A referral service, researched town by town
About Elm Fork Foundation Repair
A referral service for Denton County homeowners, with the ground under each town explained from public records.
Elm Fork Foundation Repair is a referral service. When a homeowner in Denton or a town nearby calls or sends the form, we pass the request to a foundation repair company that works in that part of the county. That company does the free inspection, and any repair is between you and them. We don't do the work ourselves.
The name comes from the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. The Corps of Engineers dammed it to make Lewisville Lake, which was finished in 1955.
Why This Site Exists
Denton County doesn't sit on one kind of ground. Texas Parks and Wildlife says three of the state's ecoregions meet at Ray Roberts Lake State Park. In our sample of the USDA soil survey, 96% of Krum's land points read high or very high for shrink and swell, and only 4.8% of Corinth's.
So a crack in one town can mean something quite different from a crack in the next. A lot of what you'll read online about foundations was written about another state, or by a company with a repair to sell. We wanted pages that go town by town, say what the records show, and name every source. Our soil and rock guide is the place to start, and the cost guide explains what goes into a quote.
How a Referral Works
- You get in touch. Call (940) 535-7201 or send the short form.
- We pass it on. Your request goes to a foundation repair company that covers your town.
- They call you. Together you set a day for the free inspection. Should you go ahead with a repair, you'd sign with that company, not with us.
You pay nothing to use this site, and the inspection is free. We may be paid by the company that receives your request; the referral marketing disclosure spells out how. If no company has room in your area, we'll tell you rather than send your request where no one will answer it.
What We Don't Do
- No crew, truck or tool of ours ever comes to a job site.
- We don't give engineering opinions. Where a town wants an engineer's plan, as Denton does for every foundation repair, the repair company brings one in.
- We don't rate, rank or review contractors, and there are no star ratings here.
- No payment from a contractor changes what the guides say.
Getting other quotes is always fine. On a job like this, a second opinion is worth having.
How the Pages Are Researched
Every fact on this site comes from a published source, named where the fact appears:
- The USDA soil survey, for each town's soils and their layers
- The USGS state geologic map, for the rock under each town
- US Census housing data, for when homes were built
- FEMA's flood maps and the Corps of Engineers, for floodplains and lake easements
- Each town's own permit pages, fee schedules and watering rules
- The guidelines Texas engineers use for house foundations, and the Foundation Performance Association's papers
- NOAA weather records
If something looks out of date or wrong, please tell us and we'll check it.
Where We Work
We work in Denton and the towns around it, from Krum and Sanger in the west to Frisco and The Colony in the east. The service areas page lists them by band, and each town has a page of its own.
Questions?
Whether it's about this site or a crack in your living room, (940) 535-7201 reaches us, and so does the form on the contact page. Asking commits you to nothing.