Mudjacking v. PolyLevel Near Oklahoma City, Lawton & Nearby
What is mudjacking?
Even though mudjacking was the concrete leveling method of choice for many years, it’s now considered an outdated concrete leveling technique. Mudjacking is a messy, invasive process that doesn’t provide the long-lasting solutions that homeowners are looking for. The slurry used for the mudjacking process, while lighter than concrete, is still heavy enough to lead to future settlement-eventually recreating the exact problems you probably used it to solve.
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Mudjacking vs. Polyurethane Foam Injection
When is mudjacking NOT appropriate?
In most cases, mudjacking alone will not be able to lift both a slab and the heavy partition walls that sit on top of it. In cases where mudjacking isn’t effective, we often recommend installing slab piers instead.
If mudjacking does lift the concrete slab, it may be difficult to control where mudjacking lifts the walls, causing them to lift unevenly. As opposed to the Polylevel system, our Greater Oklahoma city contractors use, we prefer this effective foam to lift concrete instead.
More importantly, this kind of concrete repair solution is temporary. Even with the voids filled, the soil below is likely to continue settling over time. Ultimately, you’d have to call your contractor to your home over and over again to repeat the mudjacking process — or call someone who can use a different solution that can fix it once and for all!
Mudjacking is also not appropriate as a do-it-yourself repair. Mudjacking requires special equipment and professional experience. All work should be done through a trained, professional mudjacking contractor who has excellent knowledge of local soil conditions.