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Concrete Leveling and Raising in Kenosha, WI
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Can sunken concrete in Kenosha be lifted instead of replaced?
In most cases, yes. SAVE Concrete drills a set of 1 3/4 inch holes through the slab, pumps a calibrated Portland cement slurry into the void underneath it, and raises the concrete back to level. Most residential jobs in Kenosha are finished in a few hours, and the surface is usually back in use the same day.
The work costs one half to one third of full concrete replacement, and it carries our No Questions Asked 4 year warranty.
Why concrete sinks in Kenosha
Kenosha sits on the Lake Michigan clay plain. Most of the city is gently sloping ground moraine built from dense basal till, a compacted mix of silt and clay, with pockets of lacustrine deposit left behind by glacial lake beds.
That ground behaves in a particular way, and it is the reason so much Kenosha concrete ends up out of level.
Clay holds water, and clay changes volume. It swells as it takes water on and shrinks as it dries out, and it does that every single year.
Concrete poured on ground that changes volume does not stay where it was poured.
Then there is what happens at the edges. Roof water off a downspout, or surface water running along an open joint, washes the fine material out from under a slab and carries it away. The slab did not fail. The ground under one part of it left.
Your house is built below the frost line. Your driveway is not.
This is the part almost nobody explains, and in Wisconsin it is worth understanding before you spend money.
Wisconsin's Uniform Dwelling Code, SPS 321.16(1)(a), reads: "Footings and foundations, including those for landings and stoops, shall be placed below the frost penetration level or at least 48 inches below adjacent grade, whichever is deeper."
Four feet down, before anyone pours a foundation. That is what holds your house still.
Your driveway has no footings. Neither does your patio, your front walk or your garage floor. They rest on the ground. The ground freezes, expands, thaws and settles every winter, while the house beside them stays exactly where its footings hold it.
That is why the gap you are looking at is almost always where the slab meets the house. The house did not move. The slab did.
What SAVE Concrete has raised in Wisconsin, and what we lift in Kenosha
Your driveway will not be the job where SAVE Concrete finds out how Wisconsin ground behaves. We have completed 266 concrete raising projects in Wisconsin, and 78 of them are in Pleasant Prairie, the village that begins where Kenosha ends.
That 266 is a statewide count, not a Kenosha count. We would rather tell you that than let the number do work it has not earned. What it does tell you is that a crew which has worked this side of the state line 266 times is not learning on your concrete.
In Kenosha, that work means:
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
Void filling under seawalls, loading docks, and abandoned ductwork and sewers
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.
Garage floors and driveways in Kenosha
Most of the calls we take are about one of two things: a driveway that has dropped at the apron, or a garage floor that has separated from the foundation wall.
They are the same problem seen from two angles. A garage floor is a slab poured inside a foundation that reaches below the frost line, so when the fill under the floor consolidates, the floor drops and the walls do not. On a driveway, the apron is the piece nearest the garage, and it is usually the piece carrying the most weight, most often, over the least settled fill.
Raising either one is straightforward. SAVE Concrete lifts the slab back to grade, fills the void that let it drop, and seals the joints so the water that started it stops getting back in.
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Common questions from Kenosha homeowners
How long does concrete leveling take?
Most residential jobs in Kenosha are finished in a few hours. In most cases you can use the surface the same day.
Does SAVE Concrete actually work in Wisconsin, or only Illinois?
We work in Kenosha. SAVE Concrete is based at 470 Keller Dr in Park City, Illinois, in Lake County, which makes Kenosha one of our nearest markets in either state.
Will it sink again?
The calibrated Portland cement slurry cures into a load bearing subgrade rather than staying a soft fill, and the work carries our No Questions Asked 4 year warranty. Sealing the joints afterwards is what stops the water that caused the original washout from starting the process over.
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.
Can concrete be leveled in winter in Wisconsin?
The ground has to be thawed and the temperature has to be high enough for the material to cure properly, so the working season runs from spring through mid autumn. Winter is the right time to book and get on the schedule, not the right time to pour.
Call SAVE Concrete on 847-336-3400, or request an estimate online.
We look at the slab, tell you whether raising is the right answer, and tell you if it is not.