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We connect property owners in Wichita Falls and nearby areas, including Floral Heights, Faith Village, Tanglewood, Burkburnett, Iowa Park and Electra, with one independent local foundation repair specialist.
Every house is different. The fastest way to get a real answer for yours is a free inspection. A local foundation crew measures your floors, checks the cracks and drainage, and gives you a written price. You decide from there.
Call (940) 468-1786 or send the short form. Most people get a call back the same day.
Wichita Falls Foundation is a lead referral service. We connect you with one independent local foundation contractor who works in Wichita Falls. That contractor inspects your home, writes the estimate and does the work if you hire them. Your agreement for the work is with them.
Yes. The inspection and written estimate cost nothing, and there is no obligation to go ahead.
Several sticking doors, cracks running from the corners of doors and windows, stair-step cracks in brick and floors that slope are the most common signs. A floor level check at the inspection shows whether the house really moved.
One cost guide puts Wichita Falls jobs at $2,200 to $23,100, and the national average is about $5,200. Piers run about $1,000 to $3,000 each. Your exact price comes in writing after the free inspection.
Common soils here, like Tillman clay loam and Kamay silt loam, have subsoils that are 35 to 50 percent clay. Clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry. Wichita Falls swings between long droughts and heavy rain, so the ground under a house keeps moving.
Keeping soil moisture steady around the house can help. A soaker hose set a little way out from the foundation is the usual method. Even in the strict Stage 4 rules of 2013, the city allowed foundation watering with a soaker hose from 8 p.m. to midnight on your watering day. Rules change by drought stage, so check the current ones.
Most policies do not cover damage from normal soil movement or settling. Some cover foundation damage caused by a sudden plumbing leak under the house. Read your policy and call your agent before you file a claim.
Foundation jobs in Wichita Falls are often filed with the city as residential remodel permits. The contractor should know the rules and pull any permit the job needs. Ask who pulls it before you sign.
Most pier jobs on a home take one to three days. Bigger jobs, inside piers or drainage work can take longer. Your estimate should list the schedule.
Many sellers do. A buyer's inspector will look for movement, and a VA appraisal can flag foundation cracks. A finished repair with paperwork and a written warranty that transfers is usually easier to sell than an open problem.
Get it in writing. Check whether it covers only the area that was piered, whether it excludes plumbing leaks or drainage problems, and whether it transfers to a new owner, and if so, with what fee or deadline.
Yes. Our main pages are in Spanish at wichitafallsfoundation.com/es, including the cost guide and the questions page.