Serving Kilgore, east of Tyler
Kilgore Foundation Repair for Oil Boom Era and Newer Homes
Cracks, sloped floors or sticking doors in your Kilgore home? Call us and request a free estimate.
- Slab and pier and beam homes
- Written estimate before work
- Cause-first recommendations
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Foundation Repair Shaped by Kilgore's History
Kilgore is about 25 miles east of Tyler, and the city reaches into both Gregg and Rusk counties. Its history is tied to the East Texas Oil Field, and the town grew fast once oil was found nearby. A lot of the homes near downtown went up quickly in that era, and many of them are still standing on their original pier and beam foundations.
Those older Kilgore homes often show familiar patterns. Wood or brick piers have shifted, shims have rotted or compressed, and some houses were built with wide spans between supports. Over time the floors settle unevenly, door frames rack out of square and gaps open along baseboards. Most of this can be corrected from the crawl space with new piers, fresh shims and added beam support.
Kilgore also has newer neighborhoods and plenty of homes on slabs, including houses around Kilgore College and on the edges of town. Here the culprit is usually the clay soil reacting to long dry summers and hard rain, sometimes made worse by poor drainage or trees near the house. We check the slab elevations, the yard and the gutters, then lay out a plan in writing. On a slab home the repair may be a few piers along one side, a crack repair and a downspout change, and we price each item so the plan is easy to follow.
Services in Kilgore
What We Help With in Kilgore, TX
Foundation Repair
Foundation repair in Tyler for slab and pier-and-beam homes: pressed piles, steel piers, re-leveling and drainage fixes for East Texas clay.
Learn moreFoundation Drainage and Waterproofing
Gutters, downspout extensions, grading, French drains and root barriers that keep the soil under a Tyler slab at an even moisture level.
Learn moreCrawl Space Repair
Moisture control, vapor barriers, ventilation, wood rot and sagging joists in the crawl space under pier-and-beam homes in Tyler.
Learn moreStructural Repair
Sagging floors, cracked brick veneer, failed beams and damaged framing in Tyler homes, repaired with an engineer involved when the job calls for one.
Learn moreSlab Foundation Repair
Pressed concrete piles, steel piers, slab leveling and plumbing leak checks for the concrete slab homes found across Tyler.
Learn morePier and Beam Repair
Re-shimming, replacing failed piers and blocks, new beams and re-leveling for the older pier-and-beam homes in Tyler.
Learn moreWhy Kilgore Homeowners Choose Us
Familiar with older downtown homes
We see a lot of early pier and beam houses near downtown Kilgore and know where they tend to fail. We show you photos from under the house so you see the same thing we do.
Gregg and Rusk counties both covered
Kilgore spans two counties, and we serve addresses on either side. Call with your street and we will confirm the visit.
Help for owners and parents near the college
If you own a rental near Kilgore College or are checking a house before buying, we explain foundation condition in plain terms you can act on.
Engineer coordination for bigger jobs
When a repair is extensive or a buyer's lender asks for it, we can work with your residential structural engineer on the plan and the paperwork.
How it works
How Foundation Repair Works in Kilgore
- 1
Call and tell us what you see
Describe the cracks, doors or floors that worry you. Photos help us plan the inspection.
- 2
Inspection and floor elevations
We measure how level the floors are, look at the outside of the foundation and check drainage, trees and any crawl space.
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Written plan and estimate
You get our findings, a pier or support layout where needed, the price and anything that needs an engineer's input.
- 4
Repair and lift
We install the agreed piers, piles or supports, lift gradually and watch for strain on walls, plumbing and finishes.
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Final measurements
We re-measure the floors, backfill and clean up, and walk you through the results and what to watch going forward.
Foundation Repair in Kilgore: Common Questions
Is it common for older Kilgore homes to need foundation work?
It is. Many houses near downtown were built during the oil boom on wood or brick piers, and those supports wear out or shift over the decades. Re-shimming, replacing piers and adding beam support are routine repairs for homes like these.
I am buying a house in Kilgore and the inspector flagged the foundation. What should I do?
Call us to look at it before you close. We measure the floors, check the piers or slab and give you a written estimate. For larger issues, an engineer's report, usually $400 to $1,000 paid to the engineer, gives you a clear record for negotiation.
What does re-leveling an older pier and beam house in Kilgore cost?
As a rough planning range, re-shimming and re-leveling often costs $500 to $3,000. Adding new piers or replacing sagging beams raises the price, with support jacks and beam repair commonly in the $1,500 to $6,000 range. These are planning numbers, and the written estimate after our visit is what counts.
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Own a home in Kilgore with signs of foundation movement? Call us to request a free estimate and a written plan.