MUD JACKING is a procedure which involves drilling two-inch diameter holes through the concrete in the affected area. Bringing in a hose, about the size of a firehose, with a nozzle that fits in the hose and pumping in a thick mud grout under the floor. The grout is pumped under the affected area with several hundred pounds of pressure until all voids are filled and backpressure lifts the concrete where it needs to be. Mudjacking has been successfuly used to lift streets, porches, garage floors, slab homes and driveways at a cost much lower than replacement.
Soil holds 100% of the weight of your home. When there are problems in the soil, there are problems in the home. When this occurs, the problems need to be solved. in essence the weight of the home must be taken off the bad soil and transferred to a composition, which will hold the home. By placing steel piers in the ground well below any seasonal or moisture changes, the up and down movement is stopped. A solid base is established with an engineered safety factor of at least two to one built in.
Foundation problems have many solutions, and Keating Mud Jacking can find the one that is best suited for your home or business. Bulging basement walls can be straightened or held in place using steel I-Beams, dead man, or helical tiebacks.
Some wet basements require the installation of a foundation drain on the inside of the basement wall rather than outside particularly when the leak is coming up through the basement floor or through the joint. When water rises through cracks in the basement slab or through the joint betwee the floor and wall, it's strong evidence that you have a high-water-table problem or a problem with your exterior drain tile. Sometimes the uplifting pressure of the water is enough to buckle or heave the slab. The French Drain is an excellent solution to this problem.
We use outside and inside (see drain tile page) applications. The outside application requires excavating, straightening walls, repairing cracks, applying rubber membrane to cracks, applying foundation coating to walls and 2 layers of 6 mil plastic. Then, installing new drain tile, covering with clean rock, installing new window wells, and backfilling with grading to drain water away.