— Welcome to Edinburgh Subsidence

Build on solid
ground again

Edinburgh's specialist subsidence, underpinning and structural repair contractor. Engineer-led diagnosis, insurance-friendly reports, tidy work in occupied homes.

Engineer inspecting a stone Edinburgh tenement for subsidence

The challenge

Subsidence does not announce itself

It starts as a hairline crack above a window. A door that no longer shuts. A skirting board pulling away from the wall. Most homeowners hope it will settle. Most do not.

Insurers want evidence. Surveyors want a chartered engineer's letter. Buyers want certainty. Patching the plaster will not give you any of those things.

The solution

Diagnose first, then design

We start with a site visit, a CCTV check on the drains and a few weeks of crack monitoring if needed. Only then do we design a fix. The result is one set of works, sized correctly, signed off properly.

From mass-concrete underpinning to mini-piles, helical stitching to no-dig drain lining, every option is on the table and the right one wins.

Underpinning works at a stone-built Edinburgh property

About us

Built for Edinburgh stone, brick and ground

We have spent two decades on Edinburgh sites, from converted Leith warehouses to Morningside villas with century-old strip footings. The crews know the geology, the building stock and the way the local insurance market works.

Every job is run by a chartered engineer. Every report is signed. Every site is left clean.

20+

Years on Edinburgh sites

1,400+

Buildings stabilised

100%

Engineer-signed reports

What clients say

Owners across the city, talking about real jobs

A long crack opened above our bay window after last summer. The team had a chartered engineer on site within a week, found the cause in the drains and underpinned the corner. Insurance accepted the report without question.

Fiona M.

Morningside · Subsidence & Underpinning

Survey done in the morning, written report the next day, defects coded so our insurer could action it. No upselling, no jargon.

Ali K.

Leith · Drainage CCTV Surveys

Wall above our front door had been cracked for years. Stitched in two days, repointed to match. Six months on you cannot see it.

Cameron R.

Stockbridge · Crack Stitching

We needed remedial piling under a bay that had dropped. Tight access through the side passage and they still managed it. Tidy crew, clear paperwork.

Helen P.

Corstorphine · Foundation Piling

Lined a collapsed run under our kitchen floor without lifting a single tile. Back in service the same afternoon.

Jamie D.

Newington · Sewer Pipe Relining

We needed a report quickly to keep our sale moving. Engineer attended within four days and the lender accepted the letter straight away.

Susan B.

Portobello · Structural Engineer Reports

Frequently asked questions

Most enquiries are seen within 5 working days. Urgent jobs, particularly where a sale is at risk or a wall has moved suddenly, are usually seen sooner.

Worried about a crack or a sinking floor?

Talk to a real Edinburgh subsidence specialist. We will tell you straight what is wrong and what it takes to fix it.

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