Foundation Crack Repair in North Richland Hills, TX

Foundation crack repair starts with telling cracks apart. Concrete shrinks as it cures, and fine shrinkage cracks are common in slabs. Other cracks are the visible sign that part of the house has moved. The difference is width, pattern and whether the crack is still changing, and those can be measured.

Reading a crack

Angi's 2026 guide on foundation cracks treats a hairline crack under one-eighth of an inch that stays that size as possibly caused by settling or shrinkage, and treats cracks that keep getting longer, deeper or wider as active and worth an expert's attention. Cracks that can point to movement include stair-step cracks in brick mortar, cracks running out from the corners of windows and doors, separations where brick meets trim, and cracks in the exposed edge of the slab. Inside, look for drywall cracks above door frames, gaps between baseboards and the floor, and tile that has cracked in a line across a room. The direction a crack runs and which side is higher often tells us which part of the house has moved.

Measure before you seal

A sealed crack hides the evidence. Before repairing anything, we photograph and measure each crack and compare it with the floor elevation readings. If the cracks line up with a low area of the slab, the crack is a symptom and the repair belongs to the foundation, drainage or both. If the readings are steady and the cracks are narrow, sealing may be all that is needed.

Repair options

• Sealing narrow slab and beam cracks to keep water and insects out
• Filling wider cracks in the exposed beam with repair mortar or epoxy after cleaning them out
• Repointing cracked brick mortar once the movement behind it has been dealt with
• Monitoring marks across a crack so you can see whether it changes over the following months

Angi's 2026 data puts foundation crack repair at about $250 to $800, and do-it-yourself epoxy kits for small cracks at $100 to $400.

When a crack means more

Cracks that keep widening, cracks that run through the slab edge, doors and windows that suddenly stick, and floors that have started to slope all point to movement. In those cases sealing the crack alone is not a fix. We will tell you what the readings show, and we recommend an engineer's evaluation when the pattern is unclear or the movement is large.

Cracks after a repair

New cracks can appear after a foundation lift as the house settles onto its new supports, and some old cracks close up. We record the cracks before and after any lift so you can tell old from new, and it makes sense to hold off on cosmetic drywall and brick repair until the house has had time to settle.