Foundation Repair in Arlington, TX

A slab that was poured in 1972 with a shallow perimeter beam has its edges within a foot of the surface, where the clay dries fastest. Each drought summer the perimeter clay shrinks, the beam loses support, and the corner sinks a fraction. The center of the slab, still sitting on damp clay, stays where it was. Over decades that adds up to an inch or two of tilt, which is enough to crack brick, open a gap above the kitchen cabinets, and jam the back door.

The Entertainment District adds a variable you will not find in most suburbs. Years of stadium and highway construction along I-30 and Collins St have meant heavy equipment and re-routed drainage near the older neighborhoods to the south. We see more movement on those streets than the housing age alone would predict.

Slab foundation repair is the majority of it. We install pressed concrete piers along the dropped edge, lift the slab back to level in small steps while watching the interior elevations, and lock it on the new piers. On a single story ranch this is usually a one to two day job, and you can stay in the house while we work.

House leveling for the two story homes in Southwest Arlington and the newer sections off Matlock Rd is a bigger lift with more piers, but the process is the same. And on every creek-side lot we look hard at drainage before we recommend anything, because a French drain that finally gives the water somewhere to go often does more for the house than another row of piers.

We come out from Irving on I-30 or SH 360, which puts most of Arlington about twenty minutes away. The inspection is free. We measure the elevations across the house, map the cracks, check the gutters and grading, and hand you a written estimate that lists every pier. If the house is moving because of water rather than soil, the estimate will say drain first, piers second, and it will be cheaper for it.