South Highlands landmarks
- The South Highlands Fire Station — Fire Station No. 10, on Oneonta Street — is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- The fire station is a contributing property in the South Highlands Historic District.
- South Highlands Elementary Magnet is one of the neighborhood’s Caddo Parish public schools.
Every part of the city is handled the same way — see foundation repair in Shreveport for the overview.
A crack has a direction, a place, and a history
Three things tell you more about a crack than its length does.
Direction
Published home-repair guidance treats thin vertical cracks as often being ordinary settling, while cracks that run at an angle from the corner of a door or window are listed among the signs of structural movement.
Place
Where the crack sits matters as much as its shape. A crack above a doorway that also sticks is a pair of clues pointing at the same part of the house. Cracks clustered on one side of the house tell a different story from a single crack in a hallway.
History
A crack that has looked the same for years is a different thing from one that showed up last month. Date it with a pencil mark at each end, photograph it, and check it again in a few weeks.
Outside the house
Walk the outside too. Look at brick or siding near the corners, around windows, and along the bottom of the walls; note anywhere water stands after rain. Cracks outside that line up with cracks inside are worth pointing out to the specialist, and so is a downspout that empties near either one.
When to stop watching and call
- a crack keeps getting longer or wider past your pencil marks;
- a crack reopens after it has been patched;
- new cracks come with doors that stick or floors that slope;
- cracks appear in the same area inside and out.
The foundation crack repair page goes further into which cracks are cosmetic and why sealing should come after the cause is known.
What crack repair costs
If a crack turns out to be cosmetic, published Shreveport ranges for minor repair and basic waterproofing apply: $1,900 to $3,800. If it is a symptom of movement, the repair is the foundation work behind it, and the major-repair range of $2,300 to $23,900 is the relevant one.
Permits. Shreveport is in Caddo Parish. Ask your specialist who pulls the permit.
Other Shreveport neighborhoods: Highland and Broadmoor. See every service area by parish.