Foundation Repair in Tyler, TX

Soil is the odd part of foundation repair in Tyler. In a sample of 25 points around the centre of Tyler, 1 fell on urban land with no soil reading. Of the other 24, none sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell. The commonest soil series were Wolfpen at 9 points, then Pickton at 5 and Oakwood at 4. Clay in the high classes swells when it gets wet and shrinks when it dries. This sample found none of that clay, so shrink-swell soil is not what the sample shows around the centre.

That is only a sample of the area, and it cannot speak for one street or one lot. Foundations can move for other reasons too. The same sample found 1 of 25 land points inside the mapped floodplain. FEMA's flood map, searched by address, shows where a particular house falls. Standing water near a foundation keeps the clay under it wet, so water around a house still matters even where the soil sample looks mild.

The homes are a mix of old and new. The median home in Tyler was built in 1978. About 25.9% of homes went up before 1960, and 35.2% in 1990 or later. As a general pattern, older Texas homes are more often pier and beam and newer ones slab. The census does not record foundation type, but pier and beam work is common among the companies on this page.