Concrete footings in Bryan TX - a solid base for the structure you're building
Building an addition, porch or shed and unsure what it should stand on? We help you pick the footing, then pour it right.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
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What do concrete footings do, and what will yours need?
Concrete footings in Bryan, TX are the concrete under a structure that takes its weight and carries it down into the soil. We dig, form and pour them for homes, additions, porches and outbuildings around the city.
Most people call us when something new is going up, like a room addition, a covered porch or a workshop, and the builder or the plans say it needs footings. The price moves with the footing type, how many feet the footings run, how deep they go and what the ground on your lot is like. The schedule mostly turns on what the city needs before work starts and the weather on pour day. Your written estimate spells out the method and what's included for your job, so you can see exactly what you're paying for.
How do you know it's time for new footings?
Plans that call for footings
Your builder or your plans say the new room, porch or shop needs footings, and you're not sure which kind. That usually means the type has to be settled before any price means much, because bids written before then are often pricing different jobs.
A porch post that's sinking
One corner of a porch, carport or deck has dropped below the rest. It usually means the post sits on a small pad or bare dirt that moved, and if you wait, the framing above keeps twisting until the fix gets bigger.
Gap where an addition joins
A crack or gap is opening where a room added later meets the house, or the doors in that room have started sticking. That usually means the addition's footings are moving on their own, and the longer it goes, the more water gets in at that joint.
How we build concrete footings
We start by settling the footing type with you and your builder, because that one choice decides how we dig, form and reinforce everything after it. Then I price the job by what I actually find on your lot, not by a number off a chart. On the job, our crew marks out the lines, digs the trenches or holes down past loose dirt to firm, undisturbed ground, sets the forms and ties in rebar, the steel bars that keep the concrete holding together under the load. Then we pour, level the top so the walls or posts sit square, and clean up. If you're looking to save money somewhere, don't save it at the bottom of the trench. Once the walls go up nobody sees it again, and it's the part carrying everything.
Footing jobs often touch other work. If a footing under your house has already sunk and the floor above it has dropped, that calls for foundation raising before anything new goes in. When an addition has to tie in through a slab or driveway you're keeping, we handle the concrete cutting to open a clean line for the trench.
Isolated pad footings
A pad standing on its own under a single post or column, which suits porch posts, carports and deck supports. It's the simplest kind, and it's usually where small add-on jobs start.
Continuous strip or trench footings
A footing that runs the full length under a wall, which suits room additions, garages and workshops with framed walls. The weight spreads along the whole line instead of landing on a few points.
Footings poured with the slab
The footing is a thicker edge poured at the same time as the floor, which suits many slab houses and outbuildings. It saves a separate pour, but it has to match what your builder has planned for the walls.
Get a written estimate for your footing job
We reply within one business day to set a time, and I come out to walk your site with you. The estimate is free, on site and comes with no obligation, and the written copy follows after the visit.
(979) 393-7028- Based in
- Bryan, TX 77803
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 8 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–11 PM
What happens when you call about footings in Bryan?
From the first call to the day we pack up, here's who you'll deal with and what you'll have in hand at each step.
Call to set a visit
You call (979) 393-7028 or send the form, and we set a time for me to come out. Have the plans or your builder's notes handy, because the footing type gets settled before anything else.
Walk the lot and price it
I walk the job with you, look at the ground and how water moves across it, and hear what's going on top. Then you get a written estimate that spells out the method and what's included, and I go over it with you until every line makes sense.
Dig, form and pour
Once anything the city needs is in place, our crew digs, forms and pours with me leading on site. Bryan allows construction from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, so pour day gets scheduled inside those hours.
Walk the finished footings
Before we pack up, I walk you around the finished footings and show you how to look after the new concrete. That way you know what's under your build before the framing covers it.
Why Bryan homeowners call Modern Bryan Concrete Construction for footings
I walk your lot myself
I come out to look at the job and write the estimate, and I'm the one leading the crew when we pour. What you hear at the estimate is what gets built, because there's nobody in between to lose it.
Trained on a municipal crew
I learned concrete pouring curbs, sidewalks and driveway aprons on a city crew, and ended up training the new hands. I started this business in Bryan in 2021 to bring that same careful work to homeowners and explain it as I go.
Licensed and fully insured
We're licensed and fully insured, so the work on your lot is covered while we're on it. In Bryan, building contractors and subcontractors also have to register with the city each year to apply for permits, and that's a fair question for anyone you're comparing.
When you're ready, send us your job details or give us a call, and I'll come out and walk it with you.
Concrete footings, permits and soil in Bryan
Bryan Development Services issues building permits in the city, and it's the office that decides whether your footing job needs one. When a job needs a permit, we check with them and take care of the application before work starts, and I'll tell you what we found out.
The ground matters as much as the paperwork. Where soil shrinks as it dries and swells when it gets wet, those movements are big enough to strongly affect whatever is built on it, so the soil on your lot is part of planning the footing, not an afterthought. I look at it, and at where water runs, before we settle a type, and we check the ground the same way on jobs in College Station and Navasota.
Questions about concrete footings in Bryan
How much do concrete footings cost?
Installed residential strip footings across the US usually run about $5 to $20 per linear foot, and that covers the concrete, labor, trench digging, forms and any rebar. Where a job lands in that range depends on its size, how deep the footings go and what the site is like, so the same length can price differently on two lots. For a Bryan number, the written estimate from your site visit gives you your own figure.
Which foundation types does Bryan allow?
Bryan has removed wood foundations, crushed stone foundations and masonry footings from its building code, so plan on concrete footings that meet the city's footing rules. The one exception the city names is an accessory storage building on treated wood skids set on concrete pads. We pour to those rules in Bryan.
Does a low deck in Bryan need a permit?
Not if it's an uncovered deck with finished floor not more than 30 inches above adjacent grade at any point, because Bryan exempts those from a building permit. If your deck doesn't fit that description, check with the city before anyone starts digging, and if we're building it, we'll do that checking for you.
How do I know if my foundation needs an engineer's design in Bryan?
In Bryan, pier and beam foundations, basement foundations and crawl spaces with suspended wood floor framing have to be designed by a Texas licensed architect or engineer. The exception is a foundation that meets the minimum foundation standards in the city's building code, so those standards decide whether you hire a designer. We sort out which side of that line your job falls on while we settle the footing type.
What happens if you start building before getting a permit in Bryan?
Bryan charges two times the usual fee when work on a building or structure starts before the needed permits are in hand. Getting the permit first keeps the fee at its usual amount, which is why we check before we dig.
How do I get a building permit for my own home in Bryan?
If it's the home you live in, Bryan lets you get a building permit for your own homestead without registering as a contractor. That covers a single-family home or an accessory structure on the same property you occupy, and the city's online system lets you apply, attach documents, check status and pay fees without a trip to City Hall.
Related concrete work for footing jobs
Foundation raising
When an existing footing or slab under your house has already dropped and doors stick or floors slope, raising it back level comes before any new concrete.
Concrete cutting
If a new footing has to run through a patio, driveway or garage floor you're keeping, a clean saw cut opens the path without cracking the rest.
Service areas for footing work around Bryan
Modern Bryan Concrete Construction is based in Bryan, Texas, and we pour footings in College Station, Navasota and other cities around them. Three of the cities we serve have their own page below.
Bryan, TX
Get your footing job priced right
Have your address, what the footings will carry and a rough length in feet ready, so the first visit covers your actual job.