Lodestar Foundation & Structural is a fictional business. A Live Industry Staging Model of the Pier architecture by DangUIUX.

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Where we work

Richardson.

1960s and 70s slabs on Blackland clay, many on their first repair.

In Richardson, as everywhere, we start with an elevation survey and draw the readings, whether or not you need piers.

L-118 · built 1978: 2.6 → 0.5 in · 13 piers
By phone: (469) 555-0186

Pier plan

Read the slab. See where it dropped, and where the piers go.

Sixty-three readings across a sample slab, the low areas shaded, the piers placed and a section through the worst line. Switch the pattern, the pier type, and see it after the lift.

BeforeAfter the lift, target

1 · What the house is doingFront corner droppingBrick cracks at the front left, a sticking front door.Center high, edges lowDrywall cracks over interior doors, floors sloping to the walls.Back of the house settlingGaps at the back patio door, a crack across the den floor.

2 · Pier type

Pressed concreteSteelBell-bottom

pressed to refusal, often 10 to 20 ft

Sample figures · fictional company

Out of level

2.4in

Piers

Repair, sample
Engineer letter: $500–$700
Plumbing test: $400–$500
On site

A sample survey, not an evaluation of your house. Every repair plan is reviewed by an independent structural engineer.

Book an elevation survey

Elevation survey

Book the survey. You get the readings, drawn, either way.

About an hour in the house. If the slab is within normal movement, we say so and draw it anyway.

Or call (469) 555-0186. Hablamos español.