Highland Indiana Concrete Equipment Pads – Side Yards

You are deciding whether to prop up a leaning condenser or set it on a new pad. That choice comes up beside ranch homes in Highland, Indiana. The unit sits in a side yard that stays soft after rain. Concrete Equipment Pads in Highland give that unit a level base again when the old one has dropped. So look at the ground under the cabinet first.

Highland, Indiana has many single-story ranch houses. The condenser usually sits a few feet off the side wall. When that pad has dropped on one corner, people call us. We’ve pulled those pads and found the gravel washed out. But the soil under them sat in a low spot. When the pad tilts, the cabinet tilts with it. Then the lineset has to bend to match.

In spring we have found pads that sat fine in fall sitting low on one side. The side yards on these ranch lots are narrow, and the mower never really firms that strip. Because water hangs there after a rain, the ground under a light pad stays soft. We replace what failed.

But a shim under one corner is the fix people try first. It can hold the cabinet for a bit. When the ground is still soft, that shim sinks too. We’ve come back to pads people had shimmed that still leaned toward the house. So the next step is Concrete Equipment Pads in Highland, a base that stays put on soft ground.

Concrete Equipment Pads in Highland, Indiana After the Old Pad Drops

We’ve seen condenser pads settle in the wet yards beside Highland ranch homes. They tilt, and the cabinet leans with them. A new concrete pad is how that equipment gets a level base again. Because a thin plastic pad follows soft ground, shims under one corner work loose. Then the lineset takes the twist. For example, we’ve found the suction line tight after the pad dropped on the house side.

So a poured pad spreads the weight. We form it level, and we set the size for the unit that will sit on it. After the concrete cures, the condenser goes back on a flat surface and the cabinet can stand square. The lineset can sit without a hard bend. While we are there, we look at the clearance to the siding.

People have asked us for Concrete Equipment Pads in Highland after a tech flagged a lean. The old pad is usually a molded plastic square or a stack of patio blocks. Either one can rock once the soil gives way under a corner.

Pouring Concrete Equipment Pads in Highland, Indiana Beside the House

The job starts with the old pad. We leave the refrigerant work to the cooling tech. After the cooling tech moves the unit, we lift the plastic pad and any broken block under it. Then we dig out the soft soil until we hit firmer ground. We put stone in the bottom and tamp it. So the new pad sits on tamped stone over firmer ground.

We build a square form and set it for the condenser. Most ranch units in Highland, Indiana need a pad a bit larger than the cabinet. The tech needs room to stand beside it. We pour the concrete in one placement. Because the unit feet need a flat plane, we strike the top flat. Then we edge the form line so the pad has a clean side.

Concrete removal covers the old pad and the soft fill under it. When the service walk beside the unit has broken up, concrete replacement can go in on the same visit. Tear out and replace fits when that walk has cracked next to the pad. Residential concrete covers the rest of the side yard, including a short walk. We’re a family owned and operated company, and our doors opened back in 2006.

You can see related flatwork on our concrete equipment pad work. Concrete Equipment Pads in Highland stay sized to the condenser in that side yard.

Our staff set the forms and pour the pad. They keep the edges straight beside the siding on these tight side yards. After the concrete has set, we pull the forms and rake the soil back. Our photo gallery shows other residential pours. Then the new pad sits clear of the loose soil. The condenser can go back on once the cooling tech is ready.