Sunken Garage Approach Repair: Fix the Slab in Front of Your Garage
The garage approach — the concrete apron between your driveway and the garage floor — takes a beating. It carries vehicle weight every day and sits on fill that was placed when the garage was built. When that fill settles, the approach drops, water pools at the garage door, and the slab starts to crack. […]
Raising a Driveway in Maple Park, IL
Many people are unaware of just how easy and economical it is to raise concrete slabs that dropped due to settling. Some may think that since concrete installation is costly and invasive – why wouldn’t repairing it be the same? Raising concrete is more economical than you might think. Acme Concrete Raising & Repair Lifts […]
Driveway Sunk Down in Lake in the Hills
This project was a classic example of something we see every day – concrete driveways that settle at the garage. If you look at these areas around your neighborhood, you will probably notice that this is a very common problem. Aside from seeing this at customer locations, we notice it occurring in many (if not most) […]
Lifting Settled Driveway Arlington Heights
This Arlington Heights customer called us to see if we could raise their driveway back to the height of the garage floor. The left half of the driveway had sunk about 4″ along the left edge meeting the garage. The right half had settled only about 2″. The settling of the driveway resulted in the homeowners […]
Saving a Dropped Crystal Lake Garage Approach
Acme Concrete Inc. Saves Settled Concrete in Chicago’s NW Suburbs! Concrete is still one of the best invented building materials. However, everything has limitations and drawbacks. Although concrete is durable and lasts a long time, most concrete will crack. If an area is not properly prepared prior to installation, settling will likely occur. When concrete sinks, it […]
Concrete Driveway Raising – Crystal Lake
Acme Concrete Raising & Repair Lifts Sunken Driveways in Crystal Lake, IL Sunken driveway slabs in Crystal Lake, IL can create a harsh bump at the garage and redirect rainwater back toward the house. This project shows how Acme Concrete Raising & Repair restored a dropped driveway panel with polyurethane injection—and why adding strategic “support […]