Fix what can be fixed. Say so when it can’t.
Concrete problems are usually symptoms of water, movement or wear. We find the cause first, then repair what can be repaired: sealing joints, patching chips and spalls, lifting sunken panels and grinding down trip edges. If replacement is the better value, we’ll tell you up front.
Typical price$200–$600 to seal cracksinstalled · free written estimateWhich repair fits depends on why the concrete failed. We find the cause on site, then show you the options, including when replacing a section is the better buy.
Old joint sealant cracks and pulls away in sun and heat and lets water and debris into the joint. We remove it, clean the joint, add backer rod where it’s needed and install a flexible sealant made for concrete that moves.
Photo: Sam The Concrete Man
Chips, spalls, pop-outs and pits are cut back to sound concrete, cleaned and filled with a repair material that bonds and cures hard, then finished to blend in. Weathered concrete won’t match a new patch exactly in color, but the texture can.
A sunken panel that is still in one piece can be raised: small holes are drilled and a lifting material, foam or a cement slurry, is injected to fill the voids and lift it back into place. A badly broken slab is replaced instead.
Small offsets between panels are ground down smooth. A bigger offset usually means the panel is still moving, and that calls for leveling or replacement.
Photo: Sam The Concrete Man
When only some panels have failed, those are cut out and replaced, and whatever is wrong underneath, drainage or base, is fixed so the new concrete doesn’t repeat the old failure.
Photo: Sam The Concrete Man, another location
A thin topping over a sound, stable slab renews a worn patio, walk or pool deck with new texture and color: microtoppings, stamped overlays and spray textures. A slab that is moving or sinking needs repair or replacement first.
Good concrete starts long before the truck arrives. Our experienced team knows what to look for, what questions to ask, and which details can make the difference years down the road.
Heat movement, water sitting on caliche, wash soil that settles and clay that swells after a monsoon storm are the usual causes. A repair that ignores the cause comes back, so the cause is the first thing we look for.
Joint sealant lives in full sun here. Give it a look once a year and replace it when it cracks or pulls away, before water gets under the slab.
The Valley has four kinds of ground, and each one changes how we prepare the base, reinforce the slab and handle water. Your community page has the specifics.
Dig to firm ground, break out caliche that sits high in the base and haul it off the site, bring in aggregate base compacted in lifts, and slope the slab and the grade so roof and sprinkler water run away from it and off the hardpan.
Compaction done in lifts at the right moisture, with loose or soft soil dug out and replaced, a thicker section anywhere a truck, trailer or RV will park, and grading that keeps runoff off the slab and out from under it. Washes and drainage easements stay open.
Remove the soft and organic soil, bring in compacted aggregate base, set rebar on chairs, and keep the moisture under the slab steady: drainage away from it, and turf and drip lines held back from its edges.
Excavation into the rock or hardpan, a thicker compacted base where the support is uneven, drainage that catches runoff above the slab and carries it around, and engineered retaining walls where the grade is cut. Walls on hillside lots often need a permit, and each city and town has its own rules, so we check yours.
Typical prices for every kind of project are in the Phoenix concrete cost guide, and general questions are on the FAQ page.
We also do footers, home foundations, piers, demolition and removal, grinding and cutting, culverts, curbing, ramps, masonry, overlays, screen enclosures, commercial pads and slabs, commercial patios, commercial walkways and entryways, industrial flooring, loading docks, parking lots. See every service →
You'll know, without question, what your project involves, what it costs, and what to expect before work begins.
