Mission is one of the hottest cities in the continental United States, and that heat does real damage to concrete surfaces over time. Temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit hit for weeks at a stretch during summer, and the UV exposure at this latitude is intense enough to degrade standard coating products in a few seasons rather than a decade. Pair that with the clay soil that runs throughout Hidalgo County - soil that swells with every rain and shrinks during the long dry summers - and you have a combination that stresses concrete from above and below simultaneously. A contractor who has not worked in this specific climate will not know to account for both.

Mission also has a particularly flat terrain. The city sits on low-lying land with limited natural drainage, so after any significant rain event, water stands near foundations and driveways longer than it would in a city with natural slopes. That prolonged moisture exposure accelerates the wet-and-dry cycle in the clay soil, which in turn creates more movement and more cracking. Homeowners in Mission who have watched their driveways slowly crack apart over the years are dealing with that exact dynamic. Choosing the right system - and applying it correctly - is how you get ahead of it.

Mission is a city of roughly 84,000 people in Hidalgo County, located a few miles north of the Rio Grande in the heart of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area - one of the larger metro regions in Texas. The city is known as the home of the Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit and hosts the annual Texas Citrus Fiesta, one of the longest-running festivals in the Rio Grande Valley. The housing stock ranges from 1950s and 1960s homes near the older downtown core to large new subdivisions still under construction on the north side of the city. Slab-on-grade foundations are universal throughout Mission, as they are across South Texas, and about 65 percent of occupied housing units are owner-occupied - meaning most Mission residents have a direct stake in keeping their properties in good shape.

The older in-town neighborhoods near Conway Avenue and the downtown corridor have smaller homes on modest lots, many with mature trees and established yards. The newer subdivisions toward the north and along Bentsen Road have larger homes with two-car garages, bigger pool decks, and fresher concrete that still benefits from early sealing and coating to protect it from the climate. We work in both types of neighborhoods regularly. If you are in a nearby community like McAllen or Alamo, we serve those areas as well.