Garage floors & aprons
Garage Floor Leveling in Central & Western Iowa
Garage floor leveling lifts a settled garage slab back to the wall line and raises a dropped apron to meet it — from inside, in a morning, with no jackhammer.
Garage floor leveling by mudjacking raises a settled garage slab or apron back to level by pumping a water-and-sand mixture beneath it through small holes drilled in the floor. The slab lifts evenly back to the wall line, the void beneath it fills, and the holes are patched. Cars are back in the garage the next day.
Garage floors are poured as floating slabs inside the foundation walls, on fill that was placed when the house was built. That fill settles, and the floor goes with it — usually most at the back corner or along one wall, leaving a dark gap at the base of the wall and a floor that slopes the wrong way. The apron outside the door is a separate slab on the same fill, and when it drops the door's bottom seal hangs in the air.
Signs your garage floor needs lifting
A gap between the floor and the bottom of the wall or the wall plate. Water that runs toward the back of the garage instead of out the door. A lip at the door where the apron has dropped below the floor, or the floor below the apron. Cracks across the slab with one side lower than the other. A garage door that closes onto daylight because the apron sank. The slab is almost always sound; it is the ground under it that moved.
How we lift a garage floor
Working from inside the garage, we drill small holes across the low area and pump the mixture beneath until the floor is back at the wall line and drains toward the door. The apron is lifted from outside to meet the floor at the threshold. Every void is filled so the slab is supported everywhere. Holes are patched flush so the floor stays smooth for tires and shop equipment.
Most garages take three to four hours. Park on the floor the next day.
An interior floor we lifted
Settled away from the wall and the door threshold, raised back level.
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Garage floor leveling in Iowa: the gap at the base of the wall closed.
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Raised level with the door threshold.
Where we work
We travel. CC Mudjacking is based in Des Moines and has lifted concrete everywhere from the metro to the Iowa Great Lakes — Ames, Boone, Fort Dodge, Carroll, Storm Lake, Spencer and Okoboji, and the towns between. Wherever you are in central or northwest Iowa, the on-site estimate is free; tell us where the job is and the estimate says exactly what is included.
Garage floor questions
Do I have to empty the garage?
Clear the area over the low part of the slab — usually one side or the back. Shelving along an unaffected wall can stay. We will say exactly what needs moving at the estimate.
Can you lift the floor without cracking it?
Yes. The lift is gradual and the mixture spreads under the whole slab, so the floor rises as a piece. Existing cracks are lifted to meet each other.
Will the apron match the floor at the door?
The apron is lifted to the floor's height at the threshold so the door seal meets concrete again. Where the apron has broken into pieces it may need replacing, which we will tell you.
When can I park in the garage?
The next day. Foot traffic and light equipment are fine right away.
Do you really come out to my town?
Yes. Our jobs have run from Des Moines to Okoboji, and the rig travels with us. There is no minimum distance and no town too small. Tell us where you are when you ask for the estimate and we will schedule the trip.