Timely Concrete Repairs Prevent Serious Problems

Sinking slab repair strategies should address the cause of your sunken concrete. Some concrete contractors recommend repairing a sinking slab by demolishing the damaged area and pouring new concrete. As a concrete slab repair method, concrete replacement poses some disadvantages, including:

• Concrete replacement is expensive and complicated: it can take several days for the fresh concrete to harden and cure before the slab or slabs are ready to be used again.
• Concrete replacement doesn't address the problem of weak soil conditions, which means the soil is likely to compress again under the weight of the new slab. A shortcut repair sometimes involves adding more concrete to even out an uneven slab, but this approach adds even more weight to the soil below. Adding weight without addressing underlying soil issues increases the risk that the concrete slabs on your property will sink again.

Mudjacking, or slab jacking, involves pumping a cement-based mixture into and under sunken concrete, filling voids and raising the slab. While less invasive and expensive than completely replacing the concrete, mudjacking has some of the same disadvantages:

• It often costs more than PolyLevel
• Like concrete replacement, Mudjacking has a long curing time
• Mudjacking adds weight around and beneath the slab, likely causing concrete re-settlement
• Mudjacking requires drilling much larger holes than PolyLeveling, leaving ugly blemishes on concrete slabs

Polyurethane foam injection, also known as polyfoam injection or polyjacking, is a popular method of raising sinking concrete slabs. Similar to mudjacking in principle, polyfoam injection offers a faster installation and cure time and more attractive results. Best of all, polyfoam injection is designed to lift and level concrete slabs while filling voids in the soil to keep the slab from sinking again.

The fact that polyfoam injection not only lifts and levels concrete but also addresses the soil issues beneath it explains why it is the leading alternative to concrete replacement, mudjacking, and other more invasive approaches to concrete slab repair.

PolyLevel is a leading polyfoam concrete leveling solution that offers fast, affordable, and effective concrete slab repair. And since PolyLevel also addresses the underlying soil conditions that cause sinking concrete slabs, it offers a permanent fix for homeowners seeking lasting peace of mind.