What foundation repair costs in North Dallas
There is no single published price for foundation repair in this guide, because no listed company publishes a fixed price on its own website. Everything below explains what drives a quote, so you can compare written quotes on the same basis. Every dollar figure on this page is a range, an average or an estimate found on a company's own site, labeled as such. None of them is a company price, and none of them is a quote for your home.
Published ranges, averages and estimates (labeled, not prices)
- Olshan Foundation Solutions: job averages for 2026 on its Dallas page — foundation repair around $11,117, drainage around $5,276, crawlspace around $11,885, waterproofing around $3,836, and an overall average around $8,379. Averages of past jobs, not fixed prices. A plan from $125 per month is financing, not a price.
- Stratum Foundation Repair: a typical range of $2,500 to $15,000 for foundation repair in Dallas-Fort Worth. A range, not a fixed price.
- FCS Foundation Repair and Concrete Services: ranges on its DFW services page — most residential repairs between $3,300 and $8,500, around $5,200 typical; individual piers $1,000 to $3,500; severe cases $15,000 to $30,000 or more. Ranges, not fixed prices.
- Dallas Fort Worth Foundation Repair: general ranges in its cost section — minor repairs $500 to $2,500; piers $300 to $600 or more each, total $2,000 to $25,000 or more; drainage $1,100 to $5,500; slab-jacking $2,500 to $8,500. Ranges, not fixed prices.
- Dawson Foundation Repair: a range of $5,000 to $100,000 in page metadata. A metadata range, not a fixed price.
- Advanced Foundation Repair: a price scale from one to four dollar signs by job type. A scale, not a price.
Every other company in this guide publishes no dollar figures at all and quotes by free estimate, free inspection or a price given in writing after inspection. If a company gives you a figure, ask whether it is a firm written quote for your exact scope or only an estimate.
What drives a foundation repair quote
- Pier type: pressed concrete piers, steel piers, helical piers, drilled bell-bottom piers and hybrid systems are different products with different costs.
- Pier count and depth: how many piers the plan calls for, and how deep each one must go before it reaches refusal.
- Foundation type: slab versus pier and beam, and whether the job includes beam, sill or crawlspace work.
- Drainage and root barriers: whether the quote includes French drains, surface drains, gutter drains or root barriers.
- Plumbing: whether an under-slab plumbing test, leak repair or rerouting is included, and who does it.
- Tunneling: whether the crew must tunnel under the slab, and how much.
- Elevation work: whole-house elevation measurements, lifting, and follow-up checks.
- Engineering and permits: whether an independent engineering review and city permits are included, and who arranges them.
- Warranty: what the warranty covers, for how long, and whether it transfers to a new owner.
What a written quote should itemize
- Exact scope: pier type and count, slab or pier and beam work, drainage, plumbing test, and warranty terms.
- How depth and count are decided: what happens if more piers or greater depth are needed once work starts.
- Who installs: the company's own crew or subcontractors, and what happens if conditions found during the work change the scope.
- Timeline: how long the work takes, and what disruption to expect (noise, dust, access, tunneling).
- Total price and what would change it: extra piers, greater depth, drainage additions, plumbing work, or engineering review.
Ask every company the same questions and compare itemized quotes, not headline figures. The quote-questions checklist on the Get quotes page is built for exactly that comparison.