Foundation Inspection in Weatherford, TX

Weatherford by the Numbers

Method: Census counts are estimates with published margins of error; weather is the 1991 to 2020 normal at Mineral Wells Airport.

What Are the 2,077 Pre-1960 Houses Doing Among Weatherford Subdivisions?

Weatherford is a smaller city here, 33,924 residents, and its homes are mid-aged: median year built 1997, with 34% built before 1980 and 2,077 before 1960. Those 2,077 older homes, 14.8% of the total, are more than the older stock in Lewisville, Grapevine or Mansfield, so the city carries a recognizable group of houses that predate the subdivisions around them.

Only 96 manufactured homes are counted, 0.7% of housing, the second smallest share among the eleven cities. Households here mostly own: 8,206 owner-occupied homes, 63% of the occupied total.

Which Rain Record Covers Weatherford, and What Does 31.8 Inches Mean?

The nearest station with published normals is Mineral Wells Airport, which is a different town and a different airport from any in Weatherford, so the figures are a regional record rather than a local one. It reports 31.8 inches of rain a year, the lowest of the stations used on this site. May is the wettest month at 4.00 inches and January the driest at 1.59. The July average high is 96.1 degrees, the highest of the six stations, and the January average low is 32.8.

A drier yearly total means the soil near a slab spends more of the year pulling water out of the ground and less putting it back. The engineer reads trees, beds and downspouts against that.

Parker County Soil Is Mostly Low Shrink-Swell, So Why Inspect a Weatherford Foundation?

Parker County is the quiet county of the seven. The USDA soil survey rates 9.3 percent of rated acres high or very high in shrink-swell, the lowest share on this site, and 54.7 percent low. A county average hides pockets: Frio (12,141 acres), Denton and Krum are still rated high or very high there, so a Weatherford lot can sit on active ground in a mostly stable county.

Drought is where Parker County leads. It had some land in severe drought or worse in 80 of 262 weeks since October 12, 2021, the most of the seven counties, and 49 of those weeks fell in 2022. A low soil rating lowers the odds that clay is the cause of a crack. It does not remove them, and the report records conditions either way.

County detail, with the named soils and the weekly drought record: Parker County soil and drought data.

What Does the Parker County Request Look Like?

Weatherford is the one city on this site in Parker County. The inspection can cover more than the house: any outbuildings that the owner includes in the request, and the grading that runs away from each. The quote depends on the number of structures, which is why the firm asks for that up front.

The request form takes the address and a description. The firm answers by email.

With 33,924 residents Weatherford is among the smaller cities on this site. Send the address, the foundation type if known and how many buildings are on the property. The engineer answers by email with scope, quote and availability, and visits by appointment.

“Heath was the epitome of professionalism as a licensed civil engineer. He quickly made arrangements to view our area in question, arrived on time, spent time perusing the situation, and replied in a timely fashion.”

Judith Werner, Google review. Reviewer location not stated.

What Does a Weatherford Request Get Back?

Drainage, permitting and observed conditions go in the written report; the price of a repair does not. Send the address through the request form, and read the foundation inspection page for what the visit involves.

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