Gallery · before and after

Concrete we've leveled and restored

These are our own jobs, shot with a yellow level on the joint. We repair and restore existing concrete whenever possible, which improves safety, protects the property and avoids unnecessary replacement.

Featured project

A Yakima garage apron, high at the threshold and flush after the lift.

Garage entry slab · Yakima · foam leveling

Before: a sunken garage entry slab with a raised lip at the threshold, a yellow level rocking on it — Before: high & tripping

After: the garage entry slab raised flush and level with the driveway — After: flush & even

Settled slab · Yakima · foam leveling

Before: a settled slab dropped at the joint with a yellow level on its edge, the Level Best trailer behind — Before: uneven & tripping

After: the same slab lifted level across the joint, no more step — After: level & safe

Entry · Yakima Valley · resurfacing

Before: a spalled, pitted concrete entry with a crumbling surface — Before: worn & pitted

After: the same entry resurfaced smooth and sealed, at a blue garden gate — After: smooth & sealed

The method behind these lifts is on the concrete leveling page, and the surface repairs are covered under concrete resurfacing.

On the job

Watch a settled slab come up.

Merle and crew lift a settled driveway slab with foam, watching a dial gauge to bring it level and erase the tripping edge.

More jobs

Steps, walkways, patios and driveways.

Entry step · Zillah

Before: a concrete entry step in Zillah sitting low and rough below a wood front door — Before: the step below the door

After: the Zillah entry step restored below the front door — After: the step restored

Curved walkway · resurfacing

Before: a curved concrete front walkway with a crack across it, leading to a house entry — Before: cracked and worn

After: the curved front walkway resurfaced with a clean, even finish — After: resurfaced

Slab at a doorway · foam leveling

Before: two concrete slabs by a building with a step down at the joint, river rock to one side and our trailer in the distance — Before: a step down at the joint

After: the same two slabs lifted level across the joint — After: slabs level across the joint

Patio joint · foam leveling

Before: a yellow level across a patio joint, the slabs on either side sitting at different heights — Before: level checking the joint

After: the level across the same patio joint, slabs now even — After: slabs even at the joint

Front steps and ramp · resurfacing

Before: the worn front ramp and steps at a brick ranch house — Before: worn ramp and steps

After: the front ramp and steps at the brick ranch house resurfaced — After: resurfaced, same slab

Driveway cracks · Ellensburg · crack sealing

Before: a driveway in Ellensburg with open cracks running across it — Before: open cracks

After: the Ellensburg driveway with its cracks cleaned out and sealed — After: cleaned out and sealed

Garage driveway · resurfacing

Before: a weathered garage driveway with stained, worn concrete in front of a two-car garage — Before: weathered and stained

After: the garage driveway resurfaced with a clean, even surface — After: resurfaced

Cracks and worn surfaces are covered under concrete crack repair. Not sure which service fits your slab? Start on the services page.

How a lift looks up close

Gauge, foam, patch.

A dial gauge mounted on a slab joint during a foam lift, the needle showing the slab coming up — Dial gauge on the joint

The injection gun with foam going in through a port drilled in the slab — Foam going in at a port

A row of small ⅝-inch injection holes patched along a slab — Patched injection holes

A commercial concrete floor in a truck yard

Commercial work

Big floors and loading docks too.

Merle has repaired large commercial and warehouse floors, loading docks included. The slab on the right is a commercial job with about three inches of drop, measured before the lift.

More about Merle and Wilson

A tape measure against the dropped edge of a commercial slab, about three inches of settlement — Commercial slab, about three inches of drop.

Your slab could be the next before and after.

Call Merle or send a photo and a note on what the concrete is doing. Estimates are free, and if it can't be lifted, we'll say so.

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