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El Paso Concrete Leveling for Sunken Slabs

Driveways, patios, walks, steps, and garage floors that sank, raised again with polyurethane foam, whether the house sits on a Franklin Mountain slope, out toward Horizon City, or down in the valley near Socorro.

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Concrete Lifting & Leveling in El Paso

Mountain runoff, caliche, and river clay under El Paso concrete

Concrete in El Paso sits on three kinds of ground, and each lets a slab down its own way. On the slopes of the Franklin Mountains, the soil is mostly sand and gravel washed off the mountain, and a monsoon cloudburst sends water racing down the arroyos and streets, cutting the sand away beneath the low edge of a driveway or walk. Elsewhere, caliche often sits a short way down; water can’t soak through it, so it stays in the fill above and turns it soft. Along the Rio Grande, the soil holds more clay, which shrinks through long dry stretches and swells when it’s watered, and slabs move with it.

The fix usually doesn’t take a jackhammer. Foam injected through a handful of small holes grows to fill the hollow, then raises the concrete back to grade. First, though, we track down the water: a slope that sheds storm runoff across the drive, a roof drain emptying at one corner, or the drain line from an evaporative cooler dripping beside the patio all summer. Concrete raised over ground that stays soaked will likely drop again. A house that is settling is a different job; see foundation repair.

Typical concrete leveling jobs in El Paso

  • Driveways on hillside lots that dropped along the downhill edge
  • Patios sunk under the drip of an evaporative cooler drain line
  • Front steps and stoops that settled away from older brick homes
  • Hollow garage floors and pool decks where runoff carried the fill off
  • Walks and shop aprons on farm properties around Clint, Fabens, and Tornillo

What we plan around in El Paso

  • Monsoon runoff off the Franklins undercutting the low edges of slabs
  • Caliche that keeps water sitting in the fill beneath a slab
  • Valley clay that shrinks and swells; foam raises slabs but can’t lower them
  • Rooftop cooler drain lines wetting the same spot all summer

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Find the cause

    We look at the slab, how far it dropped, and where the water that softened the ground came from.

  2. Step 2

    Drill

    A few dime-sized holes go through the slab. No saw cuts and no jackhammer.

  3. Step 3

    Lift

    Polyurethane foam goes in under the slab and expands, and we watch the concrete come up as it does.

  4. Step 4

    Patch

    The holes get patched and the area cleaned up. The crew confirms when foot traffic and vehicles can return.

Also serving: Socorro, Horizon City, Canutillo, Vinton, Anthony, Texas, San Elizario, Clint, Fabens, Tornillo.

Guides

Worth reading before you call

All guides

Concrete lifting guide

How polyurethane concrete lifting works, from drill to patch

A sunken driveway panel or a patio tipping toward the house can often be raised with foam. Here is how the job goes, how the rise is controlled, and where lifting stops being the answer.

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Slab support guide

Voids under concrete: signs, causes and fixes

A slab can ride over empty ground for years before it cracks. Here is how to spot a hollow from above, what opens one up in New Mexico soil, and which fix it needs.

5 min read

Concrete lifting guide

Why driveways sink at the garage, and how a lift fixes it

The panel in front of the garage drops more often than any other concrete around a house. Here is what is going on under it, what the lip at the door is telling you, and how a lift brings it back.

5 min read

Concrete Lifting & Leveling in El Paso: common questions

Usually, as long as the water stops getting under it. Driveway leveling lifts the slab and fills the hollow the runoff dug, but if the next storm pours across that same edge, it can carry sand out again. On the visit we’ll trace how the water reaches it, so you can add something like a curb, a swale, or a rock-lined channel along that edge. On steep lots, that step matters as much as the leveling.
Ask what made the slab drop, and expect an answer about water or soil, not just a price. Ask what goes under the concrete and how big the holes are. Ask what they’d do with a section that’s broken into small pieces; the honest answer is often to replace it rather than raise it. We’ll cover all three on the visit, before you decide anything.
Yes. We level concrete across El Paso and out to Horizon City, down the valley through Socorro, San Elizario, Clint, and Fabens to Tornillo, and up the valley in Vinton, Canutillo, and Anthony, Texas. A couple of photos and the address are enough to start. Put a tape measure in the shot so we can see how far it sank.

Need concrete leveling in El Paso?

Point us to the slab that sank and tell us where storm water runs on your lot, and we’ll schedule a site visit.

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