A Foundation Repair Referral Partner for Plumbers

Refer the foundation repair, keep the plumbing

The whole partnership is one clean hand-off in one direction. When a job surfaces a structural problem (a corner that's dropped, cracks that track a leak, a slab that's moved) you refer the homeowner to us for the foundation repair, and that's where your involvement ends unless you want updates. We don't hold a plumbing license, we don't touch pipe work, and we never upsell the customer on plumbing. There is nothing of yours for us to take, which is exactly why plumbers keep our number: it's a referral you can make without a second thought about the relationship. If a plumbing issue turns up while we're on site, we point the homeowner right back to you.

The signs a plumber sees first

Plumbers are often the first trade in the house, which means you spot the tells before anyone calls a foundation company: a floor that slopes toward the drain you're snaking, doors and windows that stick, stair-step cracks in the brick, or a slab leak whose real damage is the soil it washed out. When you see those, a referral is worth more to the homeowner than a warning. It puts a real inspection in front of them. We book a free foundation inspection, measure the movement, and tell them plainly whether it's structural or cosmetic. No scare tactics, no pressure. That's the reputation we protect for both of us.

We don't compete with plumbers, on purpose

Let's say it plainly, because it's the thing a plumbing business actually worries about: we are not going to take your customer. We don't do plumbing, we don't upsell homeowners on plumbing, and we don't put our name on your relationship. Our work is the foundation, meaning pressed piers, slab leveling, and drainage correction when water is the root cause. The referral runs both ways: you send us the structural work, we send you the plumbing, and neither of us is bidding on the other's trade. Boring on purpose, and yours to keep.

When you need the dig, not the referral

There's a second way plumbers work with us, and it's the opposite direction: you're doing the pipe repair yourself and you just need under-slab access dug so you don't jackhammer the customer's finished floors. That's not a referral. That's subcontracting the excavation to us. We hand-tunnel the access to your run, hand it back open and ready for your licensed repair, and backfill and compact in lifts once it passes test. It has its own page with the scope, pricing range, and hand-off details: under-slab tunneling for plumbers. Two clean lanes. Refer the foundation repair here, subcontract the dig there.

When the leak caused the foundation movement

Sometimes the plumbing problem and the foundation problem are the same problem. A slow under-slab leak washes out the soil that supports the slab, and the homeowner ends up with both a bad line and a settling corner. You fix the plumbing; we fix the foundation. If the customer would rather have one company handle the structural side after your repair, refer them here and we take it from there, with pressed piers, leveling, and the drainage that keeps it from happening again. And if you'd instead like us to dig the access so you can reach the pipe without breaking the floor, that's the tunneling crew, not this referral. See more on foundation repair after a plumbing leak.

How San Antonio governs an under-slab plumbing tunnel

When a repair means tunneling under a foundation, San Antonio has a specific rulebook, and it lines up with how we already split the work. The city's Information Bulletin 176 requires a qualified design professional to evaluate the structural condition of the foundation over the excavated area, and it requires the plumbing company to notify the city plumbing inspector. City inspectors will not go into the tunnel, so the plumbing company has to provide a fiber-optic camera, two-way communication equipment, and adequate, trained staff so the inspection can be done safely from outside. The tunnel and its entry have to be sized, lit, and ventilated so the plumber or design professional can work and review the repair. The plumbing itself is performed by a plumber licensed by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners under a city plumbing permit, and a design professional's letter goes to the city confirming the non-plumbing work was done right before the permit closes and the tunnel is backfilled.

That is the division of labor, spelled out in code. We excavate the access tunnel to that standard and keep it safe to inspect. Your licensed plumber does the pipe work the state board says only a plumber can do. An engineer or design professional evaluates the foundation, and the city signs off before anyone backfills. Nobody works outside their lane, and the paperwork proves it. If you want the full picture of the dig itself, see our under-slab tunneling for plumbers page.

Where we work

The full I-35 corridor from San Antonio to Georgetown (including New Braunfels, San Marcos, Kyle, Buda, and Austin) from our San Antonio shop. If your customer's home is on the corridor, we can inspect it. See how we partner across trades on the industries we serve page, including general contractors and realtors.