NORTHN FOR FOUNDATION REPAIR
The work is buried by lunch.
The proof isn't.
Pier depths, elevation readings, engineer sign-offs — logged pier by pier before the dirt goes back. Homeowners fund draws into escrow up front, and releases can follow the engineer's letter, not a leap of faith.
Launching Texas-first, with a small founding group.
FOUNDATION REPAIR — $14,200
ESCROW-FUNDEDDraw 1 — Elevation survey + repair plan
RELEASED
Draw 2 — Piers 1–12 driven, depths logged
EVIDENCE VERIFIED
Draw 3 — Piers 13–22 + lift readings
CAPTURE PROMPTED
Final — Engineer letter + warranty
SWAPS WITH ENGINEER LETTER
WHY THIS EXISTS
The most skeptical customer in home services
Foundation repair is invisible by design: piers driven before lunch are under dirt by afternoon. Homeowners can't see what they bought, and neighbors tell them they got scammed. On Texas clay, demand isn't your problem — belief is. A pier-by-pier record turns the most doubted trade into the most documented one.
Invisible by afternoon
Depth, spacing, and pressure readings exist for a few hours before backfill. Captured per pier, they become the permanent answer to 'how do I know you actually did 22 of them?'
The warranty that has to outlive you
Lifetime transferable warranties are the industry's promise — and its weakest paper. A warranty attached to logged evidence is worth something at resale, and everyone knows it.
THE FIX
Take-my-word-for-it, replaced
“We drove 22 piers” — trust us
Every pier logged: depth, location, and capture before backfill
A deposit against a hole in the ground
Draws fund into escrow before the crew breaks soil
An engineer's letter, eventually, maybe
The engineer's sign-off is a release trigger on the final draw
Elevation claims with no baseline
Before-and-after readings on one record both sides can cite
Same piers, same clay, same crews — but the homeowner watches the log grow in real time, and the final draw releases against the engineer's letter instead of an argument.
THE EVIDENCE MOMENTS
Logged before the dirt goes back
Foundation evidence has the shortest life in construction — hours, not days. The AI prompts the capture pier by pier, so the record exists before the backfill does.
Baseline elevations
The starting readings that make the lift provable — without a baseline, 'we lifted it two inches' is just a sentence.
Every pier, at depth
Depth and pressure per pier, at the moment of refusal — 22 piers means 22 entries, not one group photo. A reading against the engineer's spec is a verdict by arithmetic, no model opinion.
The lift
Post-lift elevations against the baseline, door and crack checks on camera — the homeowner sees the house move back.
Engineer close-out
The stamped letter lands on the record and can trigger the final release — authority stays with the engineer, speed comes from the platform.
WHAT THE PROTECTION COVERS
The repair stays yours — the record buys the homeowner's peace of mind.
| Job | Typical ticket | What the record protects |
|---|---|---|
| Slab lift & level | $9,500 | Draws escrowed before the crew breaks soil |
| Pier & beam repair | $12,000 | Pier-by-pier log before backfill |
| Full perimeter + interior piers | $45,000 | Engineer letter triggers the final release |
The homeowner gets escrowed draws, a pier-by-pier log, and a referee — with none of the chargeback risk a card payment carries. You get paid the day the evidence is approved.
BEYOND PAYMENTS
An AI superintendent on every repair — and a record your crews build
The log paces the crew
Each entry is prompted as its pier is driven, and coverage runs live — piers logged against piers driven. A missing entry pings the crew while the hole is still open, never discovered at the engineer's review.
Discoveries become change orders
Refusal comes shallow, or a plumbing break turns up mid-dig? Flag it with a photo and it lands as an unpriced change order — priced and funded before the next pier goes in, never argued at the final walkthrough.
CREW RECORDS
Scorecards per crew, measured from sealed evidence.
WORKS WITH WHAT YOU RUN
Jobs and schedules sync in from the system your office already runs; the pier log and draw status post back — no double entry. Founding-group integrations ship first. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners, listed to describe interoperability — not affiliation or endorsement.
Built in Dallas–Fort Worth — the founding group walks its first jobs in the Metroplex, with us on site. Texas first.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
The questions you're already asking
Does this replace the engineer?
Never. Independent engineers keep the authority — Northn just puts their sign-off on the record and lets it trigger the release. Your work gets their credibility, formally.
Is this another HomeAdvisor?
No — nothing here finds you customers or takes a percentage of your jobs forever. You bring the repair you already sold; Northn makes it provable and the money safe.
Logging 22 piers sounds slow.
A photo and a reading when the gauge hits refusal — seconds per pier, prompted while the hole is open. Your crew already checks the gauge; now the check has a memory, and the reading settles itself against the spec.
What does the homeowner actually see?
A live log: piers driven, depths, elevations, the engineer's letter. Most homeowners have never seen their contractor prove anything — it's why the next-door referral follows.
Prove the work
nobody can see.
We're bringing on a founding group of Texas foundation contractors — clay country first. Bring one sold repair; we'll build the pier log with you.
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