Crown Point Indiana Concrete Slabs on Clay Soil

You roll the garage door up and hear a scrape that wasn’t there last fall. The bottom seal drags on a high spot. Then you see the crack. It starts near the apron and runs back under the car. But one edge sits higher than the other. We’ve pulled up garage floors in Crown Point where that line went all the way through. Concrete Slabs in Crown Point show the crack on top after the clay under them has shifted.

Crown Point, Indiana gets wet springs and hard freezes through the winter. After a soaked week the clay under a lot takes on water and swells. When the weather dries out, that clay shrinks and the slab loses even support. After a hard freeze, a wet spot under the slab can heave. Then that spot drops once it thaws. So a floor that looked level in August can open up by March. Because the soil beside the house is the same clay, patio slabs crack the same way. So we get calls about both.

Older garages near the square and newer ones out in the subdivisions sit on that same ground. A hairline can widen enough to catch a snow shovel by the next winter. For example, we’ve found slabs that rocked when you stepped on the high side. The support under them had dropped away in spots.

What Clay Does to Concrete Slabs in Crown Point

A crack like that rarely stays a surface mark. Because the clay keeps swelling and shrinking, the slab flexes a little each season and the crack grows. We’ve cut out sections where the bottom was already open. The top still looked like a hairline. Patching the top doesn’t stop that movement. When the whole bay has heaved, we tear the floor out and pour it back.

Cabe’s Concrete is family owned, and we’ve poured concrete since 2006. You can see who we are on our About Us page. Concrete Slabs in Crown Point need a base that stays put through that movement. So we pull the broken concrete and set a stone base before the new pour. Then we place the floor and cut joints in the finish.

Replacing Concrete Slabs in Crown Point Garages

Some floors only fail in one strip, along the tire path or at the apron. For example, we trench-cut the bad run and pour new concrete in its place. But when the slab rocks across the whole bay, a surface patch won’t hold. Then the job is a full tear out and replace. That visit can also cover a service walk the clay has lifted.

We also pour new garage floors on room additions and on houses going up in Crown Point. After we set the forms, we place the concrete and get out. Because they have spent years in the field, our staff knows the work. And we write the quote out line by line so you can see the work before we start.

The same clay hits the pad by the back door. So a lot of Concrete Slabs in Crown Point jobs include that patio while we are on site. People also ask us to epoxy the new garage floor once it has cured. We do colored concrete and epoxy when that is the look you want. You can see finished pours in our Photo Gallery.

If the crack is only in the apron, we can often keep the main bay and replace that strip. Concrete Slabs in Crown Point still sit on that clay. So we deal with the ground under whatever we pour back. If we skip that step, the new piece can tip.

Our concrete slabs work covers the tear-out and the new pour. We are upfront about what the ground is doing. And we will work with you on the finish you want. People call us for concrete replacement in Crown Point, Indiana when a garage floor has cracked from below. We’ve torn out single bays and full garage floors in Crown Point.