Foundation repair in Las Cruces NM - a house carried by firm ground below
Cracks widening, doors sticking or a floor dropping? We find what's moving under your house and set supports that reach firm ground.
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How do you fix a foundation that's settling in Las Cruces?
Foundation repair in Las Cruces means finding the part of your house that's settling and giving it support that holds. That's either a footing strong enough to ride out uneven settling or piles that carry the weight past the weak soil to firmer ground underneath. Done right, it stops the movement behind the cracks instead of just covering them up.
Most people call us when a crack in a wall or slab keeps getting longer, a door starts to stick, or a floor feels like it runs downhill toward one corner. The price turns mostly on how far down firm ground sits, how many supports your house needs and what's in the way of the footing, like a patio or a planting bed. The schedule turns on any permit and inspections and on what we find once the ground is open. Nobody can tell you those last parts from the driveway, so my written estimate comes after I've looked at your house, and it lays out the cause, the repair and the price.
How we handle foundation repair
I start by looking at the whole house, inside and out, because the crack you noticed is often a long way from where the ground actually gave. If you've been marking how a crack grows, show me, because that record tells me a lot about how fast it's moving and which way. Then we dig down along the footing where it's settling to see the soil and the concrete for ourselves, since nobody really knows what's down there until it's open. I'd rather explain why a quick lift won't hold than sell you one, so the repair we plan uses supports that reach firm ground, or a footing built strong enough to carry the house through the settling. Once those are in, we bring the house back up as far as it will safely go, backfill and pack the soil in layers, and grade it so water runs away from your walls.
Settling rarely stops at the foundation. A chimney sits heavy on its own footing and often cracks or leans away from the house when the ground moves, so I look at it on the same visit and we take care of any chimney repair it needs. Cracks that ran through the mortar joints are worth closing once the house is stable and not before, which is why tuckpointing, raking out the cracked mortar and packing in fresh, comes last.
Foundation repair on Las Cruces ground
A lot of the ground around Las Cruces is collapsible soil. It's loose, dry dirt that moved down from the foothills toward the valley, and it holds a house up fine until water works its way in. It's common across New Mexico, and housing developments from Velarde to Las Cruces have run into it. The state geology bureau says supports that don't sit on solid ground, and slurry jacking, which pumps a grout mix under the slab, fail in these soils, so the supports we plan go down through the loose layer to solid material below it. We see the same kind of settling on jobs in Chaparral and Anthony, and we plan those repairs the same way.
Whether your repair needs a permit depends on the work and your address, so we find out which office handles your house before we start. For homes inside the city, the City of Las Cruces takes inspection requests through its online portal, and only after a permit has been issued. When a job needs one, we take care of the application and set up the inspections so you don't have to chase the paperwork.
- Call (575) 222-9031
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
- Las Cruces, NM 88001
What happens when you call D&R Las Cruces Concrete & Masonry about your foundation?
Call or send a request
Call (575) 222-9031 or send the form with a few lines about what you're seeing. We get back to you and set a time for me to come out.
I come out and look
I look at the cracks, the floors and the ground around your house to work out what's moving and why. You get a written estimate that names the cause, the repair and the price, and you can take your time deciding.
We handle permits and dig
If you go ahead, we take care of any permit and inspections the job needs, then dig, set the supports and backfill. If the ground looks different once it's open, I show you what we found before we change the plan.
We walk the job together
When the work's done, we walk it with you and go over what went in below grade, since you won't see it again. The soil gets graded back so water heads away from the house.
Why Las Cruces homeowners call D&R for foundation repair
I look at every job myself
I come out to every job myself, and the work is done by me and our crew. The person who worked out what's wrong with your foundation is the one standing in the trench fixing it.
Doing this work since 2013
I learned on my father's jobs and started this business in 2013, and we still work slow enough to get it right. On a foundation that means we don't cover a crack until we know why it opened.
Licensed and fully insured
New Mexico's contractor licensing rules apply to anyone taking on construction work in the state, and we're licensed and fully insured. If something goes wrong on your job, you're not the one left holding it.
Working both sides of the line
We're based in Las Cruces and work across the cities around it, on both sides of the state line. A house in Canutillo gets the same dig-down look at its footing as one in Las Cruces.
On a foundation, the part that counts is the support you'll never see once we backfill. Tell me what you're seeing, or give us a call, and I'll come take a look.
Request an estimateGet a written foundation repair estimate from the person who'll do the work
We reply to every request within one business day. I come out myself, look at the cracks and the ground around your house, and leave you a free written estimate with no pressure and no obligation.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Phone
- (575) 222-9031
- Location
- Las Cruces, NM 88001
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
Questions about foundation repair in Las Cruces
What causes a foundation to settle in Las Cruces?
Usually it's water reaching the collapsible soil under the footing. These soils caused trouble as people added water to them, so the state's geologists advise xeriscaping in place of watered lawns and shrubs, especially near the foundation, and downspouts that carry roof runoff away quickly. Moving a sprinkler head or extending a downspout costs little next to doing a repair twice.
Does slabjacking fix a sinking slab for good?
No. Slabjacking will level a slab, but it won't correct the poor soil underneath it, so whatever let the slab sink is still there. I'll tell you plainly where that trade makes sense on your property and where it doesn't.
Which foundation cracks should I worry about?
The ones that keep getting wider. A crack that has stopped changing is far less concerning than one that's still growing, and a growing crack is the best reason to call for an assessment.
How do I track whether a foundation crack is getting bigger?
Put a tell-tale across it, a small gauge that shows when the two sides move, or use a digital sensor, and check the width on a regular schedule. Pencil marks at the ends with the date help too, and a record of how the width changes gives real data for an assessment.
How much does foundation repair cost in Las Cruces?
There's no honest figure until I've seen the house, because a short stretch of settling along one wall is a much smaller job than a house moving at several corners. Concrete that has to be broken out and replaced to reach the footing, plus any permit, adds to it. After I've looked, you get a written estimate with the price for your house.
How long does foundation repair take?
Most of the time goes into digging and setting supports, so the length of the job follows how many supports the house needs and how deep firm ground sits. Any permit and inspections set the start date. I'll talk through the timing with you when I come out.
Work that often goes with foundation repair
Chimney repair
A chimney rides on its own heavy footing, so when the ground shifts it can crack, lean or pull away from the house and start leaking.
Tuckpointing
Once the house stops moving, fresh mortar in the cracked and worn joints closes the gaps that let water and dust into your brick walls.
Have your foundation cracks looked at
Send a few photos of the cracks and any record of their width with your request, so I know where to start when I come out.
Request an estimateCall (575) 222-9031