property—whether its your home, acreage, or outbuildings—there’s a good chance your place is sending out a silent SOS.

And it might not just be your barn. It could be your house.

Rotting, shifting, sinking structures—whether fences, sheds, or full-sized homes—are warning signs.

We don’t just fix pole barns at Farrow Built. We’ve rescued entire homes from sliding into the ground.

Just last month, right in the heart of Blind Bay, we got a call from a homeowner whose foundation had sunk a shocking eight inches.

Doors wouldn’t close. Cracks in the drywall. Most people would panic—and rightfully so.

Here’s what we did:

• Excavated down to the original footings.

  
  

• Installed precision-engineered screw piles (thanks to our partners at Techno Metal Post).

  
  

• Lifted the house back to level.

  
  

• Locked it in place—permanently.

  
  

End result? The doors close properly. The drywall cracks closed up. And more importantly, the panic is over.

Now we’re gearing up for an even bigger job at the end of the month. We’re talking 40 screw piles to lift and stabilize an entire house built directly on top of the ground—no frost protection, no code compliance. Built near a lake where traditional excavation would just flood. And yes, we’re bringing a screw-pile machine right into the living room.

We’re not just repairing. We’re engineering solutions that work in places other contractors fear to tread.

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If your house, shop, or cabin is showing signs of stress—sloping floors, sticking doors, cracked walls—don’t ignore it. We’ll come out. We’ll assess. We’ll give you straight answers. And if it’s fixable (hint: it almost always is), we’ll get it done—fast, clean, and permanent.