An inspection is priced from the number of floor planes measured and the turnaround required, not from the size of the repair it might lead to. Ask whether the fee is credited if you proceed, because many firms do.

What the reading establishes about San Marcos ground

A survey here is measuring a structure sitting on soil that runs to 54% clay, where the slowest mapped infiltration rate is 0.03 inches an hour. Water arriving faster than that stays at the surface and then at the slab edge, and clay that has taken water is not the same size as clay that has dried out. That is why one set of elevations is a starting point rather than a verdict, and why the date on the report matters as much as the numbers.

The reasoning behind that

Three things move the number. How many separate floor planes have to be referenced, which is what additions and split levels add. How fast the report is needed, because a survey scheduled inside a few days is priced differently from one booked two weeks out. And whether a written report with the readings in it is included or extra. The credit question is worth asking directly. Some firms deduct the inspection fee from the repair if you proceed with them, which changes the effective cost to nothing — and also changes the incentive, which is worth being aware of rather than alarmed by. An independent engineer’s assessment costs more and carries no such credit, because there is no repair to credit it against. That independence is the thing being paid for. What makes any of them worth the money is the document. A visit that produces a verbal opinion has produced nothing that can be compared against a second reading, which is most of what an inspection is for.

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