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New Tool Offers Customer Better Concrete Lifting Experience

Having uneven concrete sidewalks, driveways or patios is an eyesore and a safety hazard. Our team is well trained and experienced in lifting concrete back to level. The process is quite amazing and coming soon, we have an improvement to offer our customers.

The PolyLevel injection ports, used to insert a polymer foam into the concrete to lift it, will be only 3/8 of an inch in diameter. That’s approximately the same diameter as a ballpoint pen. This means the hole we drill to inject your concrete with PolyLevel will be ¼ of an inch SMALLER than before. Many companies use a 5/8 inch port, approximately the size of a dime. With such a small area to fill after the repair has been made, your concrete will be even more attractive.

PolyLevel is polymer that consists of two separate liquids that are combined right at the injection nozzle to trigger a chemical reaction that turns the blended ingredients into expanding, high-density foam. The foam flows into voids and between loose soil particles, expanding to about 15 times its initial volume. This expansive action effectively lifts settled concrete. An experienced technician, like those at Davenport Foundation Repair, can control the application to create just the right amount of raising pressure.

The polymer begins to harden quickly after doing its raising work. Within just 30 minutes, it reaches 90% of its final strength, enabling damaged concrete roads and slabs to be put back into service right away. The speed of polymer injection repairs is another huge advantage over mortar pumping.

In addition to lifting and realigning settled and/or shifted concrete, polymer injection can be done prior to construction to improve soil stability and strength. Injections as deep as 20ft.-30ft. are possible.