Pier & Beam Repair in Kilgore, TX

Pier and beam homes fail from the wood up as often as from the soil down. A pier can be perfectly sound while the sill plate resting on it has gone soft with rot, or a beam has split at a splice, or joists have been notched out for plumbing until they no longer carry. Any of those produces the same sagging floor as a settled pier, and jacking against rotten wood makes it worse.

So we get under the house and look at all of it. Every pier, every sill, every beam, every joist and the condition of the crawlspace itself — standing water, missing vapor barrier, blocked vents, insufficient clearance. Then we tell you what is structural, what is maintenance, and what can wait.

Repairs are made with treated, engineering-approved material sized for the actual span. Where a pier needs replacing we replace it rather than stacking blocks on it. Where a beam is undersized for its run we say so and size it properly, because putting the original back guarantees the same sag returns.

What Moves Foundations in Gregg & Rusk Counties

Older Housing Stock. Many Kilgore homes date to the boom years and sit on original piers or early slabs. Decades of soil movement add up, and sills, beams and joists often need attention alongside the foundation itself.

Shifting Clay Subsoil. Like most of Gregg and Rusk County, Kilgore soils hold water unevenly. One side of a house can stay damp under a downspout while the other bakes dry, and the foundation twists between the two.

Drainage Around the Slab. Poor grading and roof runoff dumping next to the foundation are two of the most common problems we find in Kilgore. Fixing the water is often as important as fixing the concrete.

We cover Kilgore and the surrounding communities — Longview, White Oak, Liberty City, Overton, Henderson, New London — and there is no travel charge for the inspection.