Void Causes Garage Floor to Crack in Innisfil, Ontario

Before	After

Garage floors deal with a lot of wear and tear. The constant weight of vehicles driving back and forth takes a toll, and after an extended period, many garage floors begin to fail.

A customer in Innisfil, Ontario, noticed cracks were forming in his garage floor. He wanted the issue fixed before it got worse, so he reached out to Canadian Concrete Leveling after hearing about how we can stabilize concrete. 

Project Manager Paul Mendell met with the homeowner and inspected the garage. Paul discovered a void beneath the concrete floor. He explained to the customer, and how we could fill the void and stabilize the concrete, and the customer eagerly booked a repair date. 

Foreman Kyle McKeown started by drilling a few dime-sized holes in the concrete. He used these as injection ports for installing our PolyLevel® high-density polyurethane. PolyLevel® expands beneath the concrete, compressing fill soils and stabilizing the floor above. After completing the repair, Kyle patched the holes with fresh concrete.

The customer is thrilled that his garage is fixed. He doesn’t need to worry about the cracks anymore, and he knows his floor is stable and supported.

OnRoute Sinking Concrete Driveway, Innisfil, Ontario

Before	After

Innisfil, Ontario's OnRoute had a significant hazard forming on the driveway in front. The 4-foot concrete slab had started to sink due to soil erosion beneath. This caused a lip to include in the joint, making it a tripping hazard and an unwanted lump for drivers. The property managers acted and did some research on where they found us. As a result, we can lift the existing concrete back to its original height without damaging the surface, taking days at a time, being cost-effective, and not interrupting the daily traffic. 

We sent our Project Manager, Paul Mendell, for our free estimate guarantee. Paul was able to diagnose the problem, where the injections of our polyurethane would go, how long it would take, and who will be coming to the job site. Once the quote was done and uploaded, it was time to send our Installation Supervisor, Kyle McKeown, to the job. Accompanying him was our Installation Specialist JP Basto. With commercial work, we typically send out two specialists to be time effective and make sure there are two sets of eyes confirming all the components are done well. Kyle and JP started drilling holes into the problematic concrete slab and attached metal caps to prepare for the PolyLevel® machine. The machine is a gun-shaped mechanism attached to a 300ft+ insulated hose that keeps the polyurethane in liquid form, and once it's pumped out, it expands and becomes solid. The polyurethane was pumped through, lifting the surface in seconds. The great thing about polyurethane curing as quickly as it does is that the surface can be used eight after the cleanup, which eliminates traffic in the high-trafficked space. Once the PolyLevel® is underneath, the holes that were drilled in earlier then get filled up by concrete to conceal the invasion that was done and give the work a clean look. The process alone took under half an hour, and the concrete looked similar to when it was first installed.