Foundation Repair in Whitewright, TX

Whitewright shares its name with a soil series, and foundation repair here deals with ground that matches. In a sample of 25 points around the centre of Whitewright, 19 sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell, and 2 of those were very high. Fairlie was the commonest series with 11 points, followed by Frioton (3 points) and Whitewright (2 points). Clay rated that high swells when it gets wet and shrinks when it dries, which lifts and drops slabs and piers.

Flooding plays a smaller part: 2 of 25 land points in the same sample sit inside FEMA's mapped floodplain. The sample describes the area and not any one address, so a homeowner should check their own lot on FEMA's flood map. The median home in Whitewright was built in 1976, and some homes date from before 1960, which makes a careful look at an older house worthwhile.