What it actually costs
We don’t find it necessary to dance around numbers, so here they are. Driveways typically run $1,100–$2,800 — most quotes are in that range, though a handful come in over $3,000 if the void underneath is bigger than usual. Sidewalks are usually $850–$1,500. Patios and front porches, $850–$1,600. Steps are usually $850–$1,500, depending on how many you’ve got. Garage floors and basement floors run higher, $1,500–$4,000, since they take more foam and more careful placement to get right. We don’t give quotes over the phone — we need to look at it — and there’s no deposit either way. You pay us once it’s done and you’ve seen the results.
A full driveway replacement runs three to five times the cost of polyurethane foam lifting, and you’re looking at close to a week with your car on the street instead of an afternoon in your own driveway. If the slab underneath is still solid, there’s no real reason to pay for new concrete when lifting the old driveway gets you the same result for a whole lot less.
Thirty percent of our jobs are fixing someone else’s mudjacking
We see this a lot: a homeowner had their driveway mudjacked five or ten years ago, and it’s sinking again. About 30 percent of the concrete repair work we do in Kansas City involves relifting slabs that were mudjacked once and didn’t hold. That’s not us knocking on the industry; it’s just physics. Dirt and water fill under a slab, and dirt and water are exactly what erodes and washes out from under a slab in the first place.
What we don’t do, so you know what you’re getting
We raise and repair concrete. That’s it. We don’t waterproof basements, we don’t fix roofs, and we don’t redirect downspouts, though if one of those things is actually causing your concrete to sink, we’ll tell you straight and may be able to point you toward someone who can help. We’ve been in and around residential construction long enough to recognize when the real problem is somewhere other than the sunken concrete.
Areas we serve
We work throughout the Kansas City metro, on both sides of the state line, including Kansas City, Kearney, Overland Park, Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs, Liberty, Parkville, Excelsior Springs, Olathe, and Independence. If you’re not sure whether you’re in our service area, just call and ask; we’d rather tell you plainly than waste your time.
