Family-owned · San Antonio to Austin

Your house isn’t just settling. It’s telling you something.

Cracks, sticking doors, sloping floors — before anyone talks about repair, we measure what your foundation is actually doing. Honest inspections, clear options, and pier systems backed by a lifetime transferable warranty.

Seeing one of these? Tap it — we’ll explain what it usually means:

slabactive clay — swells wet, shrinks drydriven to refusalstable strata

Repair, or just monitoring?

Start with what you're seeing.

Most foundation worries don't need piers. Select your symptoms — we'll explain what each usually means on Texas clay, and give you our honest read.

INTERACTIVE · SYMPTOM CHECKER1 SELECTED
Stair-step cracks in brick

Mortar joints are the weakest path, so when one section of the perimeter moves relative to another, cracks climb the joints in a stair-step pattern. This is one of the clearer outward signs of differential movement — worth measuring.

A free inspection makes sense

This combination is consistent with early foundation movement — but it isn't proof. An elevation survey tells us in about an hour whether your slab is actually out of level and by how much. If it's stable, you'll hear exactly that.

Why Central Texas houses move

It's not the house. It's the clay underneath it.

Two ideas explain nearly every foundation problem from San Antonio to Georgetown. Play with both — they'll make every conversation with any contractor (us included) easier to judge.

INTERACTIVE · WHY TEXAS CLAY MOVES YOUR SLABEDGE MOVEMENT: 1.1
levelactive clay zone · 6–12 ft deepstable strata
Drought: clay loses moisture from the perimeter inward and shrinks. The slab edges lose support and settle — about 1.1 here. This is why most Central Texas foundation symptoms first show up in late summer: stair-step brick cracks, doors rubbing near corners.
INTERACTIVE · SETTLEMENT VS. DIFFERENTIAL MOVEMENTDIFFERENTIAL
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Differential movement: one part of the slab is 1.8″ lower than another. The structure bends across the difference — that’s where brick cracks stair-step, drywall tears, and doors rack. Piers go where the differential is, not everywhere.

What we do

Seven services. One honest sequence.

Everything starts with the inspection — the repair method comes from the measurements, never the other way around.

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Foundation Inspection

Floor elevation survey, crack mapping, drainage and moisture review — ending in a straight answer and a written report. Free, and often the only thing you need.

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DEEP SUPPORT

Steel Piers Installation

Sections driven to refusal on stable strata — the deepest support we install, for slabs that need it. Lifetime transferable warranty.

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VALUE OPTION

Concrete with Rebar Piers

Stacked concrete cylinders with centered rebar — a cost-effective option for the right slab and soil conditions. We'll tell you when it fits, and when it doesn't.

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BEST OF BOTH

Hybrid Piers Installation

A driven steel starter where the soil demands it, finished with concrete sections — middle-ground depth and cost when the inspection supports it.

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MEASURED LIFTS

House Leveling

Elevation-mapped lifts that bring settled sections back toward the original plane — in measured stages, on piers that make the recovery permanent.

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OLDER HOMES

Pier & Beam Repair

Beams, sills, blocks, and crawlspace moisture for the corridor's older homes — the under-the-house craft, usually far friendlier than slab money.

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TRANSFERABLE

Lifetime Warranty

Every pier we set is covered for the life of the structure — and the warranty transfers to the next owner. Real documentation you can hand a buyer.

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Steel vs. concrete vs. hybrid

The right pier is the one your soil picks.

No company should lead with the method before measuring your home. Here's how the three systems actually differ — and what each is for.

Steel Piers

DEPTH
Driven to refusal — typically the deepest
BEST FOR
Heavier structures, deep active clay, worst-case movement
HONESTLY
Premium option; the depth is verified by hydraulic pressure, not assumed.

Concrete + Rebar

DEPTH
Pressed to practical refusal in suitable soils
BEST FOR
Lighter slabs and favorable soil profiles, budget-conscious repairs
HONESTLY
Cost-effective when the inspection supports it — we'll say so plainly when it doesn't.

Hybrid Piers

DEPTH
Steel starter reaches resistance, concrete completes the stack
BEST FOR
Middle ground — extra depth where soil demands, without full steel cost
HONESTLY
A practical compromise we recommend only off real elevation data.

