SETTLING, SINKING, OR CRACKING concrete?

Cracked Concrete Sidewalks and Driveways

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Cracks in concrete driveways can create uneven surfaces, posing tripping hazards for pedestrians and causing potential damage to vehicles.

Cracked concrete driveways can also diminish curb appeal and potentially lower the value of your property.

Cracked Driveways

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If you have a driveway that’s sunken or uneven, replacing it might not be the most cost-effective option. We can use PolyLevel to raise the concrete, creating an even surface and preventing further sinking. Our driveway leveling process can eliminate unsafe conditions and improve the curb appeal of your home.

Sunken Driveways

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You shouldn’t have to worry about tripping on uneven concrete when relaxing on your patio. You might also notice your table and chairs wobbling because of uneven concrete. Concrete leveling can eliminate these issues and provide a safe, even surface.

Uneven Patios, Porches
& Landings

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Cracked or uneven pool decks can cause stress on the pool’s coping, tiles, or other structural components. Over time, this stress can lead to damage to the pool’s equipment, such as pumps, filters, or plumbing, resulting in leaks or malfunctions.

Cracked and Uneven
Pool Decks

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If your garage has sloped floors, cracks in tiles or gaps you might have a concrete settlement problem. Our use of polyurethane foam for concrete floor leveling is a long-lasting alternative to self-leveling treatments.

Uneven Garage Slabs

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Cracks in sidewalks create uneven surfaces that can pose tripping hazards for pedestrians, especially for children, the elderly, or individuals with mobility impairments. Property owners may even be held liable for injuries or accidents resulting from hazardous conditions on their sidewalks.

Uneven Sidewalks

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WHY DO ConcretE SLABS crack, Sink, & Settle UNDER HOMES, Sidewalks, and PATIOS?

Concrete is strong and versatile. It can be poured, shaped, and made into just about anything–but it’s not indestructible. When you see cracked concrete, broken slabs, or a sunken driveway on your property – there could be several factors at play.
TerraFirma can diagnose and fix your concrete concerns.

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Poorly compacted soil – When your home was built, the movement of soil around the building site results in poor compaction. Even when the replaced soil is compacted well, it’s never as stable as the original soil. Over time, this can cause voids to form and slabs to settle.

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Dry soil – During dry conditions or even just during periods of warm weather and low precipitation, the soil under your concrete will dry out and shrink, creating voids. The concrete above eventually cracks and sinks into these empty spaces.

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Flooding – Wet, soft soil caused by flooding is just too weak to support the concrete above it. In the worst case, the soil erodes and washes away completely, leaving behind large voids that cannot support the weight of the concrete above.

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Rainwater or gutter runoff – Runoff from gutters or downspouts can cause soil erosion around the perimeter of your home. As soil erodes, it can create voids beneath concrete surfaces such as driveways, walkways, or patios, causing them to sink or become uneven.

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Rotting tree roots – Decaying tree roots can create voids or channels in the soil. This can exacerbate existing foundation issues and contribute to soil erosion around concrete surfaces, leading to further settlement or instability.

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Clogged gutters – Prolonged exposure to water from overflowing or clogged gutters can saturate the soil around your home’s foundation, causing it to expand and exert pressure against the concrete.

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TERRAFIRMA IN ACTION

We’re big fans of lifting & leveling to repair concrete, rather than replacing.
Did you know it’s typically about half the cost to repair rather than replace?
Read on for our concrete repair pro-tips and galleries of our slab repair work.

