My Concrete Patio Is Sinking. What Do I Need To Do?

“My Concrete Patio Is Sinking.” You need to contact the concrete lifting, foam jacking specialists-Slab-Jack Kings! Raise, level and stabilize your slab vs costly replacement. Save up to 85% of the replacement cost and use your patio again within a few hours!

Before: Dangerous and Uncomfortable

This customers front patio had settled drastically at the front entrance step over the years. This was very uncomfortable for the homeowner, as it was to the main entrance of their home and it was starting to get dangerous. The gap in between the patio slab and the front step was also a major safety concern for others entering their home.

my concrete patio is sinking

After: Secure & Stable

The homeowner called us before the holiday season was about to start (around halloween) and this concrete patio lift was completed before it even started! No more safety concerns for this homeowner or those accessing their front entrance and no more concerns about “my concrete patio is sinking!”

concrete patio lift after

Free Concrete Lifting Estimates within Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario!

Over time, Manitoba sub-bases unfortunately heave, thaw and settle, and sometimes it even happens much too fast for your concrete. Instead of ripping out your concrete and spending loads of hard-earned money and patience for days to come while waiting for a redo, contact Slab-Jack Kings for a free consultation and estimate. In most situations, we are able to better support and repair your concrete in less than an hour or two. Once the dime-sized injection holes are patched, and you can start your post-lift maintenance and use your concrete immediately. It’s like you never had a concrete issue in the first place once we’re gone!

Need an estimate for a concrete patio lift? Please fill out one of our Request an Estimate forms and one of our family members would be more than happy to help get you started.

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We are a small, Canadian, family-based business that provides professional consultations, estimates and application towards concrete slab lifting, levelling, void filling, stabilization and concrete under-slab insulation using polyurethane foam.

Our lifting professionals are equipped with a vast knowledge and experience with concrete and this has made it possible to provide a personalized solution to any and all concrete problems.

Stop the threat of tripping or slipping on an uneven or out-of-level, poured concrete slab.

Contact Slab-Jack Kings today for an uplifting experience!

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Lifting a Radiant Heated Concrete Floor: In the Shop

Lifting a Radiant Heated Concrete Floor: Shop Floor Edition.

Before:

The west side of this shop floor with in-floor heat pipes had water draining towards the south west wall. This was causing major issues for this farmer because they were using this area for heavy equipment storage, as well as a seating area for employees. Many home or business owners aren’t sure if it is possible or not to raise a floor with radiant heat, but it indeed is! A thermal imaging company was called in to map the in-floor heat pipes prior to this lift, to avoid damaging them during this lift.

concrete shop floor lift before

After:

Slab-Jack Kings tackled this concrete shop floor lift by raising, levelling and stabilizing the west side of the floor back up by an average of 3 inches along the wall. Water from equipment stored in this area now properly drains away from the wall and towards the threshold of the overhead door, instead of the southwest wall.

Lifting a Radiant Heated Concrete Floor In The Shop

Free Concrete Lifting Estimates within Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario!

We are a small, Canadian, family-based business that provides professional consultations, estimates and applications towards concrete slab lifting, levelling, void filling, stabilization and concrete under-slab insulation using polyurethane foam.

Our lifting professionals are equipped with vast knowledge and experience with concrete and this has made it possible to provide a personalized solution to any and all concrete problems.

Stop the threat of tripping or slipping on an uneven or out-of-level, poured concrete slab.

Contact Slab-Jack Kings today for an uplifting experience!

Need an estimate for a residential polyurethane concrete lifting project? Fill out our Request an Estimate form and one of our family members would be more than happy to help get you started.

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Tilting or Leaning Grain Bin Floor

Say Goodbye to Tilting Grain Bin Floors: Slab-Jack Kings to the Rescue!

Are you a farmer struggling with a tilting or leaning grain bin floor, fertilizer bin/tank, or hopper bin? Look no further! Slab-Jack Kings is here to level your grain bin floor at a tiny fraction of the cost of replacement, allowing you to get back to business in no time.

Before Slab-Jack Kings:

Imagine a grain bin floor that had settled by approximately 5.5 inches on the left side, causing it to dangerously tilt. This situation not only compromises the functionality of the bin but also poses a significant threat to your operations.

Tilting grain bin floor before Slab-Jack Kings

Fear not! Slab-Jack Kings to the Rescue!

Our team of experts at Slab-Jack Kings successfully raised, leveled, and stabilized this problematic grain bin floor, restoring it to its original level height. With our efficient slab jacking/foam jacking technique, we not only fixed the immediate issue but also prevented future settlement, ensuring a long-lasting solution for this farmer.

Back to Business!

Thanks to the Slab-Jack Kings’ lifting crews’ exceptional service, this farmer is now back to doing what they do best – farming! Our skilled crew completed the entire process in less than an hour, providing a quick and hassle-free fix for the tilting grain bin floor.