All three carry the same lifetime transferable warranty. The inspection decides which one we propose — and why.

No mystery, no mess

Watch how a pier actually goes in.

Most homeowners have never seen what happens in those small pits beside the house. Step through it — it's tidier than you'd think.

INTERACTIVE · HOW A STEEL PIER IS INSTALLED
GRADE BEAMoriginal levelSTABLE STRATA5 FT10 FT15 FT20 FT
Step 1Excavate at the affected section. A compact pit (~3 ft) is dug beside the grade beam where the elevation survey showed movement. Landscaping is set aside carefully — it goes back when we're done.

Where we work

The whole I-35 corridor, one crew culture.

From our shop on Vance Jackson in San Antonio to north of Georgetown — if you live along the corridor, you're in our normal driving day, not a “maybe.”

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How many piers would your house actually need?

Sketch your slab, mark where the symptoms are, and our calculator places piers at 6-foot spacing along the affected sections — with corner logic, two-story load notes, and a printable summary.

It's an educational estimate, not an engineering plan — but it'll make the inspection conversation make sense before anyone's in your yard.

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AFFECTED: REAR + LEFT CORNEREST. 9 PIERS @ 6'-0" O.C.6'-0"

What working with us looks like

From first call to final paperwork.

01

Call or book online

Tell us what you're seeing. If it sounds like weather or cosmetics, we'll say so on the phone — no truck rolled.

Day 1
02

Free on-site inspection

Floor elevation survey, crack documentation, drainage, trees, plumbing red flags. About 60–90 minutes.

Within the week
03

Straight answer + written plan

Repair, monitor, or relax — with the measurements that justify it. If piers make sense, you get a marked plan and a firm price.

Same visit
04

Repair day(s)

Most jobs finish in 1–3 days. You can live at home the whole time. We protect landscaping and re-check elevations during the lift.

Scheduled with you
05

Documentation + lifetime warranty

Before/after elevations, pier locations and depths, and a transferable warranty certificate — paperwork a future buyer's inspector will respect.

At completion
RepaircompletedCovered for the lifeof the structureTransfers tothe next ownerDOCUMENTED · TRANSFERABLE · NO FINE-PRINT EXPIRATION

Lifetime transferable warranty

The warranty matters most the day you sell.

Every pier we install is warranted for the life of the structure — if a warranted pier ever lets the foundation settle again, we come back and adjust it at no charge.

  • Coversre-settlement at warranted pier locations, parts and labor.
  • Doesn't covernew movement in un-piered areas, plumbing leaks, or drainage left unaddressed — and we'll tell you that up front, in writing.
  • Transfersto the next owner with simple paperwork — a genuine selling point at closing.
Read the Plain-English Warranty

From real jobs and inspections

Real foundation repair, from San Antonio to Austin.

Spoil piles along the front foundation beds of a brick home during pier installation
Foundation piering underway at the front corner of a Central Texas brick home.
Crew member operating a hydraulic ram to press concrete pilings beneath a home's foundation
A Motmot crew member presses concrete pilings to refusal beneath a settling foundation.
Stair-step crack through brick veneer mortar joints below a window, a hallmark of foundation settlement
Stair-step brick cracking below a window — the most common sign of settlement we repair.
Motmot Foundation Repair crew members with shovel and tablet outside a brick home after an inspection
The Motmot crew pairs hand digging with digital elevation mapping on every job.

Straight answers

Questions homeowners actually ask.

Yes — free, on-site, and it ends with a written summary either way. The honest business logic: a measured, no-pressure inspection is how we earn the repair work that genuinely needs doing, and the referrals from the half of visits where we say “you don't need us yet.”

Free inspection request

Tell us what you're seeing.

We'll call to schedule — usually within one business day. Prefer to talk now? (210) 816-0034.

  • 60–90 minutes on site, including the elevation survey
  • Written summary whether or not repair is needed
  • No-pressure pricing — firm numbers, no same-day-only discounts

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No pressure. No scare tactics. No cost.

Start with an honest look at what your foundation is doing.

A Motmot inspection measures your floor elevations, maps every crack, and ends with a straight answer — even when that answer is “you don’t need us yet.”

SAN ANTONIO → AUSTIN · EVERY CITY ALONG I-35 · FAMILY-OWNED