A MESSAGE FROM PENNSYLVANIA'S #1 ERIE CONCRETE LEVELING TEAM:
Erie, PA property owner,
We lift sunken concrete back to grade instead of tearing it out — driveways, walkways, patios, steps and garage slabs. The slab you already have goes back where it belongs, usually in a day, at a fraction of replacement cost. We work across Erie and the towns around it.
A slab has dropped, and now there is a lip where there did not used to be one. It catches shoes, it collects water against the house, and it gets worse every freeze. Replacing the concrete is the expensive answer to a problem that is usually about what is underneath it, not the concrete itself. You want somebody who turns up, tells you straight what it needs, and does it properly the first time. The typical Erie property dates to around 1950, so the housing stock here is largely post-war. With roughly 72 freeze-thaw days a year, anything that traps water moves and cracks.
Someone attends, inspects the real condition and takes measurements. Nothing here is priced off a photo.
Broken out line by line, including what is excluded, so another company's number means something next to ours.
Sometimes the answer is that it does not need doing yet. We would rather tell you that than sell you something.
You might know this as concrete lifting. Same work, either name. Everything below is work we handle directly, not passed to a third party.
Establishing why the slab moved. Downspout discharge, a broken drain, uncompacted backfill against a foundation, or a plumbing leak each need addressing or the settlement returns.
How much empty space exists under the slab determines how much material is needed and whether lifting is even the right answer versus stabilizing in place.
Mudjacking uses one to two inch holes; foam uses ports around five-eighths of an inch. Smaller holes are less visible after patching, which matters on a decorative or visible surface.
Material is pumped in stages while the slab is monitored with a level. Lifting is done incrementally across multiple ports rather than forcing it up at one point, which would crack it.
Open joints and cracks are sealed afterwards so surface water stops running straight back under the slab and washing out the support again.
Holes are filled and finished. They remain visible on close inspection; anyone claiming they will be invisible on a weathered slab is overselling.
A cross-section of the jobs we handle around Erie — different sizes, different conditions, same standard.
We work Erie and the towns around it every week. We also cover Northwest Harborcreek, Fairview, Avonia, Girard, Lawrence Park, North East, Waterford and McKean. We know what the buildings here are like and how they age.
Licensed, insured, and directly employed. Your job does not get passed to whoever happened to be free that week.
This is the whole job for us. Concrete Leveling is not something we picked up to fill gaps between other work. Levels taken across the slab, void probed, and the drainage or plumbing cause identified. A contractor who does not ask where the water goes has not diagnosed anything.
The price is agreed up front. If we find something that changes it, you see the thing itself before you see a new number.
Anything to do with concrete leveling. To start with: cause investigation, void assessment, port drilling, injection and lift, joint and crack sealing, port patching. If you need something that is not on that list, call and ask – we can usually quote it or tell you honestly who should.
We cover Erie, PA and the surrounding towns – Northwest Harborcreek, Fairview, Avonia, Girard, Lawrence Park, North East, Waterford, McKean, Wesleyville, Platea, Edinboro, Union City, Lake City, Elgin, Ripley, Canadohta Lake, Albion, Cranesville, Mill Village, Cambridge Springs, Sherman, Wattsburg, Venango, and more. If you do not see your town listed, call anyway and we will tell you straight whether we can get to you.
Cause investigation – Establishing why the slab moved. Downspout discharge, a broken drain, uncompacted backfill against a foundation, or a plumbing leak each need addressing or the settlement returns.; Void assessment – How much empty space exists under the slab determines how much material is needed and whether lifting is even the right answer versus stabilizing in place.; Port drilling – Mudjacking uses one to two inch holes; foam uses ports around five-eighths of an inch. Smaller holes are less visible after patching, which matters on a decorative or visible surface.. Which one is right depends on what we find when we look at it, and we will walk you through the trade-offs rather than picking for you.
Cause investigation is the one we are asked about most often in Erie. Establishing why the slab moved. Downspout discharge, a broken drain, uncompacted backfill against a foundation, or a plumbing leak each need addressing or the settlement returns.
Most jobs land between $3 and $25 per square foot of slab lifted, depending on condition and scope. We come out, look at it, and give you a written estimate at no charge. We are not the cheapest outfit in Erie and we will not pretend to be – but you will know exactly what you are paying for before anything starts.
Method chosen: The dominant variable. Foam costs substantially more per square foot but is lighter, sets in minutes, uses smaller ports and does not add significant weight to already weak soil. That is usually the biggest single swing in a quote, which is why we look before we price.
Yes. We stand behind what we do and we put the terms in writing with the estimate, so the guarantee is not a handshake you have to remember later.
Call us at (814) 983-5915, or fill in the quote form on this page. We will get back to you, set a time that suits, and come look at the job.
Free estimate, in writing, from a Erie team that does this every day.
Call us whenever suits. We handle every size of job, residential and commercial, across Erie and the towns around it.
Your partner,
Erie Concrete Leveling