Foundation repair, concrete repair and crawl space repair in Los Angeles, CA
Foundation repair built for Los Angeles clay, hillsides, and older homes.
USDA soil data puts clay under much of Los Angeles County with a moderate expansion risk, so foundations here ride a soil that swells in wet winters and shrinks through the dry months. Add hillside lots, seismic activity, and a large stock of older homes built before modern soil engineering, and small cracks deserve a real diagnosis. Dalinghaus has been making that diagnosis since 2011, with 2,000+ projects completed across three states.
Let's take the first step toward solid ground.
A local specialist will evaluate your foundation, walk you through the findings, and send a clear estimate. No cost, no pressure.
Westlake Village office
2945 Townsgate Rd STE 200
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Phone
(877) 360-9227Hours
Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM
About Los Angeles
What Los Angeles looks like from the truck
Los Angeles sits in Los Angeles County, California. Census figures put the town at about 3,881,041 residents and 1,399,442 households. Detached single family houses number 558,974, and 37 percent of occupied homes are owner occupied.
The crew that covers Los Angeles works out of our Westlake Village office, 24 miles away, about 40 minutes on the road. Across Los Angeles County as a whole there are 1,726,365 detached single family homes, and 46 percent of occupied housing is owner occupied. This town accounts for about 39 percent of the county's housing. Los Angeles County holds about 9,848,406 people and 3,624,084 housing units in total. Building peaked before 1940 at 294,420 homes, which is why the median year built sits at 1964. The survey reports a median home value of $822,600 and a median household income of $76,244. Owners hold 512,444 of the occupied homes, renters the other 886,998. 1,093,572 of those homes were finished before 1980, 78 percent of everything standing.
Population and housing figures: American Community Survey, by way of the Signature Media market data set.
What we fix
Foundation problems we see in Los Angeles
Drywall Cracks
The USDA survey under Los Angeles reads clay and rates its shrink swell potential moderate. Soil that changes volume against a wall through the year is the driver behind most of what we are called out to look at.
What this looks likeCracked Bricks
The pre 1980 stock in Los Angeles runs to 1,093,572 homes, which is where we most often find drainage that was never engineered.
What this looks likeSinking Foundation
The typical Los Angeles house dates to 1964, old enough that the ground under it has been through every wet spring and dry summer since.
What this looks likeLocal conditions
Los Angeles' soil, weather and housing
- Precipitation a year
- 17.7 in
Based on NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals for the UCLA weather station, about 3 miles away.
The soil, and what it does
The USDA soil survey inside Los Angeles comes back Topanga across about 60 percent of the survey. Broken down by texture it is 60 percent clay. The weighted linear extensibility figure, which is how much the soil changes volume between wet and dry, sits at 3.4 percent, a moderate shrink swell rating. The sample inside the city runs 60 percent clay against 14 percent across Los Angeles County, so the ground here is heavier than the county average.
The age of the housing
The typical house dates to 1964, and the single biggest block of the stock, 294,420 homes, went up before 1940. Pre 1980 construction accounts for 1,093,572 homes here, and that is the group where original drainage is usually the story. 52 percent of the housing here, 724,844 units, sits in buildings of five or more, so a fair share of local work is on shared structures rather than single family homes. 71 percent of owner occupied homes here carry a mortgage, which is usually why a lender or an appraiser is the first to ask about a crack.
Soil survey: USDA NRCS Soil Data Access (SSURGO), sdmdataaccess.nrcs.usda.gov. Climate: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020, U C L A (USC00049152), retrieved October 18, 2026.
Where we work
Neighborhoods we serve in Los Angeles
Pacific Palisades, Chatsworth, Encino, Westchester and Granada Hills North all sit inside the Los Angeles city limits, so a job in any of them is scheduled out of the Westlake Village office the same way as one downtown.
Around Los Angeles: Landmarks inside the city limits include BMO Stadium, Crypto.com Arena, Dodger Stadium, Grand Central Market and Hollywood Sign. They sit between 29 and 34 miles from our Westlake Village office.
