Slab Jacking: The Quickest Way to Correct Uneven Concrete

Slab Jacking: The Quickest Way to Correct Uneven Concrete

Do you have a sidewalk, patio or driveway that has settled or tilted and no longer even? Before you have it torn out and repoured, consider a solution that is less than half the cost. Slabjacking or lifting the concrete panel back into its original position, is the quickest, cheapest, least messy way to handle it.  

The fix: One or more holes are drilled into the concrete. A grout-like material is pumped in the hole forcing the pad to ‘float’. Once the original position is reached the hole/holes are filled with a concrete mix and the grout will dry and it’s done!  It’s that quick and simple.  I’ve had many home sales ‘saved’ with this method. Feel free to reach out if you need further explanation or a referral for a contractor of this kind of work.

It’s important to know why your patio settled? I commonly see this when showing and selling homes in the Dayton, Ohio area.  

It’s typically one of two things:

1. The soil underneath was not properly compacted during construction. It’s really difficult to get the excavated soil around a construction site packed back down to the density it was before it was disturbed. Over multiple rains and freeze/thaw cycles it compacts tight again and shrinks taking the concrete slab with it. This kind of settling might start to show up at about the 5 yr mark after construction.  
2. Improper drainage or ponding around a concrete pad will compact the soil as well.