Repair, or just monitoring?
Start with what you're seeing.
Most foundation worries don't need piers. Select your symptoms — we'll explain what each usually means on Texas clay, and give you our honest read.
Mortar joints are the weakest path, so when one section of the perimeter moves relative to another, cracks climb the joints in a stair-step pattern. This is one of the clearer outward signs of differential movement — worth measuring.
This combination is consistent with early foundation movement — but it isn't proof. An elevation survey tells us in about an hour whether your slab is actually out of level and by how much. If it's stable, you'll hear exactly that.
Why Central Texas houses move
It's not the house. It's the clay underneath it.
Two ideas explain nearly every foundation problem from San Antonio to Georgetown. Play with both — they'll make every conversation with any contractor (us included) easier to judge.
What we do
Five services. One honest sequence.
Everything starts with the inspection — the repair method comes from the measurements, never the other way around.
Foundation Inspection
Floor elevation survey, crack mapping, drainage and moisture review — ending in a straight answer and a written report. Free, and often the only thing you need.
Learn more →Steel Piers Installation
Sections driven to refusal on stable strata — the deepest support we install, for slabs that need it. Lifetime transferable warranty.
Learn more →Concrete with Rebar Piers
Stacked concrete cylinders with centered rebar — a cost-effective option for the right slab and soil conditions. We'll tell you when it fits, and when it doesn't.
Learn more →Hybrid Piers Installation
A driven steel starter where the soil demands it, finished with concrete sections — middle-ground depth and cost when the inspection supports it.
Learn more →Lifetime Warranty
Every pier we set is covered for the life of the structure — and the warranty transfers to the next owner. Real documentation you can hand a buyer.
Learn more →Steel vs. concrete vs. hybrid
The right pier is the one your soil picks.
No company should lead with the method before measuring your home. Here's how the three systems actually differ — and what each is for.
Steel Piers
- DEPTH
- Driven to refusal — typically the deepest
- BEST FOR
- Heavier structures, deep active clay, worst-case movement
- HONESTLY
- Premium option; the depth is verified by hydraulic pressure, not assumed.
Concrete + Rebar
- DEPTH
- Pressed to practical refusal in suitable soils
- BEST FOR
- Lighter slabs and favorable soil profiles, budget-conscious repairs
- HONESTLY
- Cost-effective when the inspection supports it — we'll say so plainly when it doesn't.
Hybrid Piers
- DEPTH
- Steel starter reaches resistance, concrete completes the stack
- BEST FOR
- Middle ground — extra depth where soil demands, without full steel cost
- HONESTLY
- A practical compromise we recommend only off real elevation data.
All three carry the same lifetime transferable warranty. The inspection decides which one we propose — and why.
No mystery, no mess
Watch how a pier actually goes in.
Most homeowners have never seen what happens in those small pits beside the house. Step through it — it's tidier than you'd think.
Where we work
The whole I-35 corridor, one crew culture.
From our shop on Vance Jackson in San Antonio to north of Georgetown — if you live along the corridor, you're in our normal driving day, not a “maybe.”
Free tool · No contact info required
How many piers would your house actually need?
Sketch your slab, mark where the symptoms are, and our calculator places piers at 6-foot spacing along the affected sections — with corner logic, two-story load notes, and a printable summary.
It's an educational estimate, not an engineering plan — but it'll make the inspection conversation make sense before anyone's in your yard.
Open the Repair CalculatorWhat working with us looks like
From first call to final paperwork.
Call or book online
Tell us what you're seeing. If it sounds like weather or cosmetics, we'll say so on the phone — no truck rolled.
Free on-site inspection
Floor elevation survey, crack documentation, drainage, trees, plumbing red flags. About 60–90 minutes.
Straight answer + written plan
Repair, monitor, or relax — with the measurements that justify it. If piers make sense, you get a marked plan and a firm price.
Repair day(s)
Most jobs finish in 1–3 days. You can live at home the whole time. We protect landscaping and re-check elevations during the lift.
Documentation + lifetime warranty
Before/after elevations, pier locations and depths, and a transferable warranty certificate — paperwork a future buyer's inspector will respect.
Lifetime transferable warranty
The warranty matters most the day you sell.
Every pier we install is warranted for the life of the structure — if a warranted pier ever lets the foundation settle again, we come back and adjust it at no charge.
- Coversre-settlement at warranted pier locations, parts and labor.
- Doesn't covernew movement in un-piered areas, plumbing leaks, or drainage left unaddressed — and we'll tell you that up front, in writing.
- Transfersto the next owner with simple paperwork — a genuine selling point at closing.
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Straight answers
Questions homeowners actually ask.
Free inspection request
Tell us what you're seeing.
We'll call to schedule — usually within one business day. Prefer to talk now? (210) 816-0034.
- 60–90 minutes on site, including the elevation survey
- Written summary whether or not repair is needed
- No-pressure pricing — firm numbers, no same-day-only discounts
No pressure. No scare tactics. No cost.
Start with an honest look at what your foundation is doing.
A Motmot inspection measures your floor elevations, maps every crack, and ends with a straight answer — even when that answer is “you don’t need us yet.”
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