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Serving Ankeny, IA and surrounding areas. (515) 963-5532
Ankeny Concrete & Masonry is a masonry contractor serving Bondurant, IA, handling chimney repair, foundation work, retaining walls, and concrete services for homeowners across Polk County. We respond to every Bondurant inquiry within 1 business day and have been serving this part of the Des Moines metro since 2018.
Bondurant homes built in the 2000s and 2010s are now entering the age range where original chimney mortar, crowns, and flashing start to fail - and Iowa's hard freeze-thaw winters accelerate that process considerably. Our chimney repair work covers tuckpointing deteriorated mortar joints, sealing cracked crowns, and replacing flashing that has separated from the brick - repairs that protect your home from water damage before it reaches the attic or interior walls.
Bondurant's clay-heavy soil expands with every wet spring and contracts in summer drought, putting lateral pressure on foundation walls year after year. Homes in the newer subdivisions off Highway 65 are past the 15-year mark where this movement starts to show up as visible cracks, and spring snowmelt runoff compounds the pressure on foundations in lower-lying lots throughout the city.
Mortar joints are where water gets in first, and in Bondurant's climate every central Iowa winter expands whatever moisture is already in those joints. Brick accent facades on Bondurant homes, chimney stacks, and block foundation sections all develop mortar deterioration over time - tuckpointing replaces only the compromised material, restoring the weather seal without replacing the brick itself.
Many of Bondurant's subdivisions were graded during rapid development, leaving slopes and grade changes that require proper retaining walls to hold long-term. Clay soil that holds water rather than draining it puts particular strain on any wall that was not built with adequate drainage behind it - we design for that condition from the start so the structure performs through years of Iowa weather.
Builder-grade concrete driveways in Bondurant's newer subdivisions are reaching the 10-to-15-year mark, and the surface cracking and edge settlement that are common at that age are already showing up across many neighborhoods. Paver systems handle the freeze-thaw cycle better than poured slabs, and individual damaged sections can be lifted and reset without a full replacement if the base is sound.
Brick accent work on Bondurant homes adds curb appeal but requires maintenance as the mortar ages. Spalled bricks, cracked faces, and receded mortar joints are common after a decade or two of central Iowa weather - and leaving them unaddressed lets water behind the brick where it does damage that is not visible from the street until it becomes a much larger repair.
Bondurant added more residents between 2010 and the early 2020s than many Iowa cities add in a generation. Most of that growth came through new subdivisions built quickly on Polk County farmland, which means the majority of Bondurant's housing stock is between 5 and 25 years old. That age range is when concrete flatwork, chimney mortar, and masonry accents first start showing the effects of Iowa's climate. The freeze-thaw cycle that runs hard through central Iowa from November to March works on every porous surface - mortar joints, concrete slabs, chimney crowns - widening small cracks with each winter that passes. Clay-heavy Iowa soils add to this by expanding with spring rain and shrinking in dry summers, putting constant stress on foundations and anything built on or against the ground.
There is also a practical concern specific to fast-developing communities like Bondurant: when builders are working quickly to keep up with demand, concrete work sometimes gets poured on sub-optimal days, drainage is not always designed for how the lot will settle over 20 years, and chimney work is often done to a minimum standard that gets the home through inspection but not through decades of Iowa winters. A masonry contractor familiar with this kind of construction knows where to look first - and can separate the issues that need immediate attention from the ones that can wait another season.
Our crew works throughout Bondurant regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry work here. When a job requires a building permit, we pull it through the City of Bondurant's building department - chimney rebuilds and structural masonry above the roofline both require permits under Iowa's building code, and we handle that paperwork as part of the job.
Highway 65 runs directly through Bondurant and is the main artery for most residents commuting into Des Moines. The neighborhoods on either side of 65 - and the newer subdivisions that have been going up east and north of the original town center - represent the bulk of the masonry work we see here. Homes near the original Bondurant town center are older and present different challenges than the newest streets going in on the city's edges - and our crew knows which issues are more likely in each part of town.
We also regularly work in nearby Norwalk and Ankeny, so our crews move through this corridor of the metro consistently. Bondurant homeowners can expect the same response time and scheduling reliability as any of our closer service areas.
We respond to every Bondurant inquiry within 1 business day. Describe what you are seeing - crumbling mortar, a cracked chimney crown, a leaning retaining wall - and we will ask the right questions to prepare for the site visit. You do not need to know what the repair involves before you call.
A crew member visits your Bondurant property to evaluate the job in person before quoting anything. For chimney work, that includes checking the crown, flashing, and mortar up close - not just from the ground. You receive a written, itemized estimate with no obligation to proceed.
Most masonry repairs in Bondurant take one to two days. If the project requires a city permit - which structural chimney and foundation work typically does - we pull it before work begins. You do not need to manage that process.
We walk you through the finished work before leaving the site and answer any questions about what was done and why. If something comes up after the job is complete, call us - we return to address any concerns under our workmanship warranty.
We serve Bondurant, IA and all of Polk County. No travel fees, no pressure. Tell us what you're seeing and we'll give you a straight answer.
(515) 963-5532Bondurant is a small city in Polk County, about 12 miles northeast of downtown Des Moines along Highway 65. Its population jumped from around 2,100 in 2010 to over 7,000 by the early 2020s - one of the faster growth rates in the Des Moines metro. That growth has been driven largely by families drawn to the Bondurant-Farrar Community School District and by the appeal of a smaller-town feel within easy commuting range of Des Moines. The result is a housing stock that is mostly newer single-family homes on suburban lots, with attached two-car garages, poured concrete driveways and walks, and full basements. Brick accents on front facades are common on the more recent builds, particularly in the subdivisions on the north and east sides of town. Homeownership rates run well above the national average, which means residents here are invested in keeping their properties in good shape.
The older section of Bondurant near the original town center has a smaller number of mid-20th century homes that sit on the same streets as newer infill construction. The city's park system, including areas along the Fourmile Creek corridor, gives the community a more settled character than its young age might suggest. For homeowners in the newer subdivisions, the masonry considerations are similar to those in neighboring Ankeny - fast-built homes now entering their first round of significant maintenance needs. For the older homes near the center of town, the concerns lean more toward original chimneys, aging mortar, and foundations that have been through 40 or 50 Iowa winters. Either way, we have the experience to handle both. Homeowners in Norwalk to the south deal with many of the same issues, and we serve that community as well.
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