Knights Masonry & Foundation Waterproofing

Massachusetts has no foundation-contractor license, but the contractor must hold Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) registration, and structural work needs a Construction Supervisor License (CSL) plus a building permit from the Framingham Building Department. Significant structural repair, piers, wall rebuild, or underpinning, requires drawings stamped by a registered Professional Engineer. Given Framingham's many wetlands and the Sudbury River, exterior excavation, regrading, or drainage near the river, Cochituate Brook, or any of the local ponds routinely triggers Conservation Commission review under the Wetlands Protection Act, so file early on dig-out work.

Framingham foundation pricing sits in the mid-to-upper MetroWest range, below Boston metro. Crack injection typically runs $400-$900 per crack. An interior perimeter French drain with a sump pump lands around $8,000-$18,000 depending on linear feet, with flood-prone riverside lots toward the upper end. A sump pump install is usually $1,200-$3,000, more with battery backup, worth it on the high-groundwater lots. Stabilizing a bowing or cracked block wall with carbon-fiber or steel runs $5,000-$12,000. Settlement repair with helical or push piers runs roughly $1,500-$3,000 per pier.

Massachusetts requires a written contract and a Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential foundation repair & waterproofing work; ask for the registration number and check it before paying a deposit.

More on permits, costs, rebates and common questions, plus every other foundation repair & waterproofing contractor serving the town, on the Foundation Repair / Waterproofing in Framingham page.