Sidewalks & Driveways REPAIRED

Don’t take our word for it – see what our clients have to say.
From Roseburg to Eugene, Portland to Seattle, our Concrete Repair work speaks for itself

Called TerraFirma to take a look at the concrete steps that have been settling for years. Bailey Mercer is very professional, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. He answered all our questions, and addressed our concerns. At the end, he presented us with 3 different solutions. There was no pressure to pick one, or pick the most expensive one, or pick one within the hour or the deal is gone. We had the weekend to think about it. Bailey did a follow up call as promised, and answered even more questions - all to our satisfaction. I will update when work begins and at its conclusion. Bailey should get a surf and turf dinner, not just a lunch!
We had Terra Firma repair some spalled concrete and cracks in our basement. The price was bit more importantly their staff were polite, professional, and showed up exactly when they said they would.
We are extremely satisfied with our TerraFirma experience! We had a street tree that had wrecked our sidewalk. Lauren was prompt, very thorough and professional with her initial assessment and estimate. Jonathan, our project manager, was very responsive, helpful, and communicative and set everything up with us, his team, and our arborist seamlessly. When the project day arrived, Kevin the site foreman was amazing - he called to give us an ETA, arrived on time, was very thorough and transparent, communicative and respectful of our space. His team got straight to work and worked efficiently as a team. The crew, Jake, Brent, and Alex were all extremely knowledgeable, skillful, polite, and cooperated well to get the work done quickly. They were all very informed about the project’s plans and worked well alongside the arborist when he arrived to grind out the tree roots so they could set their forms. We had a substantial setback due to the arborist accidentally knicking a water hose, but the TerraFirma crew acted fast and took charge. They quickly problem-solved with the arborist and handled it, and checked back in to make sure things had been resolved to our liking before moving ahead. At the end of the first day, they even hauled a small pile of rubble we had in our driveway from an unrelated project. Amazing! On the second day, Kevin’s crew arrived promptly once again and in good spirits. They quickly poured the sidewalk and it now looks exceptionally smooth, clean, and exactly what we were hoping for. Kevin, Jake, Brent, and Alex were awesome, highly skilled, personable, and we are more than pleased with their high quality professional work! Highly recommend!!!!! Update: The city said the grade of our finished sidewalk was off by 0.5% and ultimately needed to be torn out and repoured. We were pretty mad about it (mad at the city's ridiculous specs, not mad at TF) but TF was great and swiftly scheduled the repour. A TF team from Roseberg came out and demo'd and readied the site, then Ken and Mike (amazing guys!) came out to do the repour. They also filled in the sides of the new sidewalk with topsoil so it looked really nice. Ken and Mike did a great job and now we have a beautiful, city-approved sidewalk! Thanks guys!
Schylar was assigned to our project which was to level the concrete patio and walkway around the side of the house, and seal the cracks in the concrete. He showed up on time. He is a friendly person and a good communicator. We talked about the project before he began and he told us how he would approach it and identified the challenges. We discussed how to deal with the challenges so that he would know what was important to us. For example we did not want any grinding of lips/edges. Our patio is made of sections of cement so different sections shifted differently over the years. I was amazed that Schylar was able to make adjustments such that the patio is darn near perfect. Amazing! Schylar is definitely a master of his craft. You absolutely want him to work his magic on your patio. Thank you Schylar!
Had Walt come out to Corvallis to assess our concrete slab foundation and he was very knowledgeable of everything he observed surrounding the home's foundation. He took time to understand our concerns and provided us with his solution to our problem. We ended up having a structural engineer come out to asses our home and get his recommendation on if the work was needed. Although we ended up not needing to have the work done, the structural engineer said that Walt's estimate on the work needed to fix the problem was correct and if our house truly needed it, then he would have recommended the exact same work be done. In the future, if we have any other concrete/foundation projects around the property, we will definitely be calling Walt again.
Fantastic job leveling out settled patio concrete slabs. Very efficient work done in about 4 hours. One area had a 2” trip hazard between slabs, now nothing! 5 year guarantee but should last 80 years
