Concrete Repair and Resurfacing in East Gwillimbury

Older village homes: steps, walks and parging

The brick homes in the village cores have stood for decades, and that older stock is where front steps settle, walks heave and parging lets go. We form and re-pour broken steps, grind back a worn surface and resurface it, and inject cracks that are letting water in.

If a wall is the problem and not a slab, we say so at the visit. Wall cracks that leak or keep growing are a job for our foundation repair or basement waterproofing crews, and small repairs carry the written quote and the labour warranty like any larger pour.

Near the river and marsh: find out why it moved

The town sits along the East Holland River, and the land falls to the west into the Holland Marsh lowlands. Near the river and the marsh edge the soil is soft and organic and the water table is close to the surface. Frost reaches deep under a slab there, so a walk or slab on a thin base heaves in winter and settles in spring.

So a repair here starts underneath. We check the base, the grade and the drainage before we quote the fix. A patch that ignores the cause, such as a washed-out base or a downspout dumping beside the slab, tends to fail again within a winter.

New lots: settling fill and slab lifting

Much of the new building in Sharon, Queensville and Holland Landing sits on land that was a field or a farm a short time ago. Fresh fill keeps settling for a season or two after the builder leaves, and a driveway, walk or patio on it can drop unevenly.

A sunken slab can often be lifted back to grade instead of replaced. Mudjacking pumps a slurry under the slab and wants 24 to 48 hours before traffic. Polyurethane foam lifts a slab that takes traffic the same day. On a new lot we check how well the fill has compacted before we recommend a lift.

East Gwillimbury is at the north end of York Region, a long way from our home routes. We book repairs into planned trips north and give you real dates, not a same-day truck.