Pier and beam leveling
Re-supporting and shimming the many older crawl-space homes in Cleburne.
Foundation Repair in Cleburne, TX
Foundation repair and leveling for Cleburne, TX homes on Johnson County clay. Slab and pier and beam work plus drainage correction.
Foundation repair for Cleburne homes
Cleburne is the Johnson County seat, further south of Burleson, and it has one of the older and more varied housing stocks in the area. That mix matters for foundation work: Cleburne has a large stock of early- to mid-twentieth-century homes on pier and beam foundations, plus decades of slab construction layered around them. Underneath is the same expansive clay that drives movement across North Texas, and older homes have simply had more wet-and-dry cycles to move through.
In Cleburne's historic neighborhoods we regularly see pier and beam homes with sagging floors, gaps opening at baseboards, and piers that have shifted over the years. On the slab side, the leading cause is still the clay — soil that lifts a slab edge when spring storms saturate the ground, then drops it again as the summer heat bakes the moisture out. Because Cleburne homes span so many building eras, the right repair depends heavily on how each foundation was built.
What we handle in Cleburne
Common Cleburne foundation calls:
Crawl space support
Adding supports where original piers have shifted or floors sag.
Slab foundation repair
Steadying settled slab edges and interior low spots with a lift plan.
Foundation inspection
Measured elevation readings across a home's floor to map movement.
Arrange a Cleburne foundation visit
Whether your home is a historic pier and beam or a newer slab, an inspection tells you where it stands. Reach out to schedule.
Serving Cleburne and the wider Burleson area.
Frequently asked questions
Are older Cleburne homes harder to level?
Not necessarily harder, but they need a different approach. Many are pier and beam, so leveling means adjusting or adding supports in the crawl space rather than lifting a slab. The upside is that the structure is usually accessible.
My Cleburne floors sag in the middle — what causes that?
On pier and beam homes, a sagging center often means interior supports have settled or the beams have deflected over time. Adding crawl space support in the low areas is a common fix once the cause is confirmed.
Do you inspect historic homes in Cleburne?
Yes. An elevation survey works on any home regardless of age, and it is especially useful on older houses that have moved gradually over many decades so you know what is old settlement versus new movement.