Foundation Repair in Plano, Texas - an Overview

Plano is located in Collin and Denton counties, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Overall, Plano has a relatively high degree of soil instability, making home foundation repair problems and concrete slab leveling fairly common. Plano has an average elevation of 675 feet (206 m) and encompasses a total of 71.6 square miles (185.5 km2). The 2007 census estimate states that Plano has grown to 260,796 people, making Plano the sixty-ninth most populous city in the United States. Unfortunately, there is little undeveloped land remaining within the city limits and Plano is completely surrounded by other municipalities making it impossible for the city to expand in geographic area.

Plano won several awards from CNN Money magazine in 2005 and 2006, being selected as the best place to live in the western United States in 2005. Plano has many "clean" industries, a high standard of living, excellent schools and has been rated as the wealthiest city in the United States by CNN Money magazine.

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Plano Soil Characteristics As They Affect Foundation Repair

Homeowners have found that there are unique soil characteristics that influence home foundation repair problems in Plano, Texas, and the Dallas-Forth Worth Metroplex. Most of Plano's soil has a high degree of plasticity, meaning that depending on weather and moisture conditions, the soil is prone to swelling or shrinking in large amounts. Click on the following link to learn more about the steps and process of home foundation repair in Plano, TX.

The soil in Collin County and Plano is described as "Houston Black - Austin Association". The terrain is gently sloping toward the southeast with clayey soils that are deep over marl and chalk in the central and western part of the county. The eastern section of the county is primarily dark loamy alluvial soils, subject to flooding during the rainy season. Collin County includes parts of two smooth and similar plains that are dissected by a number of streams. The western and central portions of Collin County are drained by the East fork of the Trinity River. The Elm fork of the Trinity River drains the eastern section of Collin County.

The United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, in cooperation with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station issued an extensive report about the soils in Collin County and the Plano area. Engineers and other technically minded people may want to read this report.

The characteristics of the soil present homeowners with challenges of house foundation repair in Plano, Texas. This swelling and shrinking of the soil will crack concrete slabs and concrete home foundations in Plano, Texas. Click the following link to learn more about the technical and engineering aspects of house foundation repair in Plano, Texas.

Climate Influences On Home Foundation Repair In Plano Texas

Climate also has a significant role in home foundation crack repair in Plano, Texas. The climate of Plano is humid subtropical with very hot temperatures in the summer of 90deg;F+ most days and heat-humidity indexes soaring to as high as 117 °F (47 °C). The north central Texas region where Plano is located is one of the hottest areas in the United States during summer. Usually only portions of Arizona, Nevada and southeastern California are hotter during the summer months. These prolonged periods of hot, dry weather will dehydrate soils and cause many instances of cracked concrete house foundation slabs in Plano, Texas. The area receives about 35 inches of rain per year with a large portion arriving in the spring. The winters tend to be mild or cool with temperatures falling below freezing occasionally.

Plano lies in the lower part of a tornado region that covers the prairie lands of the Midwest, which includes northern Texas. The spring season usually brings cool weather fronts from Canada that collide with warm, humid air moving north from the Gulf of Mexico. When these two weather fronts interact the result is severe rain storms, lightning, hail and sometimes tornadoes. Temperatures range from an average high of 96°F in July to an average low of 34°F in January. With rainfall averaging just under thirty-five inches a year, the growing season of the area extends for 237 days.

Dawson Foundation Repair will provide FREE home foundation repair inspections and estimates for the Plano, TX area.