Floor Leveling in Wichita Falls, TX: Pier and Beam Floors Brought Up in Sections and Shimmed
Your sloped or bouncy pier and beam floor comes up in sections and gets shimmed, priced per pier after a free on-site inspection.
- Free on-site inspection
- Elevation survey before any price
- Written itemized quote
Wichita Falls Foundation Works levels pier and beam floors across Wichita Falls and Wichita County from underneath, shimming at each pad and pier without taking up your flooring. What it costs goes on a written itemized quote after your free on-site inspection, and that quote says plainly whether you're buying shims or new piers under the girders. Call (940) 202-0406 and our estimator gets into the crawl space before anyone guesses at a number.
House leveling and floor shimming are the same job in the trade's own words.
What a floor leveling job includes
Floor leveling starts with elevation readings room to room, plus a look in the crawl space, because a pier and beam house needs crawl space access as well as floor readings. Our written itemized quote names every pad and pier we plan to reach before a jack goes under the house.
A shim is a flat steel rectangle about the size of an index card, in a range of thicknesses, hammered in until tight between the cap or block and the beam. We set jacks under the girders, bring the floor up in sections, and drive shims at each bearing point to hold the new height. New piers where the old pads have sunk, rotted framing we find once the crawl space is open, and any moisture work all go on their own lines, priced separately.
Floor leveling and shimming falls under pier and beam repair, and it is a different job from a slab that has settled.
What you get in writing before a jack goes under the house
A free on-site inspection comes first, with elevation readings and a written itemized quote naming every pad and pier before we set a jack. You get the warranty terms in writing too, with the transfer terms spelled out: what passes to the next owner, what a transfer costs, what voids it. We quote your scheduling window up front, and our crew serves Wichita Falls and Wichita County.
Signs a pier and beam floor has gone out of level
- Floors that slope, or bounce underfoot as you cross a room
- The hallway feeling higher down the middle than at the edges
- Furniture that rocks where the floor should be flat
- A gap opening between the baseboard and the floor
- An interior door that swings open or shut on its own
- Squeaks and give at one bearing point that were not there last year
In trade words that is deflection between bearing points, with pads that have settled into the clay. A slab house can show the same symptoms and is a different job, so read slab foundation repair instead.
What Wichita Falls homeowners get from Wichita Falls Foundation Works
Shims or new piers is the one real decision here, and it turns on whether the pad underneath is still sinking or has already found bottom. Chase the wrong one and the bid is wasted either way. How far we take the lift matters too. We go gently and evenly, watching the interior readings, because pushing past that tears finishes for no gain.
Crawl space height and the access hatch decide how far toward the interior bearing points we can actually get, so a tight crawl space goes on your quote as a labor factor. Texas does not license foundation repair contractors; ask any company for proof of general liability insurance, the written warranty with its transfer terms, and whether an engineer's report is included or billed separately. The City of Wichita Falls licenses and registers contractors and requires a permit before repair or alteration work starts; ask to see both.
Re-shimming compared with setting new piers
Re-shimming an existing floor. This closes a gap between a sound support and a sound beam. It is the cheaper line, and it holds where the pads themselves are still sound.
New piers under the girders. These belong where the pads have already sunk and shims would only patch a bearing that keeps failing.
So we put both on the same quote as separate lines, and you shouldn't sign a bid that refuses to. Whatever we find once the crawl space is open, a rotted sill plate or a joist that needs sistering, carries its own line too. Standing water or a musty crawl space belongs to crawl space repair, and a settled slab house with the same symptoms points at pressed concrete pilings instead, a completely different job.
How the job runs, readings to re-shim
- Free on-site inspection: we take elevation readings room to room with a zip level or laser, plus crawl space access, about an hour and a half to two hours, with a written estimate left behind.
- The written itemized quote: every pad and pier we will reach, named and counted, with re-shim and new-pier work on separate lines.
- Jacks go under the girders in the crawl space, several plumbed to hand pumps and manifolds so a whole section rises together.
- We lift in sections with one of our crew inside reading elevations and watching the doors, then drive steel shims at each pad or pier until tight.
- A follow-up elevation survey after the lift turns it feels better into a number.
North Texas repair companies publish two to three days on site for pier and beam work.
