If you have uneven concrete due to settlement, we can lift and restore your concrete to help eliminate trip hazards and pooling water problems. We level concrete driveways, walkways, patios, pool decks, and slabs using a proven polyurethane foam injection solution.

We can quickly restore the appearance and safety of your concrete without the mess or cost of replacement or traditional mudjacking.

Some of the benefits of our applications are:

• Non-invasive Installation
• Quick Installation and Cure Time
• Clean and Low Profile
• Adjustable for Different Loads
• Lightweight and No Excavation

Holes drilled are about the size of a dime, only 5/8″, and are placed about three to four feet apart. You will have far fewer holes and the size of those holes in most cases is one fourth as large as traditional mudjacking. No excavation is required as is necessary for piering or concrete and caisson systems.

We use a fully Hydrophobic Geopolymer, a large word meaning “not affected by water”. Unlike mud, it can’t wash out, rodents won’t burrow in it, and here is the really cool part, it is capable of setting up in fully saturated soil.

If you have a seawall that needs sealing, if you have slabs on saturated soils, landfill conditions or sinking homes building and pools, this is the best way to solve your problem. While this polymer is very dense it weighs only four pounds per cubic foot so it doesn’t further disaffect already overburdened soils.

Geopolymer injection is a very sanitary operation. We do work indoors at warehouses, plants, offices and residences without dust, mud or the hassles of cleaning up from heavy excavation, trenching, and shoring operations.

Geo-Polymer injection is generally a very sanitary operation. We do work indoors at warehouses, plants, offices and residences without dust, mud or the hassles of cleaning up with a garden hose that mudjacking requires.

A foundation inspection is when a foundation repair contractor or a structural engineer checks to see if the foundation of a home is structurally sound and safe to live in. They will do a thorough check for any signs of foundation trouble. Because they know what to look for, they’ll be able to spot issues the homeowner or even a typical Home Inspector will most likely overlook.

At Poly Structurals we are experts at Home Foundations. The foundation inspection is divided into three parts:

1. We ask the homeowner to show us their areas of concern. We want to know why they called us.
2. We then visually inspect the entire house (inside and out), looking for any signs the foundation has moved. We also perform a floor level survey to see if there are any signs of settlement. If there is foundation settlement, the floor will not be level.
3. Finally, we write up a report that details any problems and their recommended repair solutions.It will also include a repair estimate, but ONLY IF our company can address the issues presented. Depending on the problem(s), the report/proposal might contain information about piers, concrete removal/replacement, screw jacks, carbon fiber reinforcement traps, etc. The report will also include information about permits and whether a structural engineer will need to be involved. The best part, is that we will not be pushing a product onto you or proposing something you don’t need.

What are the signs of a Foundation Problem?

• Windows and/or doors that don’t open and close properly – If this is happening with only one window or door, it’s probably not a foundation issue.
• Uneven floors
• Ceilings and/or floors that are no longer in contact with the wall – Even slight separations could indicate a problem.
• Floor cracks, especially those that run wall to wall – Cracks limited to one or two tiles were probably caused when something heavy fell on the floor.
• Cracked walls – Vertical cracks are usually caused during the concrete curing process, and while they can allow water to get in, they’re not a sign of structural damage. Horizontal cracks, on the other hand, are indeed a sign of foundation trouble.
• Wall rotation – This happens when the soil around the foundation is oversaturated with water. The outside foundation wall sinks into the ground while the inside foundation wall – which is sitting on dry soil – lifts. This causes the wall to rotate.
• Diagonal cracks that start at the corners of windows and/or doors and go up toward the ceiling.
• Moldings that have separated from the wall and/or ceiling – Even slight separations could indicate a problem.
• Stair step cracks in brickwork
• Chimney and/or porches that are leaning or have separated from the rest of the house

Many homes, especially older homes, were constructed prior to the Building Code effectively addressing seismic resilience from earthquakes. Many home foundation inspections, especially for older homes and homes going into Escrow, will call out many of the deficiencies in the crawlspace, which increases the risk of seismic damage or catastrophic failure during an earthquake. It will also decrease the overall value of your home. Some of the elements looked into for inspection, and part of the repair solutions, include:

1. Connecting the Girders to the Footings
2. Connecting the Interior Posts to the Girders
3. Connecting the Sill Plate to the Footing
4. Anchoring Inteiror Post Bases into the soil
5. Reinforcing the Cripple Wall with Diagonal Bracing or Panel Shoring.

All of these elements are inspected during a typical foundation inspection, and ensure your superstructure is connected properly to your foundation.

Poly Structurals, Inc. provides a service for utilizing the Pagani DPM-2020 Model Penetrometer for fast, accurate soils testing for void detection and relative soil strength. Providing a writeup with recommendations and findings, along with a report displaying each project-specific data, the implementation of DCP Results, which can be converted to N values, will provide you the relative soil density as a QA/QC for soil densification projects, void detection, and other elements that are key to identifying weak soil zones for Deep Foundation Systems, subsidence repair, and sinkhole prevention.