Foundation Repair in Wylie, TX
Call (972) 645-5576 for service in Wylie
Foundation calls from Wylie are the same ones we get across Collin County: a stair-step crack in the brick, a door that quit latching in late summer, a floor that slopes toward one corner, or a buyer's inspector who flagged the slab. The inspector maps the whole house with a level survey before anyone talks about piers.
Wylie incorporated in 1887 along the Santa Fe line and is home to the North Texas Municipal Water District. The city lists foundation repair among the jobs that need a building permit, and the older neighborhoods near downtown mix pier-and-beam with 1970s slabs.
Live oaks, red oaks, cedar elms and hackberries are the big trees on Collin County lots, and a mature oak pulls a surprising amount of water out of the clay in a dry summer, so the corner of the slab nearest a large tree is usually the corner that drops first.
Foundation services in Wylie
- Inspections with a floor level survey and written report
- Slab repair with pressed concrete and steel piers
- Pier-and-beam releveling, beam and sill replacement
- Drainage correction and root barriers
- Concrete leveling for driveways, garages, patios and walks
- Under-slab plumbing tests before and after the lift
Permits in Wylie
Pier work needs a building permit in most Collin County cities, and some of them, McKinney and Plano among them, want sealed engineer drawings with the application. We pull the permit through your city as part of the job. Driveway and patio leveling and most yard drainage do not need one, and under-slab plumbing repairs go on the plumber's permit.
What it costs in Wylie
A homeowner inspection is free. Piers run $400 to $700 each and most pier jobs land in the range of $4,000 to $12,000. Concrete leveling starts at $650 and drainage work runs $2,500 to $6,500.
ZIP codes: 75098
Send a photo of the crack to (972) 645-5576 and the inspector will put Wylie on the schedule this week.