On a Hollywood building, the ocean is doing damage to the concrete even on a calm day. Coastal hotels, older downtown storefronts, condo high-rises, and service plazas throughout the city all depend on structural concrete that sits in salt-laden air year-round. Deluxe Waterproofing & Caulking has restored South Florida commercial concrete for more than 70 years, and Hollywood’s coastal building stock is exactly the kind of work our restoration crews are built for.
Salt accelerates the same failure process everywhere, but it moves faster this close to the beach. Chloride from the air drives into the concrete, reaches the reinforcing steel, and triggers corrosion. As the steel rusts it expands, and that expansion cracks and eventually pushes off the concrete around it. That’s spalling, and on a coastal city like Hollywood, it shows up sooner than it does inland.
Spalling, cracks, and rebar corrosion
We assess where concrete is spalling, cracking, or showing rust staining, and we determine how far the corrosion has progressed into the reinforcing steel. Proper restoration means removing deteriorated concrete, treating or replacing corroded rebar, and rebuilding the section with repair materials suited to a coastal structure, not just patching over the symptom.
Parking structures and older buildings
Hollywood’s older downtown and beachfront buildings carry decades of salt exposure, and the parking structures serving hotels and condos take constant loading and water intrusion on top of it. These are the elements that show up most often in inspections. We restore garage decks, columns, beams, and balcony edges, and we address the waterproofing that keeps water and salt from restarting the corrosion cycle.
Recertification support
Many of Hollywood’s older and coastal buildings fall under Florida’s milestone inspection and structural recertification framework, which generally applies earlier for buildings closer to the water. When an inspection flags concrete deterioration, restoration is the work that answers it. We restore structural concrete to help buildings meet the requirements those inspections identify.
Why Deluxe
Seventy-plus years of South Florida structural concrete work, from a Pompano Beach base just up the coast, means we understand exactly how salt air and coastal storms work on Hollywood’s buildings. Because we also handle waterproofing, caulking, mold remediation, and building maintenance and painting, we can restore the concrete and then protect it, so the repair lasts.
Our process
We assess the structure on site, mapping spalling, cracking, and corrosion and gauging how deep the deterioration runs. We lay out a restoration scope with clear reasoning, coordinate with your engineer or inspection findings where relevant, and once approved, our crews carry out the work with attention to residents, guests, and operations around it.
FAQ
Does being near Hollywood Beach really speed up concrete damage?
Yes. Salt air accelerates chloride-driven corrosion of the reinforcing steel, so coastal buildings generally need closer attention and earlier restoration than inland ones.
My building is decades old. Is the concrete worth restoring?
Often, yes. Age alone doesn’t rule out restoration. The assessment tells us how far the corrosion has progressed and what the right scope looks like.
We have a milestone inspection coming up. Can you help?
Yes. When an inspection identifies concrete deterioration, we restore the affected structure to address those findings and can coordinate with your engineer.
Do you repair parking garages and balconies specifically?
Yes. Garage decks, columns, beams, and balcony edges are core to our concrete restoration work.
If your Hollywood building is showing spalling, cracks, or an inspection has flagged the concrete, request a restoration assessment through our contact page.
Also restoring commercial concrete in Fort Lauderdale and across South Florida.