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Tradecraft Florence Concrete Company serves Globe, AZ with foundation raising, retaining walls, driveways, and concrete repairs for older homes in Gila County - with replies within one business day.
Tradecraft Florence Concrete Company serves Globe, AZ with foundation raising, retaining walls, driveways, and concrete repairs for older homes in Gila County - with replies within one business day.
Globe has some of the oldest housing stock in Pinal and Gila County - many homes here were built in the 1940s and 1950s on sloped, rocky ground that has shifted over the decades. When a section of foundation settles, the whole house signals it: doors stick, floors go uneven, cracks appear at window corners. Our foundation raising service lifts settled sections back to level without the cost and disruption of a full replacement.
Globe's neighborhoods spread across hillsides where lots are terraced and graded to make space for homes. Without a retaining wall holding the uphill side in place, monsoon rains wash soil down onto driveways, patios, and foundations. Poured concrete walls sized for the actual slope and soil load here stay put through both freeze cycles and heavy summer storms.
Most of Globe's driveways were poured when the homes were first built - 50 to 70 years ago - and the freeze-thaw cycles at 3,500 feet elevation have cracked them thoroughly. A new driveway poured with proper joint spacing and adequate thickness holds up to the temperature swings here in a way that an old, thin slab never will.
Hillside lots in Globe often have significant grade changes from the street to the front door, or between terraced levels in the yard. Old steps crack and shift when freeze-thaw cycles move the footings beneath them. New concrete steps set on footings keyed into stable bedrock hold their position through Globe's winters and do not heave or separate at the landing.
Walkways on older Globe properties have been through decades of freeze-thaw stress that lifts and offsets slabs at every joint. Replacing heaved walkway sections with properly jointed, pitched concrete eliminates trip hazards and channels water away from the foundation rather than letting it pool against the house.
Globe's elevation makes outdoor living pleasant for a longer stretch of the year than most Arizona towns - spring and fall here are genuinely mild. A poured concrete patio on a Globe hillside property needs to be sloped correctly to handle monsoon runoff that drains off the hill and through the yard, so water moves away from the house rather than toward it.
Globe sits at about 3,500 feet elevation in the Pinal Mountains, and that elevation separates it from the concrete work that most Phoenix-area contractors are familiar with. The winters here bring real freeze-thaw cycles - overnight temperatures below freezing followed by afternoon warmth - and that back-and-forth is hard on concrete. It works moisture into slabs, cracks joints that were not spaced properly, and lifts steps and walkways that were set without footings deep enough to get below the frost line. Most of Globe's housing was built between the 1940s and 1960s, during the copper mining era that defined this community. That means the concrete on these properties is now 50 to 80 years old, and it has absorbed five or more decades of Globe winters, monsoon flooding, and Arizona summer heat.
The terrain adds a level of complexity that flat-lot contractors are not prepared for. Globe's neighborhoods spread across hillsides where lots are irregular, sloped, and carved out of rocky ground. Clay-heavy soil in the Pinal Mountain foothills expands when wet and shrinks when dry, creating movement beneath slabs that works against the concrete from below. Monsoon rains hit the slopes above town and send runoff rushing through yards - without proper grading and drainage, that water finds its way to foundations and settled slabs. Concrete work in Globe needs to account for all of these conditions, not just the square footage of the pour.
Our crew works throughout Globe regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect concrete work here. Globe is the county seat for Gila County, so structural concrete permits - retaining walls, foundations, and covered additions - go through the Gila County Building Department rather than a city office. We pull permits here regularly and handle that process for homeowners who do not want to track down county permit requirements on their own.
Globe's main corridor runs along US Highway 60 and State Route 188, connecting the town to Miami just to the west and to Show Low and the White Mountains to the northeast. The historic downtown along Broad Street runs through the heart of the community, and many of the older homes we work on are within walking distance of that corridor. From the neighborhoods near Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park on the north end of town to the homes that climb the hillsides south of the highway, we have worked throughout Globe and know the terrain differences between sections.
We also work along the US-60 corridor in both directions - to the west in Superior and to the east in Oracle, so if you have projects in multiple towns we can route them together without the delays that come from working with a contractor based in only one market.
Call us or fill out the contact form with a short description of what you need - a driveway, steps, retaining wall, or foundation issue. We reply within one business day and schedule a site visit to Globe as soon as we have availability, typically within the week.
We walk the property, check the slope and soil conditions, and measure the project. For Globe work we pay specific attention to terrain grade, drainage, and whether rocky or clay-heavy soil is present - because all of that affects cost. The written estimate covers everything before any commitment is made.
We excavate to the required depth for the soil and slope conditions, set forms, and compact the base. Pours are scheduled around Globe weather - we do not pour during overnight freeze conditions, and we use curing protection on cold days to protect the fresh slab until it reaches adequate strength.
Once the concrete reaches adequate strength, we strip forms, clean the work area, and walk the finished job with you. We give you specific guidance on cure time for Globe conditions - typically 24 to 48 hours before foot traffic and 7 days before vehicle use.
We serve Globe and the surrounding Gila County communities. Free on-site estimates for foundation raising, driveways, retaining walls, and repairs - with replies within one business day.
(520) 434-1306Globe is the county seat of Gila County and sits at about 3,500 feet elevation in the Pinal Mountains, roughly 90 miles east of Phoenix. The city grew up around copper mining in the late 1800s, and that industrial origin shaped where neighborhoods were built - on hillsides and irregular terrain around the mine operations rather than on flat, easy-to-develop land. The result is a housing stock made up mostly of small single-family homes, many of them adobe or stucco construction from the 1940s through 1960s, spread across sloped lots with uneven terrain. Globe is a community of long-term homeowners rather than renters or newcomers - the owner-occupancy rate is high and many families have been in the same houses for generations. The nearby town of Miami sits just to the west and the two are so close that most residents treat them as a single community. For government services - including building permits - Globe and the surrounding area operate through Gila County.
The historic downtown along Broad Street is still active and familiar to every local resident, lined with brick buildings from the early 1900s that have survived more than a century of Globe summers and winters. Just north of town, Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park preserves a Salado people village that predates the mining era by centuries - it is one of the better-known sites in the region and a point of local pride. To the west along US Highway 60, Superior faces many of the same terrain and housing challenges as Globe - older homes on hillside lots with freeze-thaw damage to concrete and foundations. To the north, properties in and around Oracle sit even higher in elevation and deal with similar cold-weather concrete conditions.
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Learn MoreWe come to Globe and handle the hillside terrain, older construction, and freeze-thaw damage that makes concrete work here different. Call now or fill out the project form for a reply within one business day.