Garage Slab Lifting
What Causes a Sinking Garage Floor
Garage slabs are incredibly heavy and can cause the soil underneath the slab to compact, eventually leading to settlement. This problem can also manifest in the form of concrete cracking, tripping hazards, and gaps along the sides of the garage. Vehicles can make this problem worse, increasing the likelihood of a slab cracking if it has already begun experiencing settlement. When the warning signs start appearing, it is time to act; the longer a homeowner waits, the more likely the problem will grow to a more costly one.
Garage Floor Lifting and Leveling with JACKCRETE
Because garage floors sink due to poor compaction of soil, stabilizing and leveling garage floors is as simple as reinforcing the soil. To start, we drill a series of 5/8” holes around the sunken garage slab, based on where the settlement has occurred and the location of relief joints. We then begin to slowly inject our lightweight spray foam beneath the sunken garage, letting it expand and fill all of the gaps that exist beneath the concrete and soil. Once the ground is sufficiently stabilized, our technicians focus on the lower areas, lifting them up to their original position. This whole process usually takes between 1 and 3 hours, and requires nothing more from the homeowner than moving vehicles and any large items from the garage. Once we’re done and our team finishes cleaning up, vehicles can be moved back inside the garage immediately.
Garage Stabilization and Lifting
Small, one-car garage that has experienced a bit of settlement? We can fix that. Large equipment shed with some cracking and settlement along the sides of the walls? We can fix that too. Our team has been stabilizing compromised garage slabs for years, and has picked up a thing or two over that time- such as how to lift a slab within a 1/1000th of an inch variance. Your project probably won’t require it, but hey, you never know.
Garage Foam Leveling Compared to Replacement
Thinking about just getting your sunken garage replaced with new concrete? You can, but it’ll be much more expensive and a much bigger hassle. Garage slabs generally use a large amount of polyurethane foam due to the larger sizes of voids underneath the concrete, but the price is still 30%-50% the cost of demolishing the existing concrete, having it hauled away, tamping the soil, and re-pouring the concrete within the garage. This process can take 1-2 weeks from start to finish, compared to the average 2-hour turnaround time with JACKCRETE. Once our team finishes up, your garage is ready to be used immediately.
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Our team has won 4 national industry excellence awards, and our parent company has been pioneering the spray foam industry since the 1970's.
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Warranted Results
If any resettlement occurs once we finish up, you're protected. We provide a 2 year, fully transferrable warranty on all of our concrete lifting projects.
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Our estimates generally take about 30 minutes to an hour depending on how many areas you’d like us to look at. We never use high pressure sales tactics- we don’t even discuss pricing during our first meeting. Our focus is to provide you with the best advice on how to fix your problem, whether or not it involves our service.
Once our estimator arrives back to the office, your proposal is created and sent out either the same day or the following morning. Whenever you have questions about the estimate, we’ll be here to answer them and provide as much help as we can!
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Garage Leveling Resources for Homeowners
We get it, there are a lot of variables to consider before making a decision. Look over some of our resources curated for garage leveling and large slab maintenance, and if you still have some questions, you’re always free to give our team a call.
