Britton had been worried about our front porch concrete area as it seemed each year it was falling more and more. We were starting to get water running into the garage and in the winter, it would cause an icy, dangerous area when anyone walked up to our door partly because it was shaded on the north side of the house and was draining toward the garage. So, Britton convinced me that it was a structural issue and not cosmetic, so we forked over the $450 to get it mudjacked. It was pretty interesting to watch them pump so much concrete under the porch (it hadn’t started to fall, but was an empty cave underneath and they suggested it for preventive reasons) and then raise the walkway.
BEFORE
Crack in front porch
Close up of crack
DURING
AFTER
House after mudjacking
Front porch with Kitty -the holes filled with cement are still drying after about a week!
Close up after mudjacking (with Schnoodle and Gourd/Pumpkin)
I think it looks pretty good except I don’t like the hole/spots all up and down our walkway and I think they raised it slightly too high in one area. Overall, Britton says it will do it’s function better now, so I think it was worth it.
Better to fix it now for $450 instead of having mold growing and water leaking into the garage. Ick. If that front porch would have shifted down that would have been a disaster!!! Your entire front roof area would have shifted down with it… Yikes.
It does look nicer now, that sidewalk sunk a lot. Take a level out. Hopefully they sloped it so the water drains AWAY from the house.
I also live in Greeley, I’m buying a new house with the same issue, may I ask what the cost was?
Never mind, $450, I don’t know how I missed that the first time!
I have the same problem in my house in Mead. Which contractors submitted a bid for this project and which one did you choose?
Thanks.
Hi Ozy,
Thanks for stopping by! We didn’t find many options for contractors. I think the company we chose was called Crackerjack.