Lansing Illinois Concrete Overlays for Tired Patios

Lansing, Illinois sits on the Cook County side of the state line. Older blocks in town still have patios that went in with the houses. Winters here run cold, and people salt the steps and walks. After enough seasons the top of the slab looks tired. The surface flakes and the color goes dull. Under that, the concrete often still feels solid when you walk it. Concrete Overlays in Lansing fit when the slab is sound and the surface has worn out.

People have called us about patios that look rough and still don’t rock underfoot. So we start by walking the whole slab. We look for wide cracks and for edges that have dropped. When the concrete is still one piece, we can leave it in place and add a surface. A bonded overlay puts a new wearing surface on the slab you already have.

Concrete Overlays in Lansing for a Tired Patio Surface

We’ve spent a lot of afternoons on patios like these in Lansing. Homeowners have pointed at the flaking and asked if the whole thing has to come out. Then we tap the slab and watch how it sits after a rain. Because a sound base can take a new layer, we walk through an overlay for that patio. Cabe’s Concrete is a family owned and operated company, and our doors opened back in 2006. More on the crew is on our about Cabe’s Concrete page.

For a bonded job, we need a clean old surface so the new concrete can grab. So we take off the loose scale and open the top. Then we place the overlay and finish it the way you asked. Concrete Overlays in Lansing can be a plain broom finish. When you want the patio to fit the house, we can also add color. We specialize in decorative concrete such as stamped overlays and colored concrete.

What We Check Before Concrete Overlays in Lansing

If the slab is moving, a new surface will crack with it. For example, we have seen that on walks where one side had sunk. So we do that check before we pick a finish. We look at how water leaves the patio after a rain. When water sits in a low spot, we talk about that before we cover it. We have seen a low corner hold water after an overlay, because the new layer followed the old slope.

Service walks and upper walks on these Lansing, Illinois lots often wear the same way as the patio. Because salt and foot traffic wear the surface down, the slab underneath can still be fine. We can overlay those walks on the same visit when they pass the same check. Concrete Overlays in Lansing cover patios and the residential walks beside them. A worn walk is a common add-on when we’re already set up.

Some slabs don’t pass that check. A crack that runs through the full depth tells us the base is done. Sometimes a corner rocks when you step on it, and that means the same thing. Then we switch to concrete replacement. We do tear-out and replace when an overlay would only cover a slab that is already failing. But that work takes out the old slab and pours a new one, so the visit runs longer.

We will work with you on the look, whether that is a light broom or a stamped pattern. Our photo gallery shows past overlay jobs. For the full range of work the crew handles, see our concrete overlays work. We plan Concrete Overlays in Lansing around the slab we find on site. Because we source the products ourselves, we know what goes down on the slab.