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Serving Ankeny, IA and surrounding areas. (515) 963-5532
Ankeny Concrete & Masonry is Ankeny's masonry contractor for foundation repair, chimney repair, and tuckpointing - serving Ankeny homeowners since 2018 with in-person estimates and permitted structural work.
Ankeny sits on clay-heavy soil that expands and contracts with every wet and dry season, putting constant stress on your foundation. If you are seeing cracks in your basement wall or doors that have started sticking, our foundation repair work stops the movement before it compounds.
Ankeny winters push repeated freeze-thaw cycles through chimney brick and mortar, cracking crowns and opening joints that let water in. Homes built in Ankeny from the 1970s through the 2000s often have chimneys that have never been serviced and are ready for attention.
Mortar in central Iowa typically starts failing after 25 to 30 years, and a significant share of Ankeny's brick-veneer homes from the 1980s and 1990s are right in that window now. Repointing those joints before water gets behind the brick is the most cost-effective masonry maintenance a homeowner can do.
Hail storms hit central Iowa hard, and Ankeny is right in the middle of the storm corridor. Cracked or spalled bricks after a major storm are not just cosmetic - water gets into the damaged face and accelerates freeze-thaw damage through the next winter.
Ankeny's clay soil drains slowly and holds water against any surface it touches, including retaining walls. Walls that were not built with proper drainage behind them lean and crack as the clay pushes through seasonal wet and dry cycles.
Older neighborhoods near downtown Ankeny have brick homes from the 1940s through the 1970s where mortar and brick faces have seen decades of Iowa winters. Full masonry restoration brings those surfaces back to solid, weather-tight condition without tearing out what is still good.
Central Iowa's clay-heavy soil is the root cause of a large share of the masonry problems homeowners encounter here. Clay expands when it absorbs water and shrinks when it dries - and that movement never stops. It pushes against foundation walls, shifts footings, and presses on retaining walls and chimney bases. Every wet spring followed by a dry summer is another cycle working on your masonry from below. Ankeny's freeze-thaw winters add a second layer of stress from above: water trapped inside brick or mortar expands when it freezes, cracking material that looked fine just a season before.
Ankeny's rapid growth also means the housing stock runs from 1940s brick bungalows near downtown to brand-new construction in subdivisions on the north and west sides. Older homes have original mortar and foundations that were never designed for today's drainage loads. Newer homes on some subdivisions were built on fill soil that has not fully settled. A contractor who works regularly in Ankeny knows the difference between a north-side newer-build and an older ranch near Prairie Ridge, and they bring the right approach to each.
Ankeny Concrete & Masonry has been based in Ankeny since 2018, and our crew pulls permits directly through the Ankeny Community Development Department for every job that requires one. We know which subdivisions sit on fill soil and which older streets near downtown have foundations that were poured in the 1950s. That familiarity shapes how we assess a job before we ever pick up a tool.
If your home is near Ankeny Centennial High School or out in the newer subdivisions off 1st Street, we have worked in your neighborhood. We work alongside homeowners from the older streets south of downtown all the way to the north-side communities that have grown up around Casey's General Stores headquarters. When you call, you are not talking to a contractor passing through from Des Moines - you are talking to someone who drives these roads every week.
We also serve communities close by. If your neighbor in Bondurant needs a referral, we work there regularly. Our team covers Des Moines and the surrounding metro, so the same crew that works your block can help family or friends across the area.
We respond to new inquiries within 1 business day. When you reach out, we ask a few quick questions about what you are seeing and where - you do not need to diagnose the problem yourself.
We come to your property and walk the full problem area with you. For foundation or structural work, we check drainage, soil conditions, and wall alignment - then explain what we found in plain language before quoting anything.
You receive a written estimate covering scope, materials, and cost. If a permit is required - which it is for most structural masonry work in Ankeny - we pull it before work begins and include that in the process.
Most jobs wrap in one to three days. We clean up the work area daily and walk you through the finished repair before we leave, answering any questions and providing warranty documentation in writing.
We serve Ankeny homeowners seven days a week. Get a written estimate with no pressure.
(515) 963-5532Ankeny is one of Iowa's fastest-growing cities, sitting about 15 miles north of downtown Des Moines along Interstate 35. The city has grown from around 27,000 residents in 2000 to more than 70,000 today, and that growth brought a wide range of housing with it. Newer subdivisions dominate the north and west sides, filled with single-family homes built since the 1990s in planned communities with attached garages, concrete driveways, and recently planted landscaping. Closer to the original downtown, the streets are quieter and the homes are older - ranches and split-levels from the 1950s through the 1970s with brick or wood exteriors and foundations that have been through decades of Iowa winters. Landmarks like Ankeny Centennial High School and the Prairie Ridge Sports Complex anchor the community, and major employers including Casey's General Stores and Hy-Vee keep the local economy stable and homeowners invested in their properties.
Owner-occupancy rates in Ankeny are well above the state average, and median home values have climbed steadily into the $280,000 to $300,000 range. Homeowners here take care of their homes. The challenge is that a lot of the original builder-grade construction from the 1990s and 2000s is now old enough to need its first round of real maintenance - concrete driveways showing early cracks, mortar on brick-veneer walls starting to pull away, and foundations on fill-soil lots showing the first signs of settling. Nearby Bondurant and Des Moines share similar clay soil and climate conditions, and we serve both communities with the same Ankeny-based crew.
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