Get your free foundation quote
Tell us what the house is doing. A local foundation specialist calls you back, measures it for free, and puts the price in writing. Nothing is owed either way.
What happens after you send this
You get a call back to talk through what you are seeing and arrange a time. The visit itself is free: relative floor elevations measured across the house, the crack pattern recorded, and the drainage and trees outside assessed. You get a written summary of what was found and what it means.
If work is needed, the quote names every pier and its location, so you can see exactly what you are paying for. If no work is needed, that is what you get told. There is no charge either way and no obligation to go ahead.
What we will never do
- Sell your details. Your number is used to call you back about your foundation. That is all.
- Quote a price before measuring. Any number produced without floor elevations is a guess dressed up as a quote.
- Tell you that you need piers when you do not. A good share of the cracking in this county is cosmetic and stable, and saying so is part of the job.
What is worth having ready
None of this is required, and a blank slate is perfectly fine. But if you happen to have any of it, the visit gets more useful:
- Roughly when it started. Even "the door started catching last summer" narrows things down, because movement that tracks the seasons points somewhere different from movement that has crept along steadily.
- Photographs of the cracks as they were. An old phone photo of a wall is the cheapest evidence there is of whether something is growing.
- Anything done before. Previous piers, previous leveling, a plumbing repair under the slab. Where a repair did not hold, what was done last time usually explains why.
- What changed outside. A tree planted or removed, a patio or driveway poured, a flower bed added against the wall, a change to where the downspouts run.
If you are outside the area
Send it through anyway. If it is not somewhere covered, you will be told that plainly rather than being passed along to whoever pays the most for the lead. Being told no quickly is more useful than being handled.
Before you hire anyone — including us
Texas issues no foundation repair contractor license, so "licensed" is not a checkable claim in this trade. These four things are checkable, and you should ask them of every quote you get:
- A written scope naming the number and type of piers and where each one goes.
- Proof of general liability insurance, confirmed with the insurer.
- Whether a Texas licensed professional engineer is evaluating the house and will stamp a report.
- What the warranty covers in writing, and whether it transfers when you sell.
The City of San Angelo requires a permit to construct, alter, repair, enlarge, move or demolish a structure, and residential plan review runs 10 to 15 business days. Ask in writing who is pulling the permit. You can confirm requirements yourself with the city's Building Permits and Inspections office.