Alameda Concrete Leveling & Foundation Repair Contractors

This business park in Alameda, CA had 13 unlevel sidewalk areas that they wanted addressed around their various buildings.  Instead of removing and replacing the concrete areas as they have in the past, they contact Foundation Repair of CA to lift and level the areas using our PolyLevel solution.  In just 1 day, with limited inconvenience to the tenants in the buildings, our PolyLevel crew came out and injected the foam solution under the various sections, removing the tripping hazards. 

Mr. F recently purchased a house in Pleasanton, CA. He already planned on bringing the house down to its studs to fix the many other issues with the home and wanted to fix the settlement issue at the same time. After all the work, Mr. F's goal was to have a home that was fixed correctly from the start.  He recounted how other homes in their area attempted to cover the effects of foundation settlement by simply patching and painting the house, equating the scenario to “putting lipstick on a pig.” However, he was looking for a permanent solution. To help solve Mr. F’s uneven flooring problem, our Structural Consultant came out to inspect the issue and suggested our piering system as a solution. Mr. F was highly involved throughout the entire job process, on site for the actual lifting and working closely with our foremen to ensure the flooring was level. Mr. F was very pleased with the work and our customer service. Foundation Repair of CA is happy to have found another Northern California homeowner a permanent solution to their foundation repair needs.

When Mary first retired she already had a vision for where she wanted to go. She had spent most of her adult life living in the same house with her husband. It was there that they raised three children two adorable dogs. Their kids were all grown up now, and now the bedrooms that once house their children are now accumilating dust. Mary didn't mind it too much though, because she and her husband had planned to leave for awhile now. They had been investing in small renovations to their home as their grandchildren grew up, and now that their youngest grandchild was about to graduate high school they were ready to sell their home and move to somewhere warm and that'd be a better fit for just the two of them. However, when they talked to their realator they found an issue. Despite the home renovations that they had made on the inside of the house, they were told that their evaluation wasn't going to be as good as they expected because of their driveway.

Mary's driveway had cracked down the middle and one of the portions of the slab had tilted while the rest of it had sunk. The realtor suggested getting the entire driveway removed and replaced which would cost thousands and thousands of dollars. Thankfully Mary had called Foundation Repair of California, and within a week Sam Phelps was able to go out and inspect the driveway. Sam had found that, despite the slab being cracked, the concrete was in actually good condition, and so gave them a quote that same day for a fraction of what it'd be to replace the whole slab.

Within two weeks the polyurethane crew was able to come out, tilt the broken slab back into place, thus closing the crack, and then lift the entire slab as one unit. After this, they sealed the crack and the joints with a silicone-based caulking. Mary was astonished to see the work done. In a matter of a few hours, her driveway was completely flush with her garage slab and the eyesore of a crack was completely sealed. Mary was able to get a better evaluation on her house and the future homeowner never has to worry about a sinking driveway.

Over the years, water has eroded the dirt underneath a walkway in this Oakland based apartment complex. The erosion lead to animals beginning to dig around the area as well until the hole became so large that the walkway literally cracked in two and was a serious safety concern. The property manager was able to get approval to go forward with fixing the walkway, and that is when she called Foundation Repair of CA.

One of our best consultants, Jim Palamedas came out to the site and saw the extent of the problem. It was going to take a lot to fix this walkway to be just right, but thankfully Jim has a lot of experience fixing just this sort of issues. Jim knew that the best solution to lift this slab back into place was to use the Poly Leveling system and include the Nexus Pro crack sealant to prevent any future problems.

The Poly Level Foreman, David "DJ" Serpa came out with the Polyurethane crew within two weeks. Upon arriving, DJ knew that this wasn't just going to be a normal job, but was going to be a large challenge. He began by injecting a base of foam underneath the slab to give it support, before attempting to lift. DJ then had his crew members use pry bars to use leverage and pry the cracked slab back up. After it was hoisted up, DJ would inject a small amount more. This was repeated several times until enough lift was achieved to be able to jack the slab up with a bottle jack. After repeating this method continuously, the cracked walkway was brought up to be perfectly level and the crack was then sealed with Nexus Pro to prevent any water damage.

Thanks to the skill, knowledge, and experience of Jim and DJ, the tenants of this apartment complex will never have to worry about the tripping hazards of that walkway again.