Foundation raising in Round Rock TX - floors brought back closer to level

Foundation repair in the Austin area usually costs about $500 to $1,800 per pier or repair point, so your total depends mostly on how many points your house needs. That's the going Austin-area range, not our quote, and the count only becomes clear once I've seen what's moving. Every job comes with our promise, "Your satisfaction, guaranteed."

Yes, Round Rock requires a building permit for work on any building in the city, and it has a permit application made for residential foundation repair. The rule also covers the Chandler Creek and Vista Oaks utility districts, and a home with historic overlay zoning needs a Certificate of Appropriateness before the permit is issued. Before we set a date, we check which city or county office covers your address, and when a permit is needed we handle the application and keep it moving. If you'd rather check your address yourself, the city's building inspection office can tell you at 512-218-5550.

Pick someone who looks at what's moving before quoting a lift and who can pull the permit, since Round Rock requires any contractor who applies for a building permit to be registered with the city. We're licensed and fully insured, I come out to look at the job myself, and our own crew does the work.

Mostly clay soil, which shrinks as it dries and swells as it gets wet, and that movement can shift a foundation in ways that damage the house. Texas has large areas of it, and the Houston Black clay of the Blackland Prairie, which runs from north of Dallas down to San Antonio, swings harder than most, which is why the trees and watering around your house matter.

Not always, and it's a call to make before the raising, not after. A tree or big shrub close to the house may dry and shrink the soil under the foundation, and taking it out may stop that, but the soil may also swell back up as it regains moisture, especially if the tree was there before the house, so if it comes out, plan on a possible wait before raising.

Water evenly on every side so the soil stays close to the same moisture all the way around the house, and don't overwater. Texas foundation repair guidelines say even moisture may help and urge caution about too much water, because soaked clay swells just as dry clay shrinks.