Foundation Repair in Comal County, TX

Foundation repair in Comal County rests on a short list of shrink-swell clay. In a sample of 49 spots, in an area about 21 miles across centred on the middle of the county, 1 spot fell on water. Of the other 48, only 6 sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell, and 3 of those were very high. The commonest soil series were Brackett at 14 spots, Comfort at 10 and Rumple at 8. Where the clay does carry that rating, it swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and that is the movement behind a lifted or dropped slab. The sample covers the area around the county's centre and cannot speak for a single town or street.

Flooding looks equally limited in the sample: 1 of the 48 land spots sat inside the 1% annual chance floodplain. That does not tell a homeowner anything about one lot, so the FEMA flood map is the place to check an address. Water that sits close to a house keeps the soil under it wet wherever it comes from.

Most homes here are recent. The median home in Comal County was built in 2003, with 69.4% built in 1990 or later and 6.5% before 1960. Newer Texas homes are more often slab and older ones more often pier and beam, as a general pattern the census does not record. The companies on this page work both kinds. Hercules Foundation Repair and Remodeling repairs slabs with interior piers and also pier and beam foundations, and Alamo Hy-Tech Foundation Repair relevels pier and beam homes with reshimming, sonotubes or a block and base system.

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Foundation Repair in Comal County, by town

New Braunfels 4

Garden Ridge 1

Listed on the Converse page.

San Antonio 1

Selma 1

Listed on the Converse page.

Outside city limits, permits work differently from the city. In the unincorporated parts of Comal County, the county's permit list covers an on-site sewage facility, a floodplain permit and a driveway or right-of-way permit, and it lists no building permit. That does not mean no approval is needed, because property owners associations, utilities and floodplain rules may still apply. A project inside the regulatory floodplain must comply with the Comal County Flood Damage Prevention Order, as the Comal County Engineer's Office puts it.

New Braunfels anchors the page with four businesses, and San Antonio, Garden Ridge and Selma have one each. Xpert Foundation Repair, Crown House Leveling Foundation Repair Inc. and Alamo Hy-Tech Foundation Repair work from New Braunfels, and New Braunfels Foundation Repair Co. is a referral service that passes calls to a local contractor and does not repair foundations. Crown House Leveling Foundation Repair Inc. has served Comal County and the I-35 corridor for over 15 years. X-treme Steel Foundation Repair, from Selma, focuses on South Texas clay soil and describes steel piers as its usual long-term fix, though it notes that not every home needs steel.

Much of the page reaches south into San Antonio. Groundworks Foundation Repair San Antonio is based there and has the longest review history, rated 4.8 from 883 reviews. Hercules Foundation Repair and Remodeling, a family-owned company in Garden Ridge active since 1980, is rated 4.8 from 371 reviews and serves San Antonio, Austin, Victoria and the Houston area. Xpert Foundation Repair is rated 4.9 from 65 reviews, Crown House Leveling Foundation Repair Inc. 4.8 from 45, and Alamo Hy-Tech Foundation Repair 4.2 from 25. Nearby county pages cover Guadalupe, Bexar, Hays, Kendall and Medina counties.

Common questions about foundation repair in Comal County

Does unincorporated Comal County require a building permit?

The county's permit list covers an on-site sewage facility, a floodplain permit and a driveway or right-of-way permit, and it lists no building permit. That does not mean no approval is needed. Property owners associations, utilities and floodplain rules may still apply, so ask before you start.

Who repairs foundations in New Braunfels?

Xpert Foundation Repair, rated 4.9 from 65 reviews, Crown House Leveling Foundation Repair Inc., rated 4.8 from 45, and Alamo Hy-Tech Foundation Repair, rated 4.2 from 25, are all based in New Braunfels. New Braunfels Foundation Repair Co. is a referral service and does not repair foundations.

Who does foam or slab lifting instead of piers in Comal County?

Crown House Leveling Foundation Repair Inc. offers polyurethane foam injection and under slab tunneling. X-treme Steel Foundation Repair also lists foam or mud slab lifting, though steel piers are its usual fix. Both also repair slab foundations.

Is the clay in Comal County a big risk for foundations?

In a sample of the area around the county's centre, 6 of 48 land spots sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell. Where clay does carry that rating, it swells when wet and shrinks when dry. The sample is not a reading of your street, so ask a repair company to look at your own lot.

Which businesses in Comal County also work on commercial buildings?

Hercules Foundation Repair and Remodeling, X-treme Steel Foundation Repair, Xpert Foundation Repair and Alamo Hy-Tech Foundation Repair all take on commercial work as well as homes. Hercules Foundation Repair and Remodeling lists commercial foundation repair among its services.

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