New: A Free Quote-Comparison Worksheet for San Antonio Homeowners

We have put together a quote-comparison worksheet for homeowners holding two or three foundation repair proposals and trying to work out which one is actually better. It is free, it is not gated behind a form, and it works just as well on proposals from other companies as it does on ours.

Ask for a copy by email or mention it when you call. There is no catch, and there is no obligation attached to requesting it. You do not need to be considering us for the work; the worksheet is the same document we would hand a homeowner comparing our own foundation repair quotes in San Antonio against two others.

Why This Exists

Comparing foundation repair quotes is genuinely difficult, and not because homeowners lack the intelligence to do it. It is difficult because the proposals routinely describe different work using different language, and the only figure that appears in a comparable format is the total.

Two quotes, one at a significantly lower total, might represent:

• The same work, priced differently.
• Fewer piers in different locations.
• Exterior-only access where the other includes interior piers.
• A scope that excludes backfill, grading, and reinstatement that the other includes.
• A shorter warranty, or one with transfer conditions the other does not impose.
• A different repair system entirely.

Without a structure for holding them side by side, the total is the only thing you can compare, and the total is the least informative number on the page.

What the Worksheet Covers

The worksheet is a single sheet with columns for each proposal and rows for the criteria that actually differ. In summary:

Assessment and documentation

• Was elevation measured, and across the whole plan or part of it?
• Is an elevation floor plan included?
• Is an engineer’s assessment included, referenced, or absent?

Scope and method

• Repair system proposed, and stated reasoning for it.
• Pier count and placement, marked on a plan or described only.
• Interior piers included, and if so, by interior access or tunnelling.
• Depth assumption and how a variance is handled.

Inclusions and exclusions

• Backfill and grading.
• Landscaping and irrigation reinstatement.
• Flooring removal and replacement where interior work applies.
• Cosmetic repair of existing cracking.
• Plumbing testing before or after the lift.

Schedule and process

• Expected working days and what drives variation.
• Permit handling and who is responsible.
• Communication during the project.

Warranty and terms

• Who provides the warranty, and what work it covers.
• Exclusions, particularly new movement outside the repaired area.
• Transfer conditions and any fee at transfer.
• Payment schedule and deposit terms.

How to Use It

Align the scopes first, then look at price. If one proposal includes twelve piers and another includes eight, you are not comparing prices, you are comparing two different projects. Work out why the counts differ before you look at the totals. Sometimes there is a good reason and sometimes there is not, but you cannot tell from the number.

Treat blank cells as findings. If a proposal does not state what restoration is included, that is information. It may mean it is included and unstated, or it may mean it is not included and will appear as a change later. Ask, and write the answer on the sheet.

Ask the same question of everyone. If you ask one contractor about warranty transfer and not the others, you have skewed your own comparison. Run the whole sheet against every proposal.

On the lowest bid

The cheapest proposal is sometimes the right one. It is the right one when the scope genuinely matches and the documentation is equivalent. It is the wrong one when it is cheaper because it is doing less, excluding more, or warranting nothing. The worksheet is designed to tell those two situations apart rather than to argue against low bids.

Where This Sits Against Our Other Resources

The worksheet is the practical tool. The reasoning behind each row is covered in more depth in our written guides:

Resource	What it covers
How to compare two foundation repair quotes	The full framework and what each criterion means
What drives foundation repair cost in San Antonio	Why totals vary, factor by factor
Understanding foundation repair warranties	Coverage, exclusions, and transfer conditions
What you receive after an evaluation	What documentation you should expect

Requesting a Copy

Email us or mention it on a call and we will send it across. We will not add you to a mailing list, and requesting it is not treated as a quote enquiry unless you say it is.

Availability of this resource runs to June 2027, at which point we will review whether it needs updating rather than quietly leaving an outdated version in circulation.

If you are early in the process and do not have proposals to compare yet, the more useful starting point is understanding what an evaluation should produce in the first place.

Not sure what a proper evaluation should give you? — Read about foundation evaluation