I Was Quoted $2,000 to Raise My Concrete Slab — I Did It for Under $300

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  @SpicerDesignsLLC · 7 months ago · pinned

  I have posted a FOLLOW UP VIDEO on this slab lift. &nbsp;I take your advice and make it stronger...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59uvKh4hZSA">https://youtu.be/59uvKh4hZSA</a>

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• NA

  @nated1971 · 7 months ago

  There is nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.

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• BO

  @bonesBPMC · 1 month ago

  Drag a chain over your concrete floor, and you will be able to hear the hollow spots. Then you can drill another 4 inch to fill that void.

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• AL

  @alexdominique884 · 7 months ago

  The 5/8 holes you drilled and filled on the edge. I would continue that pattern over the entire slab (a row every foot). &nbsp;Since you lifted the entire slab, it is safe to assume anywhere you didn&apos;t pour is simply bridging. &nbsp;It will eventually crack and sink due to loading, vibration, etc .

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  @EnlightenedSavage · 3 months ago

  I know the *experts &quot; will say you can not but you can top the slab If you prep it properly. Just rough the surface, clean it then put adhesion promoter. Done this to my garage and it has lasted a decade so far with no flaking.

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• BR

  @brianermeling2764 · 7 months ago

  Put the shop vac in the 4-inch hole and create a vacuum under the slab, then fill the outer holes.

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  @Z-Ack · 7 months ago

  I paid 1300 for a company to foam jack my garage floor and it was already in &nbsp;12 pieces from concrete breaking. &nbsp;Clay soil is a pain.. but the 1300 fixed all the heaving and sinking.. &nbsp;made it all level..

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• NI

  @nieldcreek2098 · 7 months ago (edited)

  You should drill more 5/8 holes in a two foot staggered pattern and spray hi density spray foam in each hole, and then immediately plug the hole with a coarse thread bolt ( or wooden peg prodruding out so you can remove it later). This will force the foam to expand towards the voids. Use a shop vac to suction at adjacent holes to ferther promote expansion into the voids. When that foam cures, you are set for good.

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• GA

  @gary_lav · 7 months ago (edited)

  It was extremely satisfying watching the slab rise on the action camera! What a way to save yourself $1700, at a minimum. Outstanding work!

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• CH

  @chadsteelman2145 · 6 months ago

  This shows the importance of having rebar grid in the slab to keep this very thing from happening.

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• MO

  @moneypit30 · 7 months ago

  You should create a Spicer Designs logo puck to put in that 4” hole before you grind and polish the floor. Might look cool.

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  @RŁM-n8l · 7 months ago

  I wonder if you could mount a 4&quot; steel pipe (maybe 3 feet long) to the 4&quot; hole. &nbsp; Secure it with the same anchors you used in the video. &nbsp; Make a cap with an air stem. &nbsp;Fill the metal pipe with the cement, install the cap and then use compressed air to force the cement into the hole.

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