Why Wichita Falls floors go out of level
Census Bureau tables say ZCTA 76301 holds 7,663 housing units with a median year built of 1956, the oldest housing in the city, and ZCTA 76309 comes second at 1959. The median year a structure was built runs 1972 for both Wichita Falls city and Wichita County. But none of that tells you which houses sit on pier and beam rather than slab. No source gives that share, and we won't guess at one.
Kamay, the soil USDA soil survey data for Wichita County map most often under the developed city, carries a plasticity index of 29 and a linear extensibility of 7.5 percent in a subsoil that is 42.5 percent clay, which NRCS classes as high shrink-swell. That is the ground your pads bear on, and it is why a pier and beam floor keeps needing attention long after the house was built.
How much does floor leveling cost in Wichita Falls?
A typical job runs $800 to $4,500, roughly $75 to $200 per pier shimmed, set by how many pads and piers we can reach and how far the floor is out of level. In practice, crawl space height, the access hatch and a follow-up elevation survey after the lift move the number too. Placed against the whole pier and beam band of $2,000 to $12,000, a re-shim sits at the bottom and new piers, beam work and drainage sit at the top. Call (940) 202-0406 for a free look before you decide which one your house needs.
| Work | Typical range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Floor leveling and shimming (re-shimming an existing pier and beam floor) | $800 to $4,500 per job | About $75 to $200 per pier shimmed. |
| Pier and beam repair (whole job) | $2,000 to $12,000 per job | Shown for context: a re-shim sits at the bottom of this band, new piers and beam work at the top. |
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Typical quotes for Wichita County. We price every job after a free on-site inspection and an elevation survey.
House leveling and floor shimming across Wichita County
Pier and beam floors get leveled the same way across service areas in Wichita County, including Electra, Archer City and Iowa Park. Your inspection is free wherever the house sits, and we drive to it.
What happens when you call
The inspection
A free on-site inspection comes first. We come to the property, look at the work in person, measure, and check the things that change the price before quoting anything.
A written, itemized quote
Every line item goes on paper before any work starts: prep, materials, labor, cleanup and the scheduling window. No verbal numbers.
Warranty terms in the contract
Workmanship and material warranty terms come in writing and go in your contract so you can read them before you sign.
Scheduling you can plan around
You get a start window and a working-day estimate up front, and the crew tells you before anything changes.
Who this is not for
Wichita Falls Foundation Works handles foundation repair and the related work listed on this site. It does not take on unrelated trades; if your job is outside that scope, a specialist in that trade is the right call.
Floor leveling and house leveling questions from Wichita Falls homeowners
How does a crew get a pier and beam floor back up?
We lift it from underneath. Jacks go under the girders in the crawl space, several plumbed to hand pumps so a section rises together. The floor comes up in sections while one of us inside reads the elevations and watches the doors, and steel shims then go under the beams at each pad or pier to hold the new height.
What does leveling a pier and beam floor cost?
$800 to $4,500 for the job, at roughly $75 to $200 per pier shimmed. How many pads and piers we can reach, and how far your floor is out, is what moves the number inside that band.
How long does a re-level take?
Two to three days on a typical pier and beam house, going by the timelines North Texas repair companies publish. Rain stops us, because the crawl space is our work area and there is nowhere else for the job to happen.
Will every floor be dead flat when you are finished?
No, and anyone promising that is selling you cracked finishes. We lift gently and evenly, watching the interior readings as we go, because it is unlikely that any adjustment results in a perfectly level floor.
Do shims work if the original pads have already sunk into the clay?
No. On a pad that is still sinking, shims buy time and new piers are the fix. Our written quote says plainly which of the two you're paying for. Kamay's clay subsoil carries a plasticity index of 29 and a linear extensibility of 7.5 percent, which NRCS classes as high shrink-swell.
Can the floor be leveled without taking up the flooring?
Yes on a pier and beam house, because we work from underneath through the crawl space. What limits us is crawl height, the access hatch and how far we can get toward the interior bearing points, and that goes on your quote as a labor factor rather than a surprise on the day.
A floor that slopes or bounces stops being a mystery once somebody gets under the house and reads it. Shims hold a sound bearing, but they don't rebuild a failed one, and any quote that won't say which you're buying isn't one to sign. House leveling and floor shimming are the same job by any name here. Call (940) 202-0406 and we'll come read your floor for free, no rush and no charge to ask.
Get a written quote
Call (940) 202-0406 or send the form. The next step is a free on-site inspection and a written quote with every line item before any work starts.
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