Newer homes, firm red clay
Foundation repair in Tyrone for a town that mostly built after 1990.
Tyrone has about 2,900 homes, and 1,436 of them went up in 2000 or later. Only 373 predate 1980. Nearly six tenths of the ground around town is Cecil red clay on gentle 2 to 15 percent slopes, well drained and rated low for movement, with Appling and Pacolet soils mixed in. Ground like that rarely moves a house by itself. When a Tyrone foundation shifts, the usual reasons are fill placed during construction, runoff steered the wrong way, or a lot that runs down to one of the town's creek bottoms.
Slab and garage
Slab cracks measured for width and offset, and any drop at the garage or porch.
Grading and runoff
Where downspouts, driveways and the lot's slope send water, and where it stays.
Interior tells
Drywall cracks at stairs and doorways, sticking doors and gaps at baseboards.
Foundation signs Tyrone homeowners notice.
Young houses on graded red clay, frequently flooded creek bottoms and a little shallow granite give Tyrone a short list of symptoms. Each one points toward its cause.
Drywall cracking upstairs
A low side toward the creek
One corner cracking over rock
Tile cracking across a slab
See one of these in a Tyrone house? A free look tells you if it is still active.
How we diagnose foundation problems in Tyrone.
A lot of foundation repair companies show up to sell you the most expensive thing they install. We show up to figure out what's actually wrong under your home first, then prescribe the repair that fixes it, and tell you straight, even when the answer is "you don't need as much as you were told." That's the difference between a sales call and a diagnosis.
Diagnose
A free in-home inspection by someone who does this work, not a commission salesperson. We look at the real signs, inside and underneath, and walk you through what's actually causing the movement. You get a clear, honest read on where your home stands.
Prescribe
We lay out the right fix for what's actually wrong, not the priciest line item. A plain-English explanation and a fair price in writing. We go over the plan and your options, and you decide on your own time. No "today only" pressure.
Treat
Dependable work by our own local crew, on time, cleaned up after themselves, and finished on or ahead of schedule, the way our customers describe it. We keep you in the loop from the first day to the final walkthrough.
Most foundation companies sell you a fix. We diagnose first, then prescribe only what your home actually needs. That's the difference between an honest local team and a sales quota from out of town.
Foundation repair methods for Tyrone homes.
Tyrone sits on porphyritic granite, which forms no sinkholes and in a few places comes within about 30 inches of the surface. Where a repair needs to reach firm bearing, that bearing can be close. The diagnosis decides which of these three methods your house needs.
Pier Stabilization
Push piers are driven beside a settling slab edge or footing, past soft fill and wet soil, until they bear on firm clay or rock. The house rests on the piers from then on, the drop stops, and the low area can often be lifted toward level.
Best for: slab corners, garages and walls settling on fill.
Wall Stabilization
If a basement or lower-level wall is being pushed in by wet soil, braces or anchors carry that pressure. The wall stops moving and can be eased back toward plumb over time.
Best for: basement walls with a bow or horizontal crack.
Carbon-Fiber Reinforcement
Carbon-fiber strips bonded to a wall that has just started to crack keep it from going further. They are thin enough to paint and sit almost flat on a finished wall.
Best for: early cracks in basement walls.
Other things a Tyrone inspection may find.
A settling slab and a damp lower level often share one cause: water going where it should not on the lot. The inspection follows it across the whole house before any repair is suggested.
Basement Waterproofing
Crawl Space Encapsulation
Sagging Floor Repair
Floor Rebuilds
Not sure what you are seeing? One visit sorts it out.
In their own words.
Tyrone foundation repair FAQ.
Find out what your Tyrone foundation is doing.
Tell us what you have spotted and we will come look for free. You get the cause, the repair it needs and a fair price in writing. If a crack is normal for the house's age, we will tell you.