Firth has about 202 households and 177 detached single family homes, and Foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawl space repair and concrete leveling is what we are called out for here. about 25 minutes from our Lincoln office.
A local specialist will inspect your foundation, walk you through the findings, and send a clear estimate, no cost, no pressure.
Lincoln office
1133 Libra Dr
Lincoln, NE 68512
Phone
(402) 566-5265Hours
Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Getting to you
About 25 minutes from the office, 15 miles.
About Firth
Firth sits in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Firth is home to about 469 people in roughly 202 households. The town runs 72 percent owner occupied, with 177 detached single family homes in the mix.
The crew that covers Firth works out of our Lincoln office, 15 miles away, about 25 minutes on the road. Countywide, Lancaster County holds 81,449 detached single family homes and runs 59 percent owner occupied. Lancaster County as a whole is about 323,673 people and 138,232 housing units. Building peaked before 1940 at 59 homes, which is why the median year built sits at 1975. The survey reports a median home value of $201,000 and a median household income of $86,042. The split is 145 owner occupied to 57 rented. 126 of those homes were finished before 1980, 62 percent of everything standing.
Population and housing figures: American Community Survey, by way of the Signature Media market data set.
What we fix
The USDA survey under Firth reads clay and rates its shrink swell potential high. Soil that changes volume against a wall through the year is the driver behind most of what we are called out to look at.
What this looks likeFreezing nights can lift wet soil under the slabs beside the 177 detached houses in Firth.
What this looks likeOf the housing here, 126 homes predate 1980, with the biggest block of it going up before 1940. Original drainage is usually the story on those.
What this looks likeLocal conditions
Based on NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals for the weather station east southeast of Crete, about 15 miles away.
The USDA soil survey inside Firth comes back Wymore at about 80 percent of the survey, with Kennebec alongside it. The texture split is 82 percent clay and 9 percent silt. Linear extensibility, the measure of how much a soil swells when it takes on water and shrinks when it dries, is weighted at 6.73 percent here, which USDA reads as high shrink swell potential.
The largest group of homes here by build period, 59 of them, went up before 1940; the median build year is 1975. The 126 homes finished before 1980 are the ones where drainage was rarely engineered and backfill was rarely compacted. Of the owner occupied homes, 66 percent carry a mortgage.
Soil survey: USDA NRCS Soil Data Access (SSURGO), sdmdataaccess.nrcs.usda.gov. Climate: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020, CRETE 4ESE (USC00252020), retrieved September 30, 2026.
Jobs completed here and in the other towns our Lincoln office covers, photographed on site.
Firth, NE
The driveway at this Firth property showed visible cracks and settlement across multiple concrete sections, a common condition in Lancaster County where clay soils with high shrink-swell ratings cause concrete to shift seasonally.
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Firth, Nebraska
The residential driveway in Firth showed classic settlement damage common to Lancaster County's clay soils, which have a high shrink-swell rating that causes concrete to shift over time.
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Firth, NE
The residential foundation at this Firth property showed multiple signs of settling and movement typical of Lancaster County's clay soils, which have a high shrink-swell rating.
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Firth, NE
The foundation at this Firth residence showed evidence of settling, particularly visible in the garage floor and driveway where measurements and laser survey equipment revealed uneven concrete surfaces before repair work began.
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Lincoln, NE
The concrete flatwork and joints around this Lincoln home were settling unevenly due to the clay soil conditions common throughout Lancaster County, which are prone to significant shrink-swell movement.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
The exterior concrete driveway at this Lincoln property showed significant cracking and settlement across multiple sections, with visible heaving and displacement of the sidewalk slabs.
View projectThe city covers ZIP code 68358.
Services Available
Helical piers, push piers, wall anchors, carbon fiber, crack repair, and the right diagnosis before any of it. For Firth homes.
Interior drainage, sump pumps, wall liners, and exterior waterproofing for Firth basements.
Support for sagging floors, stem wall repair, and water control for crawl spaces across Lancaster County.
A sealed liner, closed vents, and a dehumidifier installed as one system for Firth crawl spaces.
Crack sealing, surface restoration, and lifting for Firth concrete that has cracked or settled.
Polyjacking for sunken driveways, sidewalks, patios, and garage floors in Firth.
A free inspection covers all of it: one visit, clear findings, Customized Repair Estimate.
Google reviews
Hunter was great to work with. Excellent communication, they were onsite when they said they would be, kept the job site clean! Would highly recommend!
Communication for both jobs they did for us was exceptional. From the beginning to the end. One example of that was Ryan. He and his crew was with us for 6 days. He always talked with us about the work they were doing, answered our questions, let us know when they were here and when they were leaving. Ryan was very knowledgeable about the whole process. Ryan is just one example. Everyone we worked with did the same thing. We are very thankful and grateful for Epp. We were in “good hands”.
I recently had the pleasure of working with Jashaun and Jayden on a project at my home, and I couldn’t be happier with the results. From start to finish, they were professional, reliable, and incredibly hardworking. The quality of the work exceeded my expectations, and it’s clear that the two of them take great pride in what they do.
The crew
The same office schedules the inspection, runs the install, and answers a warranty call later.
Lincoln Office
Work here is dispatched from our Lincoln office, 15 miles away, about 25 minutes. You will find it at 1133 Libra Dr, Lincoln, NE 68512.
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An Epp specialist inspects your foundation in Firth, walks you through what they found, and sends a clear itemized repair estimate. No pressure.
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A local Epp specialist drives to your Firth home, walks the structure, and explains what is moving.
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