Foundation Repair in Guadalupe County, TX

Guadalupe County leans toward steel piers, and the ground helps explain why. In a sample of 49 points spread across about 21 miles around the centre of the county, 29 sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell, and 21 of those were very high. Crockett was the commonest soil series at 7 points, with Patilo and Heiden at 5 each. This page covers 6 foundation businesses doing foundation repair in Guadalupe County.

Clay at those ratings swells when it takes on water and shrinks as it dries, and the slab or pier above it moves along. Piers driven down below the soil that moves are one common answer, and four of the six businesses here install steel or helical piers. The sample is built around the centre of the county, so it cannot say what any one town or lot is sitting on. An inspection from one of these businesses can.

FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer places 6 of the 49 points in the 1% annual chance floodplain. That is a look at the area, not at an address. Your own zone is on FEMA's flood map, and water that stands against a foundation keeps the clay under it damp.

The median home in Guadalupe County was built in 2001. 8.3% were built before 1960, and 67.4% were built in 1990 or later. Pier and beam tends to be the older style and slab the newer, a general pattern the census does not track. Most of the work on this page is slab and pier repair, with Leveled homes in Seguin the one business built around releveling mobile homes.