Foundation Repair in San Marcos, TX

Water is part of the foundation story in San Marcos. In a sample of 25 points around the centre of San Marcos, 7 of the 25 land points sat inside the floodplain on FEMA's national map. That is a sample of the area and not a ruling on any address, so a homeowner should look up their own zone on FEMA's flood map. All five foundation repair businesses on this page are in Hays County, and one is based in Kyle. They hold 30 Google reviews between them, and the average rating is 4.6.

The clay is active too. Of the 25 points, 13 sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell, and 12 of those were very high. Comfort was the commonest soil series at 7 points. Houston Black followed at 5 points and Heiden at 3. Standing water near a foundation keeps clay like this damp, and damp clay of this kind swells hard. A flooding yard and a swelling slab can be the same problem. The sample describes the area around the centre of town and no single street or lot.

San Marcos issues foundation repair permits. The city's October 2015 permit report lists work described as Foundation Repair and Foundation Repair - Pier and Beam foundation. A homeowner can ask the city's Permit Center about the current rules before hiring anyone.

The median home in San Marcos was built in 1998. A small share date from before 1960, and more were built in 1990 or later. As a general pattern, older Texas homes are more often pier and beam and newer ones are slabs. The census does not record foundation type, so this is a pattern and not a count. Four of the five businesses here repair pier and beam homes, and three repair slabs.