Concrete does not last forever, which is why so many paving contractors are busy repairing roads most of the year. If your sidewalk or driveway has some lumps, bumps or loose chunks, then you will want to talk to a residential paving contractor. The residential paving contractor can help in all of the following ways.
Assessing the Severity of the Damage
The paving contractor will take a closer look at your sidewalk or driveway to determine just what kind of concrete was used before. This information is important because it can tell the contractor what kind of concrete he or she should use to repair the problem areas. It also tells the contractor if there are any underlying issues that might be forcing the concrete up out of place, and that may be why you have lumps, bumps and chunks of concrete poking upward everywhere.
Making Simple Repairs
Simple repairs include patching the cracks in the concrete, either with a black, tarry substance or with concrete crack filler. As long as it has been determined that there are no problems underneath the concrete slabs that make up your sidewalk and driveway, the patch repairs will hold everything flat and keep people from tripping over cracks. If you actually have lumps or chunks of broken concrete coming loose and pointing up, that is not only more dangerous, but it falls under complex repairs.
Making Complex Repairs
More complex repairs involve removing entire slabs of broken concrete, taking out sharp, dangerous chunks, and leveling the ground and the base layer under that. If there are also some underlying reasons why the concrete was forced upward in the first place (e.g., large tree roots, burrowing animals, earthquakes, etc.), then your contractor will address each of these issues as it pertains to your particular problem.
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After these (and any other) issues have been addressed, the new concrete is poured and leveled. Once it has dried and cured, then the complex repairs are complete.
As you can see, paving contractors like Harris Paving Industries should be able to fix any problem, big or small, that you're experiencing with your concrete, so give them a call as soon as possible.
Share4 May 2016
After we moved into an older home, I realized there were a few issues with the yard -- especially with the driveway and the front sidewalk. We had large cracks running through the pavement and driveway, and I could tell that things might turn from bad to worse unless we started working on correcting the problem. We realized it might not be possible to do things on our own, so we hired a professional paving contractor to come out and help us. He was amazing to work with, and he seemed to innately understand our needs. This blog is all about using a paving contractor to improve your lot.