Texas is hard on foundations mainly because of expansive clay. A band of it runs from the Blackland Prairie around Dallas and Austin down to the Gulf, where Houston's gumbo is among the most reactive soils anywhere. It swells in wet spells and shrinks in droughts, so a slab can rise and fall with the weather.
West Texas swaps heavy rain for long dry stretches, which pull moisture out of the clay and leave gaps along the slab. Caliche, a hard cemented layer, sits under the soil across much of the west and south. East Texas gets far more rain, so damp wood and soft piers come up more often there.
Most Texas homes built since the 1950s sit on a slab, and older neighborhoods are full of pier and beam houses that need re-leveling every so often. We've got separate approaches for each, since you can't shim a slab and you shouldn't pier a raised home that only needs new shims.
Cities we serve in Texas
- Foundation repair in Fort Worth: Clay soil and long, dry summers crack slabs and brick across Tarrant County.
- Foundation repair in Austin: Clay east of I-35, limestone to the west and older bungalows in the middle.
- Foundation repair in Houston: Gumbo clay, flat ground and major storms keep homes moving.
- Foundation repair in Flower Mound: Newer slab homes on North Texas clay, with brick cracks that surprise owners.
- Foundation repair in Dallas: Blackland clay under modern slabs and older raised homes.
- Foundation repair in San Antonio: Clay and caliche, and plenty of older homes that need leveling.
- Foundation repair in Lubbock: Very dry clay, hard rain and slab homes on the South Plains.
- Foundation repair in New Braunfels: Fast-growing subdivisions right where clay meets the Hill Country.
- Foundation repair in Amarillo: Dry years, big storms and real winter freezes in the Panhandle.
- Foundation repair in Tyler: Sandy clay, plenty of rain and many older raised homes.
- House leveling in Austin: our page for this specific service.
- House leveling in Houston: our page for this specific service.
- Pier and beam repair in Houston: our page for this specific service.
- House leveling in San Antonio: our page for this specific service.
Every city page covers the local soil, the most common repairs and local questions we hear. If your town isn't listed, it may still be covered, since we work in the suburbs around each of these. Tell us your ZIP code on the form and we'll check.
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