Piling inspection, repair and replacement in Ship Bottom
Rot, cracking, or exposed rebar under an elevated home. Sistering, wrapping, jacketing, or full replacement.
$1,000 – $3,000
per piling, typical range, not a quote
Ship Bottom
Under the houses in Ship Bottom
Long Beach Island
Ship Bottom sits in Ship Bottom — the borough at the island end of the Route 72 causeway.
Housing stock. A dense mix of year-round homes, rentals, and rebuilt stock.
Ground and water. Bay side and ocean side within a few blocks of each other.
Working here. Dense lots close to the causeway, with parking and staging often the limiting factor.
Permits for work here go through Ship Bottom, and no New Jersey municipality will issue one to an unregistered contractor.
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Salt-air concrete and rebar repair in Ship Bottom
Spalling on piers, columns, and grade beams where salt air has gotten to the reinforcing steel.
$2,000 – $15,000
typical range, not a quote
Home elevation to base flood elevation in Ship Bottom
Raising the house above base flood elevation. Long process, often part-funded through FEMA ICC or a mitigation grant.
$40,000 – $150,000
typical range, not a quote
Under-house enclosure and flood retrofit in Ship Bottom
Drainage, breakaway walls, and flood-damage-resistant materials for the enclosed area beneath an elevated home.
$2,000 – $10,000
typical range, not a quote
Nearby
Other towns we cover
Similar ground, similar problems.
Near Ship Bottom
Salt air, timber and concrete pilings, and housing stock split sharply between pre- and post-Sandy.
Also offered here
Less common, but available in Ship Bottom.