Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and Bexar counties
Foundation Repair Service Areas Near New Braunfels, TX
Eleven towns, each with its own soil, homes and permit rules.
We work across New Braunfels and the towns around it in Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and Bexar counties. The ground changes fast across this area, from deep clay to thin soil over limestone, sometimes within one town. So each town page covers that town's own soil, the age of its homes, its permit rules and, where the city publishes them, its watering rules. You won't find the same page with a new name on it.
Tell us what you're seeing
- Free inspectionIt costs nothing
- No obligationStopping after the inspection is fine
- Town-by-town soil dataFrom the USDA soil survey
- Referral service, disclosedWe pass requests to local pros
- Call (830) 500-5898Or send the short form
Where We Work
- Seguin Twice New Braunfels' share of Branyon clay, and a homestead owner may pull the permit.
- San Marcos Limestone and deep clay side by side, on the same fault line as New Braunfels.
- Kyle The city requires an engineered design "due to the expansive soils in Kyle".
- Canyon Lake No very active clay in our sample, and county rules instead of city ones.
- Garden Ridge Mostly rock-side soils, and the highest published permit fee we found, $500.
- Schertz A permit for every repair, warranty work included, with an engineer before and after.
- Cibolo 44% very active clay, and builders submit floor measurements for every new home.
- Selma 95.5% of homes built since 1990, on mostly calm ground.
- Universal City Older homes, and a soil that reads 17.0 for shrink and swell.
- Live Oak Clay and chalk side by side, and a permit a homestead owner can pull.
- Converse 72% very active clay, the most of any town we serve.
Why the Town Matters
In our USDA sample, 72% of Converse sat on very high shrink-swell clay. At Canyon Lake, none of it did. That's the difference between a house resting on a thick bed of clay that moves with every dry summer and a house with bedrock about 14 inches down. Our guide to New Braunfels soil compares every town.
The rules differ just as much. New Braunfels lets only a registered contractor pull a foundation permit, while Seguin and Live Oak let a homestead owner apply for their own work. Kyle and Schertz require an engineer's plan and a sealed letter. Our permits guide puts them side by side.
Not Listed Here?
If your town isn't above, call and ask. We add a town page only once its own research is done, not by copying another page.