Settled slabs and footings
Homes finished between 1995 and 2015 are in the window when footings on freshly graded lots show their first movement: sloping floors and separation at the brick ledge.
Foundation Repair in Toney, AL
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Get a Free QuoteA note on the numbers
Toney has no Census-designated place, so every figure on this page comes from ZIP code 35773 (ACS 2024 5-year), which covers a wider rural area than the crossroads itself.
A railroad crossroads turned commuter country
Toney grew up on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis line. A post office opened in 1898 with Blanche Rawls Toney as first postmaster, and the depot arrived by 1899. The old depot still stands on Old Railroad Bed Road. Limestone Creek flows through from Lincoln County, Tennessee.
ZIP 35773 holds 14,606 people and 5,462 occupied households, 88.7 percent of them owner-occupied (ACS table B25003). The median year built is 1998: 47.1 percent of homes date from 2000 onward, 42.4 percent from 1970–99. By structure (table B25024), 82.9 percent are single-family detached and 13.7 percent are mobile homes.
Two generations of foundations
Slab, crawl space and basement homes are all built here; no source gives the share.
Cracks in brick and block
Stair-step and horizontal cracks in block crawl-space walls show up on the 1970s–90s stock. Whether a crack is structural is a question for an Alabama-licensed professional engineer, not a sales visit.
Levelling and piers
Push and helical piers for site-built homes, and shim re-levelling for the 13.7 percent of ZIP 35773 units that are manufactured homes.
A county line runs through the ZIP code
Most of Toney is unincorporated Madison County. Per the county’s published summary, the Madison County Inspection Department (266-A Shields Road, Huntsville; 256-746-2950) requires a permit for repairs or alterations costing $1,000 or more under the 2018 International Residential Code with local amendments; the contractor pulls it. But ZIP 35773 also reaches into Limestone County, where this research found no county building permit program, so the contractor should confirm the jurisdiction for your parcel first.
The county line matters below ground too. NRCS SSURGO data put about 17.5 percent of Madison County’s surveyed acreage in soils rated high or very high for shrink-swell, against about 1.3 percent in Limestone County; Barfield and Decatur are Madison County’s two largest series. NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals give 54.29 inches of rain a year, December wettest at 5.87 inches and September driest at 3.49, with 55.6 freezing nights a year.
Alabama requires a Home Builders Licensure Board (HBLB) residential home builder license for home repairs over $10,000 (Ala. Code §34-14A-2(16)), the unlimited license for structural work; jobs under $10,000 need none. Ask for the company’s HBLB license number and check it on the HBLB lookup before signing. The cost guide lists typical ranges.
Toney foundation repair FAQ
Why are Toney’s figures given by ZIP code?
Toney is an unincorporated community with no Census-designated place, so the Census Bureau publishes no figures for Toney itself. The only official series is ZIP code 35773 (ACS 2024 5-year), which covers a larger rural area than the crossroads. Every number on this page, from 14,606 residents to the 13.7 percent mobile-home share, is a ZIP 35773 figure.
Which county issues my permit in Toney?
Most of Toney is unincorporated Madison County, where, per the county’s published summary, the Madison County Inspection Department requires a permit for repairs or alterations costing $1,000 or more. ZIP 35773 also crosses into Limestone County, where this research found no county building permit program. Have the contractor confirm the jurisdiction for your parcel.
What does a typical repair cost around Toney?
National guides put an overall foundation repair project at $2,200–$8,100, steel push piers at $1,000–$3,000 each and crack repair at $250–$800 per crack: typical national ranges from This Old House (2026), Bob Vila (2024), HomeGuide (2026) and Angi (2026), estimates rather than quotes. A written, itemized quote is the only real number.
How do I check a foundation company’s license?
Alabama requires an HBLB license for any home repair over $10,000 (Ala. Code §34-14A-2(16)); structural work needs the unlimited license, and the number must appear in advertising and contracts (§34-14A-7). Ask for the company’s HBLB license number and check it on the HBLB lookup before signing. The HBLB Homeowners’ Recovery Fund applies only when the builder held a license.
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