Slab Foundation Repair in Lake Highlands

Lake Highlands sits in northeast Dallas between Skillman, Audelia, and I-635, and most addresses are a short run from central dispatch. Lots are generally regular, with reasonable perimeter access for pier installation.

Where interior piers are required, the choice is between breaking out finished flooring and tunneling in from the perimeter. Tunneling costs more per access point but protects tile, hardwood, and interior finishes, and it opens the same path used for plumbing inspection.

Work is permitted through City of Dallas Development Services. We file the permit, schedule inspection, and provide post-lift elevation documentation with the closeout package.

Lake Highlands filled in largely through the 1950s and 1960s with slab-on-grade ranch homes. Drain lines in houses of this era run beneath the slab, and the materials used then have now been in service for six or seven decades.

When a slab moves, those buried lines move with it. A leak under the slab can also cause movement by saturating the soil beneath one area, which is the reverse relationship and easy to misread. Either way, repairing the foundation without checking the plumbing leaves an open question.

That is why we coordinate hydrostatic testing with a licensed plumber before the lift where it is relevant, and again afterward to confirm the lines were not compromised by the elevation change. The test results become part of the project documentation.