Pier and Beam Repair in Wichita Falls, TX: Pads, Girders and Shims, Quoted in Writing After a Free Inspection
A free crawl-space walk and floor readings first, then a written quote that tells you plainly whether you're buying a re-shim or new piers.
- Free crawl-space walk and elevation readings
- The quote says re-shim or new piers, in writing
- $2,000 to $12,000 a job, re-shims from $800
Wichita Falls Foundation Works levels and rebuilds pier and beam floors across Wichita Falls and Wichita County. The free visit gets you a crawl-space walk and elevation readings, and it ends in a written itemized quote that says re-shim or new piers. We put that choice on paper before you decide anything. Call (940) 202-0406 and tell us which room feels downhill.
Floor leveling and shimming
Shims go in under the beams on the pads already there, while one of our crew reads interior elevations inside. That runs $800 to $4,500 a job, or $75 to $200 per pier shimmed. Where pads have sunk into the clay, a shim is a patch and new piers are the fix, and we will tell you which one you are looking at. Floor leveling and shimming covers both.
Crawl space repair, vapor barrier and moisture
Headroom and the hatch decide what we can reach, and a 6-mil to 12-mil vapor barrier over 1,000 to 2,000 sq ft runs $1,250 to $4,500. Full encapsulation with a liner and dehumidifier runs $4,350 to $8,700. Standing water gets fixed before any liner goes down. Here is what crawl space repair takes in.
Beam, joist and sill plate repair
Rot is a carpentry job, and jacking the floor does nothing for a joist that has gone soft, so we crib the load off first. A rotted joist comes out at $350 to $1,000, a girder or main beam at $1,500 to $5,000 each, sill plate at $100 to $200 a linear foot. Fix the leak that caused it too, or the new timber goes the same way. Beam, joist and sill plate repair sets out the sequence.
Signs that a pier and beam floor has dropped
- floors that slope or bounce, a hallway higher in the middle
- a floor that gives underfoot in one spot
- a baseboard gap where it separates from the floor
- doors that stick or won't latch, cracked sheetrock at the frame corners
- visible sag along a girder line
- musty air or standing water when the hatch comes off
- a pier tipped, or a pad sunk into the clay
If you're not sure which foundation you have, look for a crawl space hatch or vents in a skirted perimeter, and for plumbing that runs under a wood floor where a slab house would have it in the concrete.
A slab house gets pits dug outside. Here our crew works underneath, in the crawl space.
How the work runs under the floor, hatch to final readings
- The free on-site visit starts with a crawl-space walk where headroom allows, then elevation readings room by room with a zip level.
- Our quote states plainly whether it's a re-shim or new piers, and what the difference costs.
- Rot we find once the space is open gets priced as its own line, and cribbing takes the load first.
- The floor comes up on jacks while one of us reads elevations inside, and shims go under the beams until they are tight.
- Vapor barrier and moisture work, then we take a second set of readings for the file.
Published price guides say a tight crawl space adds roughly 20 to 30 percent to the labor. A finished floor comes back closer to level. Nobody gets an old raised floor dead flat, and we'll tell you where yours ended up before we pack the jacks away.
Why older Wichita Falls floors sag on this ground
Pads and piers under the girders bear on the same clay as everything else in town. In USDA soil survey data, Kamay's subsoil carries a plasticity index of 29, a linear extensibility of 7.5 percent and a high shrink-swell rating, and the rainfall swing in NOAA's 1991-2020 normals, from 3.81 inches in May to 2.02 in July, moves the ground beneath a pad.
But age does as much of it as the clay. In the Census Bureau's housing-age tables, ZIP 76301, the oldest housing in the city, has a median year built of 1956, 60.4 percent pre-1960; ZIP 76309 is second at 1959 and 51.1 percent. Citywide, about a third of units, 14,151 of 43,371, are pre-1960.
Older framing on moving clay is how a girder line ends up low and the hallway feels like high ground. That is what we are reading for when we go under the floor.
How much does pier and beam repair cost in Wichita Falls?
A whole job runs $2,000 to $12,000. A re-shim alone sits at the bottom, $800 to $4,500; new piers, beam work and drainage sit at the top. Per pier shimmed runs $75 to $200, and that is a separate line on the quote.
That said, what moves it is how out of level the floor is, whether it is a re-shim or new piers, rot found once the space is open, crawl height, moisture work, and how many pads we can reach. We set your number after the space is walked and the readings are taken. Call (940) 202-0406 and we'll come and open the hatch.
| Work | Typical range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pier and beam work, whole job | $2,000 to $12,000 per job | A re-shim alone sits at the bottom; new piers under the girders, beam work and drainage at the top |
| Floor leveling and re-shimming | $800 to $4,500 per job | About $75 to $200 per pier shimmed |
| Crawl space vapor barrier and moisture control | $1,250 to $8,700 per crawl space | A 6-mil to 12-mil barrier over 1,000 to 2,000 sq ft is $1,250 to $4,500; full encapsulation with a dehumidifier, $4,350 to $8,700 |
| Rotted joist replaced | $350 to $1,000 per joist | A girder or main beam $1,500 to $5,000 each; sill plate about $100 to $200 a linear foot |
| On-site visit, crawl-space walk and written quote | Free | No charge for the first visit |
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Published market ranges dated 2026-09-20. We price every job after a free on-site visit, a crawl-space walk and elevation readings.
Crawl space and floor work across Wichita County
The older housing sits furthest out. Electra is 27.2 miles on US 287 with a median house of 1955, Nocona 46.6 miles at 1959, against 1972 for Wichita Falls city. Henrietta is 19.3 miles out, and we drive all of them. The towns we cover are listed with the soil and the age profile behind each one.
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.
Crawl space and floor questions from Wichita Falls homeowners
How is a pier and beam house fixed differently from a slab?
The work happens underneath, in the crawl space. A slab house gets pits dug outside. Pads and piers get reset or replaced, and the floor comes up on jacks while one of us reads elevations. Here is how a slab job runs.
What does it cost to bring a pier and beam house back to level?
A re-shim alone sits at the bottom of the $2,000 to $12,000 band, and new piers, beam work and drainage push it to the top. We set your number after the crawl space is walked and the floor readings are taken, and it goes on paper before anything starts.
Is re-shimming a real fix, or will the floor drop again?
Shims raise the floor back onto the pads already there, and that works while those pads still bear. Where they've sunk into clay at 7.5 percent linear extensibility, a shim is a patch and new piers are the fix, and our written quote says which you're buying.
Can a crew even get under my house, or is the crawl space too tight?
Headroom, the hatch and how far a person can crawl decide what's reachable and what it costs. A tight crawl space adds roughly 20 to 30 percent to the labor, and our crew prices that at the free visit so it is in the quote you get.
How do I tell whether my house sits on a slab or on piers?
Look for a crawl space hatch, or vents in a skirted perimeter. Floors that give underfoot point the same way, and so does plumbing running under a wood floor where a slab house would have it in the concrete. Build decade is a loose clue here. Ask our estimator to check at the visit.
Why do the floors in an older house here bounce and run downhill?
The pads and piers under the girders bear on the same high shrink-swell clay as everything else, so the supports settle unevenly. The oldest housing sits in ZIP 76301, median year built 1956, and sag follows the girder line, so the hallway feels higher than the rooms.
A raised floor cannot be quoted from the driveway. Get the hatch open, the readings taken, and re-shim or new piers named on paper.
Call (940) 202-0406 or send the form and we'll bring a headlamp. You don't have to work out from up here which one your floor needs.
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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