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Concrete Leveling and Raising in Burlington, WI 53105
Can washed out concrete in Burlington be raised instead of replaced?
In most cases, yes. SAVE Concrete drills 1 3/4 inch holes through the slab, pumps a calibrated Portland cement slurry into the void beneath it, fills the space the water left behind, and lifts the slab back to level. Most residential jobs in Burlington are finished in a few hours.
The work costs one half to one third of full replacement, and it carries our No Questions Asked 4 year warranty.
Why concrete sinks in Burlington
Burlington sits at the confluence of the White and Fox rivers, with Honey Creek joining the White inside the city. That is why the town is where it is, and it is also why so much concrete here ends up out of level.
Water is the mechanism in a river town, and it works two ways.
The first is saturation. Ground that holds water carries less load than the same ground dry. Soil near a river, in a floodplain, or over a high water table spends a lot of the year saturated, and a slab bearing on saturated soil presses into it.
The second is transport, and it is the one that does the damage. Moving water does not just soften soil, it carries it. Water finding a route under a slab, through an open joint, along a downspout line, or across ground that has flooded, takes the fine material with it and leaves a void behind. The Fox River at Burlington has crested above its previous record flood level within living memory, and a flood does in days what a downspout does in years.
A slab over a void is not supported. It is bridging. It stays where it is until it cracks, and then it drops.
What SAVE Concrete does about water, and what it does not do
What we do: we fill the voids under your slabs, lift them back to a grade that sends surface water away from the house instead of toward it, and caulk the joints so the water stops getting underneath in the first place. That is concrete raising, void filling and caulking, and it is the work SAVE Concrete has been doing since 2004.
What we do not do: we are not a basement waterproofing company and we will not sell you a dry basement. If what you have is water coming through a foundation wall, that is a different trade and a different contractor.
We say so plainly because it saves everybody a wasted visit, and because a contractor who tells you what they do not do is a contractor you can believe about what they do.
What SAVE Concrete has raised in Wisconsin, and what we lift in Burlington
266 completed concrete raising projects in Wisconsin. That is a statewide figure rather than a Burlington one, and it is the honest version of the claim. Burlington sits in Racine County, one county north of where most of those 266 jobs are.
What that buys you is a crew that has already met Wisconsin ground, Wisconsin frost and Wisconsin water, a few hundred times.
In Burlington, the work means:
Void filling under seawalls, loading docks, and abandoned ductwork and sewers
Driveways and driveway aprons
Garage floors, attached and detached
Front walks, service walks and rear walks
Patios, porches and large stoops
Steps and stairs
Pool decks
Sun room and interior floors
Warehouse and factory floors
Commercial walkways
Why raising beats replacing
Save time. Most jobs are finished in hours, not days.
Save money. Generally one third to one half the cost of full replacement.
Minimal disruption. Little mess, no extended downtime, and no re landscaping afterwards.
Keep it out of the landfill. Replacement means breaking up your slab and hauling it away. Raising it does not.
Void filling in Burlington, and why the empty space matters more than the drop
Homeowners call about the drop, because the drop is what you can see. The void is the actual problem.
A void under a slab does three things. It removes the support the slab was designed to have. It gives water somewhere to collect and a channel to run along, so the void grows. And it lets the slab flex under load, which is what cracks concrete that was perfectly sound when it was poured.
Filling that space is a large part of what SAVE Concrete does, and it is not only a residential job. Void filling under seawalls, loading docks and abandoned ductwork or sewer runs is a service line in its own right.
This is why raising a slab and simply propping a slab are not the same repair. The calibrated cement slurry fills the void completely and cures into a load bearing subgrade. The slab goes back to being supported along its whole underside, which is the condition it needed in the first place.
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Common questions from Burlington homeowners
My driveway sank after a wet spring. Is that normal here?
It is common in a river town. Saturated soil carries less load, and moving water carries soil away entirely. Both of those leave a slab less supported than it was.
Will levelling my patio fix water in my basement?
It may change where surface water goes, which sometimes helps a great deal. It is not a waterproofing repair and SAVE Concrete will not sell it as one. If your problem is water through a foundation wall, you need a different trade.
How long does the job take?
Most residential jobs in Burlington are finished in a few hours, and the surface is usually usable the same day.
What happens to the void under the slab?
It gets filled. The calibrated Portland cement slurry fills the space and cures into a load bearing subgrade, so the slab is supported across its whole underside rather than bridging an empty pocket.
What size are the holes, and what do they look like when the job is done?
One and three quarter inches across. We drill them through the slab to pump the slurry underneath, then patch them when the lift is finished. They stay visible on close inspection and they weather in over time.
It is a real hole and we would rather give you the number than call it small. The size is what the material needs: a calibrated Portland cement slurry is a mineral mix moving under pump pressure, and it does not travel through a smaller opening.
Do you cover Burlington from Illinois?
Yes. SAVE Concrete is based at 470 Keller Dr in Park City, Illinois, and works throughout southeast Wisconsin.
Call SAVE Concrete on 847-336-3400, or request an estimate online.