Foundation repair in Anson
Foundation help for homes in Anson and the surrounding Jones County towns north of Abilene.
Anson is the Jones County seat, with 2,294 residents in the 2020 census. It's about 24 miles northwest of Abilene, where US 83 and US 277 run together through town as Commercial Avenue. The town was first called Jones City and was renamed in 1882 for Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas. It's known for the Cowboys' Christmas Ball, first held in 1885 and still danced each December in Pioneer Hall, a Depression-era WPA building. Jones County as a whole had 19,663 residents in 2020.
What do foundations go through in Jones County?
The same hot summers and stormy springs as Abilene, on the clay soils of the Rolling Plains. Many houses in and around Anson are older, so crawl space work is common: shims that have crushed, piers that have sunk, and wood that's gone soft. Slab houses here show the familiar dropped corner and brick cracks.
Who handles permits?
Anson has its own city government, separate from Abilene. Ask your contractor what your repair requires and check with Anson City Hall. Rural homes outside any city limits fall under Jones County.
What do Anson homeowners call about?
- Re-leveling older pier-and-beam houses in town
- Supporting a slab house that has settled on one side
- Drainage fixes where roof water pools by the house
- Evaluations for family homes being sold or inherited
Common questions
Do contractors drive up to Anson?
Many Abilene-area contractors work in Jones County. Call with your address and we'll connect you with one that covers it.
Do you cover Hawley, Hamlin and Stamford too?
Call with your address. We'll try to connect you with a contractor whose service area reaches your part of Jones County.
Services in Anson
- Slab foundation repairSupport and raise a section of concrete slab that has dropped, most often along an outside beam or a corner.
- Crawl space foundation repairRe-shim and add supports, reset sunken piers, and replace damaged sills and beams under pier-and-beam houses.
- Foundation piersPressed concrete, steel push and helical piers: how they differ and how to read a pier layout in a proposal.
- Foundation evaluation and crack repairFloor elevations, a read on which cracks are structural, and cosmetic crack repair once the movement is handled.
- Foundation drainageGutters, downspout extensions, regrading and drains that keep storm runoff from soaking the clay at the beam.
Nearby areas
Cracked brick, a sticking door or a floor that slopes?
Call and get connected with a foundation repair contractor who works around Abilene.