Concrete repair in
Cordova, Illinois can help homeowners with sunken entryway steps to level their
stairs and make their home a safer place to live and visit. Through various
natural processes, steps can crack and begin to sink into the ground, causing
an uneven surface for you and your guests to have to cross over to enter your
home. Not only does this open up you and your family to potential accidents
such as tripping or falling, but it also becomes a liability should a person
outside your household fall on your property and become injured. Your home
value may also be impacted since the appearance and integrity of your home is
compromised. Here is some information about sunken concrete steps and what you
as a homeowner can do to fix them…read on!
The Cause
When the foundation and
steps for your home were first installed, the ground was packed as tightly as
possible by the contractors before the slab was poured. Over time and with the
help of natural processes, the soil beneath your steps and foundation can
erode, causing larger and larger spaces to form beneath these areas. This
erosion process is further exacerbated by moisture forming in these spaces and
the freezing and thawing of the ground and these moisture pockets. Not only
will more soil be moved and larger spaces be formed, but during the freezing
portion of the process, an upheaval can further damage your steps, causing
fissures to form, the stairs to sink into the spaces beneath them and the creation
of even more moisture to seep into the ground beneath your steps, which will
continue to worsen the problem. As any concrete repair specialist can tell you,
the natural processes behind sunken concrete steps are a degenerative series of
events that only worsen over time, causing more and more damage.
The Solution
There are two ways to
solve the issues at hand. The first is to have a contractor chisel out the
affected slab and steps, repack the ground beneath the spot and pour new
concrete steps for your home. The second option you have is to contract a
mudjacking company to drill into your current slab and steps to pump a slurry
beneath the affected areas, reposition your steps to their original spot, seal
the fissures and apply a protective barrier to ward off further deterioration.
Most homeowners find the second option less invasive upon their families since
not only is it less expensive, but also requires less time to complete the job
and without the mess and possible damage associated with total replacements.
Because of this, concrete repair is often a more appropriate fix that most
families choose.
For more information
about concrete repair in Cordova IL and the advantages of mudjacking for
solving the problem of sunken concrete steps, call 309-373-2919 or click on the provided
link.
