Nearly everything we use or see daily positively or negatively impacts our environment. For example, driving an electric vehicle uses zero fossil fuels and positively impacts the environment while air pollution from large factories using fossil fuels or deforestation negatively impacts our environment. We’re all mindful of how small choices and swaps can have a big impact and protect the environment, like using more recyclable materials, conserving energy, and investing in sustainable products.
There are measures we can take when caring for our homes to help improve our environment. Things like swapping gas mowers and weed whackers for electric ones or choosing to use clean and natural herbicides can have a big impact. There are also sustainable ways to improve our home’s exteriors, specifically concrete repair.
If your patio, driveway, or front porch is unlevel or has cracks, consider polyjacking over other concrete replacement methods. Doing so offers many benefits that can help protect our planet. Keep reading to learn about the environmental benefits of polyjacking over concrete replacement.
Helps Prevent Soil Erosion
Soil erosion poses a danger to our farmlands and wildlife. Because erosion washes away the top layers of soil, crops can’t grow and farms that have erosion can’t supply us with foods like grains, vegetables, and fruits. Unstable soil can harm wildlife by carrying dangerous chemicals to streams and lakes and can cause further structural damage to buildings and structures.
When you choose to use polyjacking over other concrete leveling methods, you’re helping prevent erosion. How? Polyjacking is better for the environment because it’s the only concrete leveling technique that fortifies the soil, never causing erosion like other methods can. When we inject our polyurethane foam, the soil underneath the concrete is permanently stabilized, not able to wash away from soil erosion. Thus, opting for polyjacking over other concrete leveling methods has a positive environmental impact.
Polyjacking Foam is Safe for the Environment
When we inject polyurethane foam under cracked or unlevel concrete, we’re helping keep the environment protected by using a chemically inert product. This means that the injectable foam won’t release chemicals into the soil or the air once it’s cured which takes only 15 minutes as opposed to mudjacking which takes days to cure fully. Our eco-friendly polyurethane foam is water-resistant, so it’ll never rot or degrade, permanently remaining under the slab and never seeping into the soil.
Though polyurethane foam contains chemicals, they’re engineered to be as safe as possible. Because our polyurethane foam is chemically inert, no chemicals will be in the air, in the soil, or able to seep out.
Creates Less Waste than Concrete Replacement
Think about how much concrete the average driveway has and how much waste it would produce to rip up and replace versus polyjacking the unlevel or cracked concrete. A concrete company would need to remove your old concrete, releasing chemicals and dust into the air and disturbing the environment of animals and bugs surrounding the area. All the waste from tearing up an old slab or driveway would need to be discarded.
The average price to replace a 2-car driveway can cost $7,000, an investment that will eventually need concrete repair as it settles throughout the years. Polyjacking creates no waste, never requiring the old concrete to be ripped up and replaced, creating less waste than concrete replacement.
Polyjacking Requires Zero Maintenance
.Another environmental impact of polyjacking is that it requires zero maintenance compared to other concrete leveling techniques. How? Our polyurethane foam will never shift and cause unlevel or weak concrete, something mudjacking can’t guarantee. Because polyjacking fortifies the soil underneath the concrete, it’ll never sink from shifting soil or need to be replaced. However, mudjacking requires maintenance since it’s a short-term solution that needs repeating once the concrete shifts and becomes unlevel or cracks.
Trust Pro Polyjacking With Your Concrete Repair
To repair unlevel or cracked concrete and be environmentally conscious, consider polyjacking from Pro Polyjacking. Our polyjacking process stabilizes the soil and, as a result, lifts concrete to fix cracks and level the patio, driveway, sidewalk, or foundation.
Our process is simple, starting with a free assessment and complimentary quote for our concrete leveling service. We’ll discuss your concerns and issues and a solution and quote for our polyjacking service. Once you accept and we get you on the schedule, we’ll arrive timely and professionally. We’ll create the injection site by drilling tiny holes into the concrete and injecting our polyurethane foam under the damaged concrete. The result is lifted concrete without any gaps and stabilized soil underneath. We also patch up our injection sights so they’re even less noticeable.
Foundation cracks, unlevel driveways, spalling sidewalks, and other damages are unsightly and dangerous, especially if they’re on a commercial building you own or your home. Trust the professionals at Pro Polyjacking in Kansas City for your concrete repair. Contact the team at Pro Polyjacking for more information about our concrete repair service!