Foundation repair in Lawton
Foundation help for Lawton homes, from older neighborhoods near downtown to newer subdivisions on the edges of the city.
Lawton is the Comanche County seat and had 90,381 residents at the 2020 census. The city opened on August 6, 1901, with an auction of town lots, and grew up beside Fort Sill, with the Wichita Mountains rising to the north. Its housing includes both pier-and-beam houses with crawl spaces and slab-on-grade homes.
Two kinds of houses, two kinds of problems
Older Lawton homes on piers and beams tend to show sagging interior floors, crushed or missing shims, and moisture in the crawl space. Slab homes are more likely to show a dropped corner, stair-step cracks in the brick, and doors that bind on one side of the house. Both sit on clay that shrinks in long hot summers and swells after heavy rain.
Permits and city contacts
The City of Lawton's License & Permits Division, at 212 SW 9th Street (580-581-3360), handles building permits, trade licenses and inspections. Ask whether your repair needs a permit, and confirm the contractor holds any city license required. For drainage from streets or public channels, contact Stormwater Management at 580-581-3478.
Common Lawton jobs
- Piering settled corners of slab homes
- Re-shimming and adding interior piers in crawl space houses
- Gutter, downspout and grading fixes around the foundation
- Evaluations for home sales and moves
Common questions
Do you cover all of Lawton?
Yes, for privately owned homes. Call with your address and you'll be connected with a contractor that works your part of the city. On-post housing at Fort Sill isn't covered.
Who handles building permits in Lawton?
The City of Lawton License & Permits Division, 212 SW 9th Street, 580-581-3360.
Services in Lawton
- Slab foundation repairStabilize and lift slab-on-grade houses that have settled at a corner, edge or interior section.
- Pier-and-beam foundation repairLevel older crawl space houses: shimming, resetting interior piers, and replacing damaged beams and sills.
- Foundation piers (steel, helical, concrete)Compare steel push piers, helical piers and pressed concrete piers, and what each is suited for.
- Foundation drainage and moisture controlGutters, downspout extensions, grading and drains that keep clay around the house at a steadier moisture level.
- Foundation inspections and crack repairGet the house measured, find out what the cracks mean, and repair them once things are stable.
Nearby areas
Doors sticking, new cracks in the brick, or a floor that slopes?
Call and a local foundation contractor will come measure it and tell you what they find.