Foundation repair in Wall
Foundation help for houses in Wall and the surrounding farmland east of San Angelo.
Wall is an unincorporated farming community in Tom Green County, served by Wall Independent School District. Settlers arrived in the mid-1880s, and the community was renamed for shopkeeper James Madison Wall Sr. when its post office opened in 1906. It grew as a trading center for the Lipan Flat region.
Why does the soil matter so much here?
The name Lipan shows up in the soil maps too. The USDA's Lipan series, described from a field southeast of San Angelo, is a smectitic clay with deep, wide cracks that stay open for more than 150 days a year, and in unplowed ground it forms little knolls and depressions called gilgai. Farmhouses and newer homes on clay like that can see a lot of seasonal movement, especially where a yard stays dry most of the year and gets soaked during storms.
What kinds of homes need help?
Farmhouses on piers and beams, slab ranch houses, and newer homes built on former cropland all show up around Wall. Older houses often need re-shimming and wood repairs under the floor. Newer slab houses are more likely to show a dropped corner or brick cracks.
Permits outside city limits
Wall isn't inside San Angelo, so city permits don't apply. Ask the contractor what's required for your property.
Common questions
Do contractors serve rural addresses around Wall?
Many do. Give us your address and we'll try to connect you with one whose service area reaches it.
Is the clay around Wall different from San Angelo's?
The Lipan series, which shares the area's name, is a high-shrink-swell clay. A contractor who has worked locally will know how it behaves around your property.
Services in Wall
- Slab foundation levelingSupport and raise the section of a concrete slab that has dropped, usually along an outside beam or corner.
- Pier-and-beam levelingRe-shim, add or reset interior supports, and repair beams and sills under crawl space houses.
- Foundation pieringPressed concrete, steel push and helical piers: what each one does and how to judge a pier count.
- Foundation crack repairFind out whether a crack is cosmetic or structural, then seal and finish it once the movement is handled.
- Foundation drainageGutters, downspout extensions, grading and drains that keep storm water from pooling at the beam.
Nearby areas
Doors binding, brick splitting or a floor that's out of level?
Call and get connected with a foundation contractor who works around San Angelo.