Mudjacking vs Foam Jacking – Polyurethane Foam Concrete Lifting & Levelling vs. Traditional Mud-Jacking

Foam jacking and levelling is the cost effective, eco-friendly alternative to busting out concrete. You can lift your existing concrete slab for up to 85% less than removal and replacement. Concrete lifting or raising can usually be done for less than half the cost of pouring new concrete. However, the savings may be even greater, since when concrete raising, the costs of demolition, removal, and landscaping are eliminated.

Polyurethane concrete lifting or foam jacking (our personal favourite) achieves the same results as traditional mudjacking, but with a lightweight material that requires smaller and fewer injection holes and generally a longer lasting result. Also known as foam jacking/poly lifting/foam lifting, polyurethane concrete raising is the latest and greatest concrete repair method available.

Fewer & Smaller Holes

While we do use much smaller and fewer injection holes, this does NOT mean we cover a smaller area within each injection point. It means the exact opposite! Due to the fact that our foam is injected as a two-part liquid, it has the ability to travel in a much larger radius from the injection hole before it expands becomes a dense foam. This is why polyurethane concrete lifting requires fewer & smaller injection holes (5/8″ in diameter), which is far more aesthetically pleasing compared to mudjacking holes, which are 1 5/8″ in diameter.

Convenient Cure Time

Foam cure time is less than 15 minutes, which means you can use your concrete immediately after cleanup! Mudjacking can take ‪around 1-2‬ days to cure. Foamjacking is perfect for commercial work, and any type of work in general because there is essentially no wait time. Once our crew has patched up the injection points, completed any other necessary preventative or surface maintenance, your concrete is ready for immediate use. Park your car, trailer, boat, or all three at once on your driveway as soon as our crew is gone!

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Don’t Just Lift, Stabilize!

Concrete lifting foam expands to not only lift your sunken concrete, but to also stabilize the aggregates beneath. It is impervious to water and decay, which means your concrete will stay in place for a very long time. A mudjacking mixture can be washed away with time when moisture or critters come into play. As long as you properly maintain the surrounding grade around your concrete, ensure the foam is not exposed to the UV rays post-lift and maintain downspouts and properly extend them away from the area for proper drainage, your repair is expected to last you for years to come!

Superior Technology

Many of our potential customers ask us: “What is the difference between poly lifting and mudjacking? And we don’t blame them for asking! Whenever a new product, service or new way of doing something comes out, it is just a known fact that there will be some uncertainty for a while. Poly lifting has been around for much longer than Manitoba consumers have ever known. With the use of superior technology and sophisticated equipment, poly lifting definitely hits all the bases.

Lighter Material

Polyurethane concrete lifting foam is much lighter (2 lbs per cubic foot) than a mudjacking slurry (100 lbs per cubic foot), which makes much more sense to use on already unstable soils. If you ever think “Why don’t I just pour more concrete on top, that’ll do it!” Make sure to remind yourself that all that extra weight is just added stress and can even further your settlement. You want to add the least amount of stress to an already aggravated base as possible, not make it worse.

Hydrophobic Material

We’re often asked, “how does the foam expand and lift concrete when it’s injected beneath a concrete slab when water is present?” The answer is simple: the polyurethane foams we use for concrete lifting, levelling, void filling & stabilizing are hydrophobic, which means they do not allow water to infiltrate during the chemical reaction, nor after the process is complete. In other words, science!

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Mudjacking vs Foam Jacking: Which One Lasts Longer?

One of the main reasons to choose polyurethane concrete lifting over mud jacking is the fact that it is definitely the more permanent fix. By filling in all voids and airspaces beneath your concrete slab with the polyurethane concrete lifting, levelling, void filling and stabilizing foam systems, this will help stop any existing & future water infiltration and keeps critters out in order to keep preventing future settlement. You definitely won’t get that with a mud mixture!

10-YEAR WARRANTY!

We are so confident in our lifting process and product that we offer a 10-year, non-transferable, limited-warranty with a lifetime warranty on the material! If your concrete slab were to settle 1/2 of an inch within this duration, we would come back and re-pump, using as many of the initial injection points as possible. To date, we have had less than 1% of our customers requiring a re-pump. We are so confident in our lifting process and product that we offer a 10-year, non-transferable, limited-warranty with a lifetime warranty on the material! If your concrete slab were to settle 1/2 of an inch within this duration, we would come back and re-pump, using as many of the initial injection points as possible. To date, we have had less than 1% of our customers requiring a re-pump.

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