Our own crew, our own equipment
Piling work is not something we subcontract out. Kirk Con LLC runs its own auger and pile driving equipment, and the crew on your property is our crew. That matters on the coast, where access is tight, tides and weather move the schedule, and the difference between a foundation that lasts thirty years and one that fails is what happens below the ground line.
We install new pilings for elevated homes, replace failing pilings under existing structures, and set piles for additions, decks, walkovers, boat houses, and pole barns. Every job starts with a look at your soil, your access, and what the structure above the piles actually has to carry.
Pilings we install
- Treated timber pilings — square and round preservative-treated wood, the most common choice for elevated homes on the Texas coast
- Concrete pilings — where higher loads or longer service life justify the added cost
- Steel pilings — for specialized structural and marine applications
- Piling replacement — new piles set under a standing structure with temporary shoring and controlled load transfer
- Structural work above the piles — beams, framing, bracing, and decking tied into the new foundation
Building to coastal code
Homes in designated coastal high hazard areas cannot sit on a closed foundation. FEMA guidance calls for deeply embedded open foundations built from piles or columns, so that floodwater, waves, and debris pass beneath the structure instead of loading a solid wall. Those piles have to be embedded deep enough to carry the design loads after a storm has scoured away the soil around them.
Locally, Brazoria County requires the lowest floor of new residential construction in a flood hazard area to be elevated above the base flood elevation, with additional freeboard on top of the FEMA number. Coastal property owners who want windstorm insurance also need a Texas Department of Insurance certificate of compliance, which depends on inspection during construction rather than after the fact.
None of this is paperwork we hand back to you. We plan the work around the permits and inspections your project needs, and we schedule so an inspector can see the work at the stage it has to be seen.
Serving the Southeast Texas coast
We work across three coastal counties. In Brazoria County that means Lake Jackson, Surfside Beach, Freeport, Quintana, Clute, Angleton, Oyster Creek, Jones Creek, and Richwood. In Galveston County we cover Galveston Island, Crystal Beach, Port Bolivar, and the rest of the Bolivar Peninsula. In Matagorda County we cover Sargent, Matagorda, Palacios, and Bay City. If you are not sure whether your address is in our area, call and ask.