Found this company through google search. They already had ~5 star reviews. And I am glad I picked them for sport court concrete support project. They were easy to reach for questions, gave reasonable quotes and were easy to get the project scheduled. The staff doing the work were friendly, explained what was happening clearly and cleaned up the job site well. They offer 5 year warranty on their work. Overall a positive experience thus far. Will use them for any future needs.
Our basement waterproofing job was completed on schedule the crew was professional and easy to work with. When we have other foundation or concrete work to be done TerraFirma will be our first choice. Jonah was a good coordinator and everything went smoothly,
John Thompson and his crew came out and did a fantastic job fixing our driveway and patio. They showed up on time, worked quickly and efficiently, and fixed our problems. We had part of the patio pulling away from the house, and there were also quite a few cracks and uneven spots on the patio and in the driveway. Everything has been fixed to our satisfaction, and I think we’re ready for another twenty years, at least! I highly recommend Terra Firma for your concrete repair needs. Noah also did a great job of explaining our estimate very thoroughly and clearly, and he was a big reason that we felt confident hiring Terra Firma to do this job for us.
We had a concrete driveway that was sinking on one side, large chunks of the pavement were completely detached. TerraFirma was quick to schedule an estimate. The estimate was thorough and a fair price. They were flexible with scheduling for the job itself. They arrived at the scheduled time, did an awesome job of cleaning the cracks, leveling everything, and sealing the cracks. The material to seal the cracks needed to be avoided by our dog for half a day to be safe just to prevent her nails from digging into it while it finished curing, but otherwise we were able to immediately walk on the driveway. It looks fantastic. If you're looking to give your exterior a visual improvement as well as prevent erosion of your driveway/foundation, this is such a great solution. The warranty is great too. Well worth the price. We feel comfortable moving on to additional projects that the driveway impacts, knowing it is sturdy.
Walt from the Roseburg office came over to Bend to look at my concrete issues. And even though Terra Firma wasn’t going to be able to help with our issues, he was very giving of his time and experience. Which is way more than I can say for our local contractors….. Thank You again Walt, Llw
So I had Jorge as a Forman with Juan, Manuel, Kevin, Zach, and Daniel. First off, Jorge did an excellent job of communicating the process, explaining materials he was using, and setting up the sump online system with my wife (it was the first time he'd installed this particular sump, so the set up was new to him as well). Secondly, When he was done, even though it was Friday night and I know he wanted to get back home, he chatted with my wife and I and was very pleasant and positive. I believe he said he's been there for four years and also said it was a great company to work for. I also work in the construction industry and was generally curious about the company. I could tell he was sincere. Lastly, To say they worked hard was an extreme understatement; they had to haul in by hand 5 gallon buckets of concrete and haul out all the jackhammering they did to get the foundation flood protection as well as the sump set. No standing around. No cell phone use. Just solid work. Jorge's crew was friendly enough, but they were no-nonsense and left the up front communication to him. The cost wasn't cheap, but we went with Terra Firma strictly on reputation. We live about 75 miles out of PDX, and to get the job done, they sent out an additional crew for a crucial piece of the work. I would say, despite the cost (and it's not like they were ripping me off, it was just a costly project), I got my money's worth based on what I saw from the labor intensity. I really can't believe how much they did in such little time. They said "one day", and by God they made it happen. They had to hammer out approximately a 75' long, 8" wide by 10" deep trench along the inner concrete foundation of my house, hammer out and install a sump, then core out, install and set a discharge conduit about 12 feet outside of my house. Not a small task for a day's work. My only nitpick would be there was a small amount of dust left over from the work, despite the very elaborate taping and containment plastic they used (which was a LOT). They did great of taping everything and covering floors, etc. I was concerned about silica, and Jorge told me they would use a vacuum shroud for the hammering process, which I assume was done, but was not at home for that phase of the process. My wife has asthma, so dust is our nemesis! This is one of those projects that you hope you don't have to use (flood prevention), but a small part of me wants to have water trickle in to see the efficacy of the work. Time will tell! Until then, thank you Jorge and crew for kicking some ass, and getting a good tackle on our flood prevention!

CONCRETE REPAIR Homeowner Questions

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My concrete seems to have moved up during the winter months, is this a problem?

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My concrete seems to have settled over the winter. What should I do?