Concrete Repair & Replacement in Columbus, OH

Usually because water got into it or under it and then froze. Central Ohio crosses the freezing mark many times in a typical winter, and every freeze expands trapped water, lifting slabs that sit on wet clay and popping the surface of concrete made without entrained air. Salt carried in on tires speeds the flaking. A replacement built on drained gravel with an air-entrained mix, kept free of rock salt its first winter, holds up far better.

Often, for whatever sits in the public right-of-way. Replacing a public sidewalk or the apron at the street usually takes a permit from the city or village, and each community around Columbus runs its own process, while work entirely on your lot frequently needs none. HOAs may want to sign off first, and before any digging, 811 is called so OUPS can mark buried lines.

It depends on what the visit finds, which is why the estimate is free and specific to your slab. The biggest factors are square footage, how thick the old concrete is and whether it holds rebar (both slow the tear-out), how much bad soil has to come out from underneath, equipment access, and whether the new slab needs thicker sections or a city permit.

Columbus and 31 communities around it, including Dublin, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, Worthington, Westerville, Gahanna, New Albany, Reynoldsburg, Pickerington, Canal Winchester, Groveport, Obetz and Grove City. Smaller places such as Marble Cliff, Riverlea, Lithopolis and Lockbourne are covered too, and the service areas page lists them all.

Most residential jobs go from tear-out to fresh concrete in one to three working days, depending on size and how much base has to be rebuilt. After the pour, plan on foot traffic in a day or two and cars in about a week. Spring through fall is the main season, with cold-weather precautions late in the year.

Often, yes. If the damage is limited to a few panels and the rest of the slab is sound and draining correctly, those panels are sawed free along their joints and replaced, with steel dowels drilled into the old concrete to keep the edges level. Expect the new panels to look lighter at first; the difference fades but never vanishes completely.

No. Columbus Concrete Repair replaces failed concrete instead of filling or lifting it, because those fixes leave the cause, a weak or washed-out base, sitting right where it was. And when a crack is only cosmetic, you will hear that it can be left alone.