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Frisco Foundation RepairsReferral service · Frisco, Texas

Frisco, TX · Collin and Denton counties

Foundation repair in Frisco

A stair-step crack in the brick. A bedroom door that has started to rub. A floor that no longer feels flat. Frisco is built on clay that swells when it is wet and shrinks through a dry summer, and a slab moves with it. Call, say what you have noticed, and book an inspection with an independent local foundation repair company.

Call (972) 430-3959

A referral service for houses. Findings and prices come from the company you speak with, which is a separate business from this site.

Two-story brick and stone house in a newer North Texas subdivision under a wide evening sky

Have this ready when you call

  1. Where the cracks or gaps are: which wall, which room, inside or out.
  2. When you first saw them, and whether they have grown or come and gone with the seasons.
  3. Slab or pier and beam, and roughly when the house was built.
  4. Anything that changed lately: a plumbing leak, a new pool or patio, a tree taken out.

Start with what you see

Signs of a foundation problem

Pick the one closest to your house. Each page covers what the sign often means, what else causes it and what a company will check.

  1. 01Cracks in walls, ceilings or brickStair-step cracks in the brick, or diagonal ones running off the corner of a door or window.
  2. 02Doors and windows that stickA door that rubs at the top, a latch that misses its plate, a window that binds halfway.
  3. 03Sloping or uneven floorsA marble rolls, tile cracks in a row, or the middle of a room feels humped.
  4. 04Cracks in the slabA crack across the garage floor or down the exposed edge of the slab.
  5. 05House settling on one sideOne corner or one whole side sits lower than it used to. The house leveling page.
  6. 06Sagging pier and beam floorBounce, dips between piers or a damp crawl space under an older house.
  7. 07Chimney, porch or steps pulling awayA gap has opened where the chimney, porch or front steps meet the house.
  8. 08Water pooling by the houseRain stands against the slab, or a downspout empties right at the wall.

Under Frisco

Two kinds of ground in one city

Shale settingChalk settingDark clay soilEagle Ford shaleAustin Chalk
Illustrative shale and chalk settings, not a map of an individual lot.

A city-hosted regional geology report describes Eagle Ford shale and Austin Chalk near Frisco, with the rock formations changing across the area. The federal soil survey includes expansive clays, soils that crack open in dry weather and close again when it rains. In places the chalk sits only a foot or two down.

That matters when a repair is planned. How deep a pier has to go before it reaches a suitable bearing layer can vary across the city. Why foundations move in Frisco explains what the maps show and how to look up your own lot.

Before anyone drills a pier

Guides for Frisco homeowners

Permits in FriscoThe city wants a stamped engineer letter and pier drawings with the permit application, and the engineer's report when the job is done.Full guide Foundation inspectionsAn engineer or a repair company: who measures what, and which papers to leave the visit with.Full guide Repair methodsSteel piers, helical piers, drilled concrete piers, slab lifting and pier and beam work, in plain words.Full guide What affects the costPier count, depth, access, engineering and the repairs that follow. No figures, because every house differs.Full guide Choosing a companyTexas has no state license for this trade, so here is what you can check yourself.Full guide Watering and upkeepWhat Frisco's watering rules allow around a foundation, plus gutters, grading and trees.Full guide

What happens

From the phone call to a written proposal

  1. 1

    You call

    You reach an independent foundation repair company that works in your part of town.

  2. 2

    You describe it

    Cracks, doors, floors, how long. The company tells you whether it is something they handle and offers a time to come out.

  3. 3

    They inspect

    Someone walks the house inside and out and usually measures how level the floor is from room to room.

  4. 4

    You decide

    You get their findings and their price in writing. Hiring them, getting a second opinion or doing nothing is your call.

Around Frisco

Nearby cities with their own pages

Each city has its own permit office and its own ground. The service area page lists every city covered, including Plano, Allen and Lewisville.

ProsperA registered company, a sealed design, and a second sealed letter at the inspection.The ColonyA Heiden clay soil sample and sealed drawings showing every pier.CarrolltonEvery foundation repair needs a city permit, whatever the job is worth.RichardsonA permit from four piers upward, and the city's own advice on upkeep.

Short answers

Before you call

Is Frisco Foundation Repairs a repair company?

No. It is a referral service. When you call you speak with an independent local foundation repair company, and that company inspects the house, writes the proposal and does any work.

Who tells me what the repair will cost?

The company that inspects your house, in writing, after it has looked. This site never quotes prices. What affects the cost explains what moves the number.

Do I need an engineer's report before I call?

No. Describe what you see and book the inspection. Frisco does require a stamped engineer letter with a foundation repair permit, which the repair company normally arranges. You are also able to hire your own engineer first if you want an opinion from someone who does not sell repairs. See foundation inspections.

I own a rental house in Frisco. Is this number for me?

Yes. Owners and landlords of houses are who the companies want to hear from. If you rent the house you live in, tell your landlord what you have seen. Commercial buildings and contractors looking for work are a different matter and this number will not help.

The crack appeared overnight and the wall has shifted. What now?

Treat sudden movement differently from a crack you have watched for months. Get everyone out, keep away from the wall or chimney involved, and call 911. If you smell gas, leave first and call 911 or the gas utility from outside.

Foundation repair in Frisco and nearby

Describe the problem, book the inspection

This number is for foundation repair on houses. Say where the cracks are, which doors stick and how long it has been going on. If part of the house shifted all at once, there is a gas smell, or brickwork seems about to come down, clear the house and dial 911 or the gas utility before anything else.

Ready to have someone look at it?

Phone and say what you have noticed. The foundation repair company on the other end is independent of this site and takes on houses in your part of Collin or Denton County. Ask it for a time to come and inspect.

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