Foundation Repair in Denton County, TX

Foundation repair in Denton County comes with a permit question that depends on where the house sits. In unincorporated Denton County, any development needs a Development Permit from the county's Development Services Department. The county defines development as any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including buildings, grading, paving and excavation. The county page is silent on whether a foundation repair counts, so a homeowner outside city limits should confirm with the county before work starts. Development Services takes permit questions from homeowners in the unincorporated areas.

The ground adds its own reason to plan carefully. A sample of 49 points across an area about 21 miles wide, around the centre of the county, found 4 on water. Of the other 45, 24 sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell, and 8 of those were very high. The commonest soils were Sanger and Callisburg at 6 points each, then Birome at 5. Across Denton County, that grade of clay puffs up after rain and pulls back in a drought, and slabs and piers ride along with it. The sample describes the area around the centre of the county, not each town.

Flooding is part of the picture too. In the same sample, 7 of the 45 land points sit inside the 1% annual chance floodplain on FEMA's flood map. That is a view of the area and not of any one address, so a homeowner should check their own zone on FEMA's flood map. Water that pools next to a house keeps the clay beneath it wet.

The homes are mostly newer. The US Census American Community Survey puts the median home in Denton County at 2002, with 2.7% built before 1960 and 71.8% built in 1990 or later. In general, Texas homes built long ago are more often pier and beam, and recent ones are more often slab. Foundation type is not something the census counts, so take that loosely. Pier and beam work is still easy to find on this page. Pinnacle Foundation Repair in Lewisville, Denton Foundation Repair, and Four G Roofing in Denton all work on pier and beam foundations, and Hitchcock House Movers in Argyle levels houses in Denton, Cooke, Wise and Grayson counties.