The city covers ZIP codes 90001, 90002, 90023, 90027, 90032, 90039, 90041, 90043 and 39 more.
Services available
Foundation repair near you in Los Angeles
Foundation Repair in Los Angeles
Helical piers and push piers driven past the moderately expansive LA clay to load bearing strata, so the house stops moving when the soil does.
Concrete Repair in Los Angeles
Driveways and walkways crack as clay beneath them swells and shrinks with the seasons. We lift, level, and seal LA concrete instead of tearing it all out.
Crawl Space Repair in Los Angeles
Many older Los Angeles homes sit on raised foundations. We replace tired posts and pads and add supports so floors feel solid again.
One visit covers all of it: floor elevation measurements, clear findings, a written estimate.
Google reviews
What California customers say
No complaints. Jason was very thorough in his assessment of my foundation dilemma and shared with me different solutions. He has been very patient as I weigh my decisions.
Making an appointment to have someone come out was super easy and took virtually no time at all. Two weeks later, Brian came out and took measurements and walked me through their process. He explained everything and was done in less than half an hour. He also had a proposal done and sent to me before the end of the day. If you need this type of work done, definitely give them a call.
After anxiously awaiting this foundation stabilization job to get started I was so happy to have Joe and his 2 comrades show up, the day they said they would and on time! They were all professional and polite and respectful. They worked fast and efficient and didn't mind showing me what they were doing. The equipment and process was fascinating to me. They were in and out of here in 3 days, 8 supports put in. Overall it was a good experience for a job that was kind of stressful to plan and pay for. If I know of anyone needing foundation work I will highly recommend Dalinghaus.
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The crew
Some of the crew members who work on jobs like yours
The same company schedules the evaluation, runs the install, and answers a warranty call later.
Westlake Village office
Where the crew comes from
Los Angeles work runs out of our Westlake Village office at 2945 Townsgate Rd STE 200, Westlake Village, CA 91361. Call or schedule online and a specialist will set up a free evaluation at your Los Angeles home, usually a visit of 1 to 2 hours that ends with findings you can actually read.
- 2945 Townsgate Rd STE 200, Westlake Village, CA 91361
- (877) 360-9227
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM
What Los Angeles homeowners ask
Don't see your question here? Our team is happy to help. Reach out anytime.
Many older LA homes were built on expansive clay soils before modern soil engineering techniques existed. USDA data rates the clay under Los Angeles at a moderate expansion risk, so decades of wet and dry cycles, drainage changes, and seismic activity slowly add up to settlement and cracking.
Also served from Westlake Village
The nearest towns to Los Angeles we also cover
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A Dalinghaus specialist evaluates your foundation in Los Angeles, takes floor elevation measurements, walks you through what they found, and sends a clear itemized repair estimate. No pressure.
Care and expertise from a team that's been doing this since 2011.
Dalinghaus Foundation Repair is locally owned and operated, with crews dedicated exclusively to foundation, concrete, and crawl space work across California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Foundation repair, concrete leveling, and crawl space repair are our entire focus. Not a sideline.
More than 2,000 projects on the clay and desert soils of California, Arizona, and Nevada since 2011.
CSLB License #983851 in California, ROC #330307 in Arizona, and License #0089738 in Nevada. Look us up with the state before we ever set foot on your property.
Warranty terms come in writing with every proposal, and the terms that apply to your job are stated in that job's paperwork. Ask your project specialist during the free evaluation.
Take the first step toward a healthy home.
A straightforward path from free evaluation to completed repairs.
Schedule your free evaluation.
A local specialist visits your home, evaluates the foundation, and answers your questions on site. No cost, no obligation.
Receive an estimate based on your needs.
We provide a clear, written estimate with a scope of work tailored to your home's specific issues.
Get your repairs.
Our crews complete the work on schedule, with the findings and scope in writing from the first visit.
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- A local foundation specialist on site
- A complete walk-through of the findings
- A clear written estimate at no cost
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