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Texas clay moves. Your slab follows it. We set piers under the load, lift the structure back to tolerance, and hand you the elevation readings that prove it — priced per pier, starting at $525.
Response within 24 hours · On site within 72 · Dimensioned pier plan on every job
◆ PIER LOCATION
— — DESIGN DATUM (0.0″)
TOLERANCE ±0.50″ PER ASCE 32 PRACTICE
01 — Read the house
The house tells you first.
Foundation movement announces itself months before anybody measures it. Here is what each symptom usually means, and roughly how far out of level a house is by the time you notice.
02 — The measurement
Level is not a feeling.
Before we quote anything, we shoot the floor. A manometer reading every few feet turns "it feels sloped in the den" into a number you can argue with — and a plan you can price.
Elevation plan · relative to highest point
Readings in inches
0 to −0.5″ · in tolerance
−0.5 to −1.5″
−1.5 to −2.0″
beyond −2.0″
What the survey decides
The readings set the pier count, the pier type, and the lift sequence — in that order. A house that drops 2.6″ at one corner is a different job from a house that dips 2.6″ through the middle, even though the number matches. That distinction is most of the cost.
- Readings taken
- 24 points
- Highest point
- NE corner · 0.0″
- Lowest point
- SW corner · −2.6″
- Max differential
- 2.6″
- Movement pattern
- Perimeter drop, SW
- Piers specified
- 24
Example survey. Yours comes back with your own numbers, your own plan, and no obligation attached to it.
03 — The fix
Four ways down to good dirt.
North Texas sits on expansive clay that swells and shrinks several inches a year. The fix is never to chase the clay — it's to reach past it. Which pier does that depends on your soil, your load, and your access.
| Pier system | Typical depth | How it works | When we specify it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressed concrete piling | 8–14 ft | Concrete cylinders hydraulically pressed into the soil using the weight of the house itself, until the ram reaches refusal. | The workhorse. Most single-story slab homes on stable clay. |
| Pressed steel pier | 15–30+ ft | Galvanized steel sections driven past the active clay zone to load-bearing strata, then load-tested individually. | Two-story, heavy masonry, deep fill, or where concrete keeps drifting. |
| Drilled bell-bottom pier | 10–20 ft | A shaft is augered and belled at the base, then poured and cured in place for maximum bearing area. | Additions, new construction, pier-and-beam rebuilds, garages. |
| Interior pier | Varies | Placed through tunneling from outside, or through a small interior slab break-out and patch where tunneling isn't practical. | When the drop is in the middle of the house, not at the edge. |
Every job is drawn before it is dug. You get a dimensioned pier plan showing the count, the type, and the location of every pier we set.
04 — The number
Priced per pier. From $525.
This industry is built on vague quotes and pressure closes. Ours is arithmetic: count the piers, multiply. You get the rate before the survey, the exact number in writing after it, and nobody sitting at your kitchen table waiting for you to sign tonight.
$525
Starting, per pier · installed,
lifted, cleaned up, warrantied
A typical Dallas–Fort Worth home takes 20–24 piers. Your final rate moves with pier type, depth to load-bearing soil, and access — so $525 is where it starts, and the exact figure is in writing before anything is dug.
Estimate your job
22 piers6TYPICAL HOME · 20–2460
Estimated total
$7,370
Confirm it with a free survey →
22 piers × $525 each, at the starting rate.
05 — How it runs
Five steps, and you know all of them.
The steps below are the actual sequence, with the actual clocks we hold ourselves to. If we miss one, you hear it from us first.
Elevation survey on site
We shoot the floor point by point, check the perimeter and the plumbing penetrations, and photograph what we find.
On site within 72 hoursDrawing and proposal
Your readings become a dimensioned pier plan with a count, a type, and a total. One page you can hand to anyone.
Back to you within 2 business daysInstall and lift
Piers go in, the structure comes up in sequence under load, and we re-shoot elevations as we go rather than at the end.
Most homes: 2–4 daysClose out
Plumbing tested after the lift, holes backfilled, sod replaced, final elevation sheet and warranty in your hand.
Final readings documentedIt begins with a number
Everything above runs off the elevation survey — and that part is free. Get the readings, then decide what you want to do about them.
Request the survey →06 — The record behind it
New name. Not new at this.
Level Up Foundation TX LLC is a young company standing on twenty years of residential construction — remodels, additions, insurance restoration, and the foundation work underneath all of it.
20yrs
Residential construction, owner-run
60+
Homes worked last year across DFW
100%
Jobs drawn and inspected before invoicing
24hr
Standing reply window on every request
The crews who set our piers are foundation specialists we have used and inspected for years — the same group, job after job, and signed off by us before anybody gets an invoice. We did not go shopping for a cheap sub to start this company. We started it around the one we already trusted.
07 — Where we work
Dallas–Fort Worth and the counties around it.
Southlake ★
Haslet ★
Fort Worth
Dallas
Arlington
Keller
Grapevine
Roanoke
Trophy Club
Colleyville
North Richland Hills
Plano
Richardson
Frisco
Denton
Mansfield
Burleson
Weatherford
Aledo
Mineral Wells
★ Home base. Outside this list, email us anyway — if we can't get there, we'll tell you who can.
08 — Straight answers
The questions people actually ask.
Will my cracks close up after the lift?+
Some will close almost completely. Some will narrow and stay visible, and a few won't move at all — drywall and mortar don't always travel back the way they came. Structural correction and cosmetic repair are two different jobs, and we'd rather tell you that now than after the piers are in. We can quote the cosmetic work separately if you want it.
Do I need a structural engineer?+
Sometimes. Some North Texas cities want an engineer's letter before they'll issue a permit, and most lenders and buyers want one at resale. Engineering and permit fees are not part of our per-pier price and we don't mark them up — you hire the engineer directly, and we'll tell you straight whether your situation actually calls for one. If you already have a report, bring it; we'll work to it.
How long will my house be torn up?+
Most homes take two to four days from first dig to final backfill. Exterior piers mean holes around the perimeter and some disturbed landscaping; interior piers mean either tunneling from outside or a small slab break-out and patch. You can usually stay in the house the whole time.
What happens to the plumbing when you lift?+
This is the question too few contractors bring up. A slab that has dropped two inches has been dragging cast iron and PVC down with it, and a leaking line under the slab is often what washed the soil out in the first place. We test the lines after the lift. If something failed, you'll know it from us, with a camera, before it becomes a second foundation problem.
Do your own crews do the work?+
The piers are set by a specialist foundation crew we have worked with and inspected for years — the same people, every job. Level Up runs the survey, the drawing, the sequencing, and the sign-off, and we're on site during the lift. You get one company accountable for the result, and a crew that only does this.
What does the warranty cover?+
A lifetime transferable warranty on the piers we install: if a piered section settles again, we come back and adjust it at no charge, and the coverage follows the house to the next owner. It covers our piers — not areas of the foundation nobody piered, and not new movement caused by plumbing leaks or drainage nobody fixed. The written terms come with your proposal, before you sign anything.
Can I just wait and see if it gets worse?+
Sometimes, honestly, yes — clay moves seasonally, and a house that's a half inch out in August may read differently in February. That's exactly why we take the readings and date them. If the number is small and the pattern is seasonal, we'll tell you to water your foundation and check back with us next year. We'd rather earn the job you actually need.
09 — Start here
Get it measured.
Then decide.
The survey is free and there's no obligation on the other side of it. Worst case, you find out your house is fine and you stop worrying about it.