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Foundation repair cost guide for Montgomery County
Every dollar figure on this page comes from a published source and is an estimate, not a quote for your house and not a price from MoCo Foundation Repair.
Read this first. We do not invent average prices, and we do not have a partner bid to display yet. The ranges below were published by Texas Tough for Texas foundation work. They can be wrong for your soil, access, house size, or method. The only number that applies to your home is a written estimate after an on-site inspection by the independent partner contractor, currently listed as [Partner contractor name TBD].
Ranges Texas Tough publishes for Montgomery County and Texas
On its Montgomery County page, Texas Tough publishes these “typical Texas ranges,” and it separately says most moderate repairs land around $4,000 to $6,000, while whole-house settlement with drainage can run well into five figures:
| What the source describes | Published range | Source page |
|---|---|---|
| A few piers | $3,300 to $7,000 | Montgomery County guide and slab repair guide |
| Widespread settlement with drainage | $10,000 to $30,000 or more | Montgomery County guide and slab repair guide |
| Many moderate jobs | Around $4,000 to $6,000 | Montgomery County guide (FAQ) |
| Pier and beam repair, Texas average range on an overview page | $5,000 to $15,000 | Average cost of foundation repair in Texas |
| Slab foundation repair, Texas average range on the same overview page | $3,500 to $10,000 | Average cost of foundation repair in Texas |
| Drainage and waterproofing solutions | $2,000 to $10,000 | Average cost of foundation repair in Texas |
| Localized pier-and-beam re-shimming (fewer than about 10 piers adjusted) | $1,500 to $4,500 | Pier and beam guide |
| Whole-house pier-and-beam re-level, described as the most common full-job range | $5,000 to $15,000 | Pier and beam guide |
Those rows do not all describe the same job, and two Texas Tough pages give overlapping but not identical slab ranges ($3,300 to $7,000 for a few piers versus $3,500 to $10,000 as a broader slab average). We are showing the figures as published rather than averaging them into a new number we did not measure.
Texas Tough’s slab page also lists per-pier estimates from “published Texas contractor cost guides, checked November 2026,” including $300 to $600 for pressed concrete piers, $1,200 to $1,800 for steel push piers, and $800 to $1,200 for drilled concrete piers. Per-pier math is easy to misuse. Pier count, interior access, plumbing repairs, and drainage can change the total more than the unit price. We include the link so you can read the source; we do not turn those unit prices into a calculator.
No staged ‘before and after’ repair photos until a real partner job exists and the homeowner has given written permission. For now, a photo of a local house exterior is enough.
What usually changes the price
Across the same Texas Tough pages, the recurring variables are the size of the affected area, the number and type of supports, crawl-space or interior access, whether wood has rotted, whether a plumbing leak is involved, and whether drainage work is included. The GHBA article is about new-home foundation design rather than repair pricing; it does mention an approximate local figure of $10 per square foot of total building cost for foundations and about $2,600 in extra cost for an engineered foundation on an illustrative $450,000 new home. That is construction-budget context from 2017, not a 2026 repair bid.
What to ask for on a written estimate
- What was measured (including elevation readings, if taken) and what the contractor thinks is moving
- The proposed method, the number of supports or the drainage scope, and what is excluded
- Whether a plumbing test or engineer review is recommended, and who pays for it
- The warranty the contractor offers, in writing, including what voids it and whether it transfers if you sell
- Who pulls any required local permit
MoCo Foundation Repair does not offer a warranty and does not promise that insurance will pay. Homeowners should read their own policy.