Tilting grain bin floor after Slab-Jack Kings

Save Time, Money, and Hassle!

Why go through the hassle of ripping out your concrete and enduring days of workspace or storage loss for a costly redo? Slab-Jack Kings offers a smarter alternative that saves you time, money, and inconvenience. Our cost-effective slab jacking technique ensures minimal disruption to your operations, allowing you to maintain productivity throughout the process.

Free Concrete Lifting Estimates within Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario!

At Slab-Jack Kings, we understand the importance of delivering value to our clients. That’s why we offer free concrete lifting estimates to farmers located in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. Our team will assess your specific needs and provide you with an accurate quote, tailored to your project requirements.

Contact Slab-Jack Kings Today!

Don’t let a tilting grain bin floor hold you back. Contact Slab-Jack Kings today to schedule your free assessment. Let our experts handle the lifting, leveling, and stabilizing, while you focus on what you do best – farming. Say goodbye to tilting or leaning grain bin floors and hello to a stable and efficient grain bin floor that will stand the test of time. Trust Slab-Jack Kings for all your concrete leveling needs.

Got Water Pooling in Your Garage? The Slab-Jack Kings Solution

Got Water Pooling In Your Garage? Here’s your slab jacking solution!

Will My Concrete Crack or Break During This Lift?

This customer’s garage floor had settled and bowled by approximately 7 inches in the centre of the floor and water was pooling in the centre. We assumed that a large void was more than likely present beneath and around the perimeter of the slab. Before and throughout the process of this large lift, we knew that some issues would present themselves. Concrete does not bend… It cracks and breaks when you try to bend it. When trying to remove a 7-inch dip or bowl in the centre of a garage floor, there are going to be cracks and breaks. In this photo, you can see where the water was ponding and where the concrete dips in the centre.

water in garage slab jack kings

water pooling in garage

Polishing Isn’t Always Necessary

It’s a good thing that these days we have polishing and resurfacing techniques. Sometimes you just need that extra sparkle after a lift. But in most cases, it’s just a garage floor, right? If you’re using your garage as a parking space, no extra attention is needed. As long as the larger cracked areas are patched after the lift, you don’t need to worry about any water getting back down into them and ruining your newly raised garage floor.

To stop the water from pooling in the garage, all we had to do was raise, level and stabilize it enough to achieve water drainage off of the slab and out over the overhead door threshold. We conveniently completed this lift in about 4-5 hours, rather than days or weeks when you compare it to removal and replacement. Due to the foam curing completely in about 15 minutes from the time of injection, all items and vehicles of the owner were able to be moved back inside right away.

Cost Effective Alternative to Replacement!

Over time, Manitoba sub-bases unfortunately heave, thaw and settle, and sometimes it even happens much too fast for your concrete. Instead of ripping out your concrete and spending loads of hard-earned money and patience for days to come while waiting for a redo, contact Slab-Jack Kings for a free consultation and estimate. In most situations, we are able to better support and repair your concrete in less than an hour or two depending on the size of the lift. Once the dime-sized injection holes are patched, and you can start your post-lift maintenance and use your concrete immediately. It’s like you never had a concrete issue in the first place once we’re gone!

Free Concrete Lifting Estimates within Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario!

We are a small, Canadian, family-based business that provides professional consultations, estimates and application towards concrete slab lifting, levelling, void filling, stabilization and concrete under-slab insulation using polyurethane foam.

Our lifting professionals are equipped with a vast knowledge and experience with concrete and this has made it possible to provide a personalized solution to any and all concrete problems.

Stop the threat of tripping or slipping on an uneven or out-of-level, poured concrete slab.

Contact Slab-Jack Kings today for an uplifting experience!

The next time you think or hear “There’s water pooling in my garage. What should I do next?”, remember the name: “Slab-Jack Kings!”

Need an estimate for a polyurethane concrete lifting project? Fill out our Request an Estimate form and one of our family members would be more than happy to help get you started.

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Why Is My Concrete Driveway Sinking? Should I Replace It or Raise It?

“Why Is My Concrete Driveway Sinking?” Should I Replace It or Raise It?

Concrete is heavy. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t indestructible! When it has nothing to support it, it settles, cracks, breaks and gives up. Unstable soils will provoke large voids and eventually, settlement. Some of the main reasons why concrete settles are:

  1. Improper Subbase Compaction At Time Of Pour
  2. Improper Landscaping/Grading
  3. Heavy Water Infiltration/Aggregate Washout
  4. Pouring Concrete When There Is Frost In The Ground
  5. and more.

Before: Sometimes the full package isn’t always necessary.

Sometimes your concrete settles too much to raise it back up to its original pour height. In most cases we can figure out a way to achieve a result that is satisfying enough but also provides a solution to the issues you are currently facing. A large accumulation of water was draining directly into the window well area, as well as in the corner by the house wall. Instead of raising this driveway back up to its original pour height, which would have not been economically feasible, we accommodated our lift to raise and level the driveway back up as much as we could to simply achieve drainage away from the house wall. As long as drainage was achieved, we had another happy customer! And another happy customer we had.

