Concrete fails in two different ways and they need two different answers. A slab that has cracked, spalled, pitted, or flaked has a surface and material problem: water found a way in, a joint stopped absorbing movement, road salt or pool chemistry attacked the top layer, or the slab shrank as it cured and opened a line. Serving Tucson and the surrounding Pima County.
A local specialist will evaluate your foundation, walk you through the findings, and send a clear estimate. No cost, no pressure.
Phoenix office
3801 E Roeser Rd #15
Phoenix, AZ 85040
Phone
(877) 360-9227Hours
Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM
Concrete Repair in Tucson
Tucson is a Pima County town in Arizona. The population is about 541,033, spread across roughly 220,769 households. Detached single family houses number 126,951, and 51 percent of occupied homes are owner occupied.
This town is served from our Phoenix office, 108 miles away, which is the nearest one we run. Pima County carries 284,034 detached single family homes in total, 65 percent owner occupied. This town accounts for about 46 percent of the county's housing. The county around it counts about 1,049,947 residents across 475,378 housing units. 48,787 homes went up in the 1970s, more than in any other decade, and the median build year is 1979. The Census puts Tucson at a median home value of $218,200 and a median household income of $52,049. 112,458 of those homes are lived in by their owners and 108,311 are rented. Homes built before 1980 make up 58 percent of the stock, 128,130 in all.
Population and housing figures: American Community Survey, by way of the Signature Media market data set.
What we fix
Ground under Tucson is mapped clay, with a high shrink swell rating. That is soil that pushes when it is wet and pulls away when it dries.
What this looks likeThe pre 1980 stock in Tucson runs to 128,130 homes, which is where we most often find drainage that was never engineered.
What this looks likeThe typical Tucson house dates to 1979, old enough that the ground under it has been through every wet spring and dry summer since.
What this looks likeLocal conditions
The mapped soil in Tucson is Mohave at about 40 percent of the survey, with Hantz and Tubac alongside it. Broken down by texture it is 100 percent clay. The weighted linear extensibility figure, which is how much the soil changes volume between wet and dry, sits at 6.3 percent, a high shrink swell rating. Clay content is 100 percent inside the city and 25 percent countywide.
The typical house dates to 1979, and the single biggest block of the stock, 48,787 homes, went up in the 1970s. 128,130 of those homes predate 1980, which is where we most often find footing drains that were never installed and backfill that was never compacted. 29 percent of the housing here, 63,591 units, sits in buildings of five or more, so a fair share of local work is on shared structures rather than single family homes. Mortgages sit on 63 percent of the owner occupied homes in Tucson.
Soil survey: USDA NRCS Soil Data Access (SSURGO), sdmdataaccess.nrcs.usda.gov.
"Under Tucson the mapped soil is clay, rated high for shrink swell. Concrete repair here is not generic. It has to match what the ground is doing."
Our approach
A slab that has dropped out of level has a soil problem, which is a concrete leveling question rather than a concrete repair one. This silo is the first kind, and the free evaluation sorts your concrete into one bin or the other before anyone quotes anything. Most concrete repair work starts with water, because water is what turns a cosmetic line into a structural one.
A hairline crack that stays dry can sit there for years. The same crack fed by a downspout or a sprinkler carries water to the soil below, and the freeze, the swell, and the washout that follow widen it every season. That is why routing and sealing a crack properly is worth more than it looks, why a sealed joint is the cheapest repair on this site, and why we look at drainage on every visit rather than only at the concrete.
We repair driveways, walkways, patios, pool decks, garage floors, steps, and commercial flatwork across California, Arizona, and Nevada. Surface damage comes with its own vocabulary, and the concrete repair warning signs page walks through the patterns we see most: cracks that widen, expansion joints that have given up, pitting and flaking where the top layer scaled away, and the gaps that open where a slab meets a wall. Each of them points at one of the concrete repair methods we actually use, and none of them points at demolition by default.
Dalinghaus Foundation Repair has completed more than 2,000 projects across the three states since brothers Brian and Brad Dalinghaus founded the company in 2011. Every concrete project starts with a free evaluation: we measure how far the slab has moved, read what the damage pattern is telling us, and put the findings and the options in writing whether or not you hire us, including the option to seal it and watch it for a season.
What we install
Where we work
Stockham, Emery Park, Amphitheater, Barrio San Antonio and Southlands are all city addresses, which means the same crew, the same schedule and the same free evaluation as anywhere else in town.
Problem signs
The crew
The same company schedules the evaluation, runs the install, and answers a warranty call later.
Google reviews
Jim Hughes earned my trust, answered my questions thoughtfully, and educated me on the foundation of my 72 year old Burnt Adobe home in Tucson. He was a friendly, knowledgeable, professional who took the time to understand our situation. I’m confident his recommendations will reflect a true portrayal of our needs and help us develop a practical plan to ensure our home’s foundation remains in solid condition. Thank You, Jim!
I'd like to commend the team at Dalinghaus Foundation Repair for a job well done repairing spalling in our stem wall in Tucson, AZ. Ted provided our inspection and proposal, maintaining good communication without undue pressure throughout our decision-making and permitting processes. Jaime coordinated with local permitting and Lesley kept us informed as to processes, payments and scheduling. Our construction team consisted of Thomas, Josh, and Desmond who arrived ready to work and on-time. They were professional, competent, courteous and kind, receptive to our questions, efficient in their work and thorough in their clean-up. We are grateful to the entire team at Dalinghaus for their help in preserving the integrity of our home and recommend their services without reservations.
So far I have only had a walk through and estimate. However, Ted was very pleasant and professional in his review of the items needing attention. He was also prompt in sending me an estimate.
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Tucson is worked out of our Phoenix, AZ office. The office is at 3801 E Roeser Rd #15, Phoenix, AZ 85040.
Also served from Phoenix
A Dalinghaus specialist evaluates your foundation in Tucson, takes floor elevation measurements, walks you through what they found, and sends a clear itemized repair estimate. No pressure.
A straightforward path from free evaluation to completed repairs.
A specialist walks the structure, takes floor elevation measurements, and explains the failure mode.
Method, scope, and pricing, in writing. Warranty terms for your specific repair are spelled out in the estimate.
A Dalinghaus crew completes the installation with the site left cleaner than we found it.
Every home is different, so every estimate is written for the home in front of us. A free on site evaluation gives you a written estimate that reflects your specific scope, access, and conditions.
Concrete Repair pricing varies with depth, load, access, and soil. Typical residential jobs are estimated during the free on-site evaluation, and the written estimate spells out the method, scope and price. If site conditions change the work, the change is written and signed before it goes ahead.
If a home has purely cosmetic cracks with no structural movement, no door or window racking, and no floor slope, we will say so during the evaluation and recommend you wait or address the underlying cause first. If we cannot fix it right, we will not sell you a fix.
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.
A 4.9-star average across Google, with verified reviews from the homeowners we work for.
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