Do Yourself Concrete Lifting

Use diamond tipped core drill to bore several large diameter holes through slab.

Do yourself concrete lifting.

Mix a small batch of fast setting concrete. Foam jacking also known as polyfoam or polyjacking is a modern version of mudjacking that levels concrete slabs in a less invasive way. Lifting a sunken slab may be necessary to level the surface. High density polyurethane foam is injected into holes that expand to lift and level the sunken concrete.

Polyurethane foam is then injected under the slab filling voids and raising it to the correct level. In time however concrete slabs can crack or sink due to pressure or from movement during settling. The equipment is contained in a trailer rig with a long hose capable of reaching direct to the concrete slab location. The first step is to drill holes in the problem concrete.

Injection holes are strategically drilled into the concrete slab s that requires lifting. Use the brick chisel and sledgehammer to undercut any edges of the sunken concrete as necessary. And yes it is a foam just like your beloved spray foam. Get a carpenter s level to make sure that you don t overfill the slab too high.

With a concrete drill or masonry bit drill small holes into the sunken area and slowly pour a thin mixture of cement into the holes. Fast setting concrete is necessary to patch the holes when you re finished filling them up. Polyfoam is stronger and longer lasting than traditional mudjacking. You should also get a steel.

That ll allow the sunken slab to lift up. Basically you clean the concrete buy a bag of cement mix it up and dump it on top finish it yourself. Geolift can help to lift existing concrete surfaces and fix those problem areas around your house with much less labor. Otherwise you could crack the concrete.

Add some of the concrete dust removed from the holes after drilling to the mix to tint the mix the same color as the slab. Cut through slab with gas powered saw fitted with 12 inch diamond blade. Hiring a professional service to lift or jack up the slab can be costly. Geolift works for driveways sidewalks patios garage floors even pool decks.

Place the concrete into a grout bag and inject it into the holes filling them up to the level of the slab s surface. Geolift works in three steps. Concrete lifting with a small sledge hammer brick chisel and drill this is another method for doing it yourself.