Blanchard in brief
- Blanchard is the second-largest municipality in Caddo Parish by population.
- The town was likely named for Newton C. Blanchard, a U.S. senator and governor of Louisiana.
- Blanchard is in the Caddo Parish School District.
When the house has been repaired before
A house does not have to be new to the problem. You may have bought it with piers already under one side, or a previous owner may have mentioned “some foundation work” without details. That history matters, because the first job of a new evaluation is to separate what was already fixed from what is moving now.
Gather what you can before anyone comes out:
- any paperwork from the earlier repair — the quote, the invoice, a pier diagram;
- the name of the company that did it, if you know it;
- whether a warranty came with it, and whether it transferred to you;
- the seller’s disclosure and the home inspection report from your purchase;
- photos of cracks that were patched, and when they were patched.
If an earlier warranty may still apply, contact that company first and ask what it covers; that is between you and them.
Old work or new movement?
A patched crack that has stayed closed suggests the work around it is holding. A patched crack that has reopened, or new cracks appearing in another part of the house, suggest movement somewhere the earlier repair did not reach. A specialist sorts that out with measurements, but your notes on what changed and when make the job much easier.
On a house built on concrete, the slab foundation repair page explains how a slab moves and what it looks like from inside, including why a plumbing test may come up.
Adding to an existing pier plan
If piers are already under part of the house and more are recommended, ask the specialist to show both on the same sketch: which piers exist, which are new, and why the new ones go where they do. Ask whether the new piers are the same type as the old ones, and if not, why.
Published national ranges put steel push piers at $990 to $1,350 per pier and helical piers at $3,500 to $4,400 per pier. The foundation piering page covers how a pier count is set and what a pier plan should state in writing.
Keeping the new quote readable
Ask for the evaluation findings to describe the earlier repair explicitly — what was found, whether it appears to be working — before the new recommendation. Then the drainage, structural, and finish lines should each be priced on their own. That way, if you sell the house later, the paperwork tells the next owner exactly what was done and when.
Permits. Blanchard is in Caddo Parish. Ask your specialist who pulls the permit.
Nearby service areas: Greenwood and Benton. See every service area by parish.