Void Fill Services

Professional Void Fill Services in Highlands, TX

If your sidewalk, driveway, patio, or other cement surface is cracked or uneven, let us provide void fill services to fix the issues. Fractured, sinking concrete can become not just a safety hazard but also affect the curb appeal of your property.

The team at Empire Concrete Leveling & Services will visit your property, evaluate the situation, and come up with the best course of action.

Learn More About How Voids Develop Under Concrete

Before going ahead with void fill services, our team will try to find out the reason why the hollow space occurred beneath the concrete surface in the first place. Some of the causes for these empty spaces can be soil consolidation, erosion, and freeze and thaw cycles. 

To provide a stable foundation for concrete surfaces, proper soil composition and compaction are extremely important. Residential property owners are extremely surprised to find out empty space can be as much as 20 percent of one square foot of soil. This leads to more instability.

The problem can worsen if water is added to the soil. During seasonal runoff, high water tables, and excessive precipitation, the soil can become saturated. As a result, it carries away fine particles of dirt and rock when the ground dries out.

The soil becomes compacted and consolidated and increases the surrounding void space and leading to the settling of the concrete above. If you reside in an area that experiences rapid freeze and thaw cycles, the water in the soil can expand when freezes, leading to an expansive void upon thawing. 

Trust our team at Empire Concrete Leveling & Services to identify the cause of the empty space beneath your concrete and proceed with the appropriate solution.

Learn About the Symptoms of Voids

A visual inspection is not enough to tell if there is a void under your concrete as they are hidden beneath the surface. Here are some of the symptoms of a concrete void:

• You'll hear hollow sounds from beneath the surface of the slab when there are activities such as walking, driving, bouncing balls, or skateboarding
• If the concrete surfaces have faced cracking and / or sinking after a passage of time, there is a high chance the soil beneath has become unstable. Cracking slabs are a common visual clue of subsurface voids.
• To prevent slabs from shifting and moving against one another, expansion joints and control joints are installed. When they deteriorate or have water draining through them, there can be a void beneath.

Voids beneath the cement surfaces can lead to improper drainage and settling. Further, cracks in the slab will keep on increasing. The cracks will let water enter the soil beneath the concrete. Therefore, you must act quickly to fill the voids at the earliest.

Void Filling Services by Experts

Never ignore signs of concrete voids, reach out to us immediately for solutions. Our team can restore and preserve cement surfaces by filling the voids with high-density polyurethane foam. The foam is eco-friendly and designed for usage in Texas. If you want to lessen settling, remove slab fractures, and prolong the life of your concrete, contact us today.

You can also hire us for leveling driveways and sidewalks, swimming pools and pool decks, patios, porches, and stairs.