# What a Typical Abilene Foundation Repair Looks Like, Start to Finish | Foundation Repair Abilene

> An illustrative walkthrough of a typical slab foundation repair on an Abilene brick home: the survey, the pier plan, the lift, and the documentation.

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*This walkthrough is illustrative. It describes how a typical slab foundation repair runs on a mid-century Abilene brick home, using representative numbers, not an account of a specific customer’s project.*

Picture a 1,900-square-foot brick house built in 1968 on the north side of Abilene. The homeowner has noticed the front door sticking since July, a stair-step crack in the brick by the northeast corner, and the living room floor feeling like it slopes toward the front wall. Here is how that job typically goes.

## Day 0: the inspection

A technician arrives for the free inspection. They run a manometer survey, taking floor-elevation readings on a grid through every room and referencing them to a benchmark. The plot shows the northeast corner sitting about three-quarters of an inch low, with the low zone running along the north and east walls. Outside, they map the brick cracks and check the grade and downspouts, one downspout discharges right at the low corner. Because the house is from 1968, the scope includes a static hydrostatic plumbing test.

The homeowner gets a written scope on the spot: roughly 12 perimeter piers along the north and east sides, steel push piers, plus polyurethane injection at the corner and a downspout correction. Estimated range: low-to-mid $20,000s. No obligation.

## Day 1: plumbing test and permit

The hydrostatic test isolates the drain system and holds, no slab leak, so the foundation work can proceed. The contractor pulls the city permit for the structural repair.

## Days 2–3: excavation and piers

The crew digs access pits at each pier location along the north and east walls, exposing the grade beam. A bracket is bolted to each cleaned footing section. Hydraulic rams then drive galvanized steel pier sections down, one at a time, until the pressure gauge shows each pier has reached a firm stratum below the active clay. Every pier’s depth and driving pressure is written in the pier log.

## Day 3: the lift

With all piers installed, they are loaded together in a synchronized set and the foundation is raised. The northeast corner comes up most of the way, recovering about half an inch; the crew stops short of forcing the last bit because the plaster and tile were set to the settled plane and pushing further would crack them. Polyurethane foam is injected at the corner to fill the void the shrunken clay left.

## Day 4: backfill, drainage, cleanup

The access pits are backfilled and compacted, the grade is restored, and the problem downspout is extended with a buried line to a pop-up emitter 8 feet out. The crew runs a closing manometer survey to document the corrected elevations.

## What the homeowner ends up with

- A before-and-after elevation diagram.

- A pier log with the depth and pressure for all 12 piers.

- The permit and its final inspection sign-off.

- A written workmanship warranty that transfers once if they sell.

- A corrected floor, a closed crack to seal, and a downspout that no longer feeds the corner.

Total time on site: about four working days. The family stayed in the house throughout.

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