Why Is My Concrete Driveway Sinking

After: Just enough to get by.

Slab-Jack Kings raised, levelled and stabilized this driveway back up by an average of 4.5 inches to level out the garage approach, and achieve drainage away from the house wall and down towards the street.

Why Is My Concrete Driveway Sinking

Why Is My Concrete Driveway Sinking? Should I Replace It Or Choose the Cost Effective Alternative?

Over time, Manitoba sub-bases unfortunately heave, thaw and settle, and sometimes it even happens much too fast for your concrete. Instead of ripping out your concrete and spending loads of hard-earned money and patience for days to come while waiting for a redo, contact Slab-Jack Kings for a free consultation and estimate. In most situations, we are able to better support and repair your concrete in less than an hour or two. Once the dime-sized injection holes are patched, and you can start your post-lift maintenance and use your concrete immediately. It’s like you never had a concrete issue in the first place once we’re gone!

Free Concrete Lifting Estimates within Manitoba & Northwestern Ontario!

We are a small, Canadian, family-based business that provides professional consultations, estimates and application towards concrete slab lifting, levelling, void filling, stabilization and concrete under-slab insulation using polyurethane foam.

Our lifting professionals are equipped with a vast knowledge and experience with concrete and this has made it possible to provide a personalized solution to any and all concrete problems.

Stop the threat of tripping or slipping on an uneven or out-of-level, poured concrete slab.

Contact Slab-Jack Kings today for an uplifting experience!

Need an estimate for a residential polyurethane concrete lifting project? Fill out our Request an Estimate form and one of our family members would be more than happy to help get you started.

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The Cost Effective Alternative To Concrete Replacement

The Cost Effective Alternative To Concrete Replacement: Foam Jacking

Settled concrete solutions

One of the Biggest Money Drains: Concrete

If you’ve ever built your own house or you own a small or large scale business, you already know that concrete is one of the biggest money drains. However; unfortunately, in todays day and age, you see concrete everywhere. You even don’t see it when it is there! From basement foundations and driveways, to beneath the floor you’re walking on, concrete is everywhere, and it is not cheap! It is not cheap to pour and it is not cheap to replace.

Need a Cost Effective, “Concrete” Solution?

What would be a cost effective solution to repairing your existing concrete? The answer is concrete lifting. Concrete lifting is a cost effective alternative to replacing settled and unsupported concrete.

Concrete Lifting, Concrete Raising, Slab Jacking… What is the difference?!

To start off, I’ll let you know right off the bat that concrete lifting has many different names and terms that include, but not limited to the following: concrete raising, foam jacking, slab jacking, and in our case, polyurethane foam concrete lifting and levelling.

Polyurethane concrete lifting and levelling can usually be completed for less than half the cost of replacement. This already makes it a cost effective alternative. However, in some situations, the savings may be even greater, since labour costs for demolition, removal, and landscaping can be eliminated.

Polyurethane concrete lifting achieves essentially the same results as traditional mudjacking, but with longer-lasting and more eye-pleasing results. When polyurethane concrete lifting, a much more lightweight material, that requires much smaller and far fewer injection holes is used. Also known as foam lifting, poly lifting and foam jacking, polyurethane concrete lifting is the latest and greatest concrete repair method available. It’s a non-invasive, cost effective concrete solution and it has been around for many years now!

Not only does polyurethane concrete lifting raise your settled concrete, but it also does a better job at stabilizing the aggregates beneath it. This is comparative to mudjacking because mudjacking materials do not have the same promises. By effectively stabilizing the aggregates beneath your concrete, we can eliminate as much frost heaving as possible. By eliminating as much heaving as possible, we eliminate as much settlement as possible.

How to Get the Most Out of This Cost Effective Concrete Solution

Come springtime, you might notice that your driveway is just not where it used to be. The reason for this is the frost-heave we discussed earlier on.

By catching concrete settlement in its early-on stages, you can be sure to save as much money as possible. If you notice that your driveway does not meet flush or flat with the edge of your garage floor by about an inch or even less, its in its early settlement stage. This is the time to contact Slab-Jack Kings. You might not think that its bad enough to do something about it, but after it gets down to 2, 3 or more inches, the amount of material and time needed also goes up. And it goes up just as quickly as your concrete goes down.

Simple Math: Less does NOT Equal More in the Concrete World

In the concrete lifting department, less is not more. A smaller amount of settlement means that less product is needed for your repair. Less product means less time is needed to complete your repair. To put it simply, less settlement means that there’s more money left in your wallet.

So how can we make sure this is the case? Contact us this spring for a free estimate, when your concrete settles an inch or two, instead of calling us when it is too late and unaffordable. Let’s all utilize this cost effective concrete solution to its full potential!

Fill out our Request an Estimate form and one of our family members would be more than happy to help get you started!

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