Foundation Repair in Waco, TX

Foundation repair in Waco starts with a river town's ground. Of 25 points around the centre of Waco, 6 fell on water and 4 fell on urban land with no soil reading. Of the other 15, 9 sat on soil rated high or very high for shrink-swell. The commonest soil series were Austin at 4 points, Eddy at 3 and McLennan at 2. Clay with that rating moves with the weather. It swells after rain and shrinks in dry spells, and slabs and piers rise and fall with it. This is a sample of the area, not a reading of any one street.

Floodplain land is part of the picture. 4 of 19 land points in the same sample sit inside the FEMA floodplain. That is not a finding about your address, so check your own zone on FEMA's flood map. Water that pools by a foundation keeps the clay under it wet, which is worth a thought if your lot collects rain.

The median home in Waco was built in 1977. A good share of homes date from before 1960, and a good share were built in 1990 or later. That is a real mix of old and new. As a general pattern, older Texas homes are more often pier and beam and newer ones slab, although the census does not record foundation type. The businesses on this page work on both, and all 8 are in McLennan County.

G.L. Hunt Foundation Repair has two entries here, one at 4.9 from 326 reviews and one at 4.9 from 198 reviews. It has served Waco since 1987 from offices in Waco and Temple. It repairs slab foundations, pier and beam foundations and commercial foundations. Its piers include concrete, steel and steel hybrid. It also builds French drains, encapsulates crawl spaces, lifts sunken concrete and tests sewer lines.